List of Japanese announcers

This is a list of announcers on Japanese television and radio.

TV Stations in Tokyo

Nippon Television Network Corporation - NTV

• Men
  • Tomonori Yamashita
  • Takahiko Fujii, host of morning show "Zoom-In Saturday!".
  • Shinichi Hatori, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!" and cast of some variety show.
  • Masashi Funakoshi
• Women
  • Mika Takanishi
  • Yukari Nishio, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!".
  • Noriko Baba, co-host of reality show "The Sekai-gyoten News".
  • Tomoyo Shibata, wife of Boston Red Sox player Daisuke Matsuzaka
  • Asami Miura

Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. - TBS

• Men
  • Ayumi Akaogi
  • Toshiyuki Doi, co-host of morning show "Watch!" and sports commentator.
  • Tadahiko Sako, co-anchor of "NEWS23 with Tetsuya Chikushi".
  • Shinichiro Azumi
  • Hiroki Ando, cast of Sunday daytime show "Akko ni Omakase".
• Women
  • Maya Kobayashi, entertainment news anchor of "Watch!" and cast of cooking show "Saturday Night Chubou".
  • Ikumi Kimura, co-host of morning show "Watch!".
  • Hiroko Ogura, co-anchor of "JNN News Forest, The Evening News" (Present: "JNN Evening News").
  • Tomoko Kubota, co-host of game show "Amazing Animals".
  • Mai Demizu, co-host of game show "Sekai Fushigi Hakken!" and political talk show "Jijihōdan".
  • Akiyo Yoshida, co-host of medical program "Last Minute Doctor!"

Men

• • Tetsuo Suda, co-anchor on evening news program "FNN Supernews".
  • Kenji Kawabata, co-anchor on daytime news program "FNN Speak".
  • Tetsuo Nagasaka, sports announcer.
  • Masaharu Miyake, sports announcer (baseball, martial arts, Formula One, volleyball).
  • Tsuneo Shiobara, Formula One announcer.
  • Toshihiro Ito, Formula One announcer, a narrator on "Nep League".
  • Yutaka Hasegawa, sports commentator, Formula One announcer.
• 2001
  • Hiroki Okada
  • Tomoya Morishita
  • Kazuhiro Watanabe
• 2002
  • Takuya Watanabe
• 2003
  • Daiki Tanaka
• 2004
  • Taisei Kurata
• 2005
  • Yusho Tabuchi

Women

• • Yumi Masuda
• 2000
  • Yaeko Umezu
  • Maya Masai
• 2001
  • Sayaka Morimoto
  • Aya Takashima - called "Ayapan"
• 2002
  • Hitomi Nakamura
  • Minako Nakano
• 2003
  • Saori Ishimoto
  • Tsubasa Nagano
  • Yoko Tobe
• 2004
  • Maasa Takahashi - reporter of "FNN Supernews Weekend".
  • Maiko Saito
• 2005
  • Reiko Endo
  • Rio Hirai - Former TV personality "OHA-GIRL Banana"

TV Asahi Corporation - EX

• Men
  • Masahiro Sasaki
  • Tomonoshin Kokubo
  • Naoki Tsuboi, co-anchor of evening news "ANN Super J Channel".
  • Shinichiro Kawamatsu
• Women
  • Mayumi Kawase, anchor of ANN News.
  • Sayaka Shimohira
  • Emi Takeuchi, sports anchor of nightly news program "Houdou Station".
  • Mariko Doh, host of live music show "Music Station" with Tamori.

TV Tokyo Corporation - TX

• Men
  • Masaru Akahira
  • Tomoki Uekusa
• Women
  • Akiko Sasaki, co-anchor of evening news "TXN NewsEye".
  • Masumi Chihara

Radio Stations in Tokyo

Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Inc. - QR

• Men
  • Naomasa Terashima
  • Hideaki Oota
  • Kunimaru Nomura
• Women
  • Junko Suzuki
  • Kana Mizutani
  • Chiho Fujiki

Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. - LF

• Men
  • Takashi Tsukagoshi
  • Ryohei Sakuraba
  • Hideo Matsumoto
  • Hisanori Yoshida
  • Kohji Iida
• Women
  • Eriko Nasu
  • Sakaya Masuyama
  • Yumi Tashiro
  • Yoshiko Kawano
  • Mayuko Yamamoto
  • Noriko Tomita
  • Tomohide Shimbo

Local Broadcasting Stations

• Toshifumi Takeshima (Akita Television), play-by-play announcer for the Akita Northern Happinets
• Yuichi Uwaizumi (Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS)), on "Seyanen!".
• Saki Yagi (MBS), appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui", a news anchor.
• Hiroko Matsukawa (MBS), appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui"
• Hiroshi Shibata (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC))
• Ukari Kita (ABC), an assistant of "Ohayo Asahi desu" (Good morning. This is ABC.).
• Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV)), host of "Nambo de Nambo" and "Supernews Anchor".
• Yuzuru Okayasu (KTV), a news anchor.
• Yasuo Toyota (KTV), a news anchor.
• Tetsushi Baba (KTV), a sports announcer (horse racing, baseball, and Osaka International Ledies Marathon)
• Keiko Fujimoto (KTV)
• Natsumi Sugimoto (KTV)
• Anna Kobayashi (Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (ytv))
• Takashi Miura (ytv), appearing on "Zoom-In Super", "Narutomo!", and an announcer on "Japan International Birdman Rally"
• Toshiharu Harada (Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka))
• Toshihiko Fujii (Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (CTV))
• Others

Former announcers

• Free lance announcers
  • Name (belonged stations)
  • Akira Fukuzawa (NTV)- host of game show "Maka-joshiki no Ana" (NTV) and comedy show "Enta no Kamisama" (NTV). Also co-anchor of newsmagazine "Bankisha" (NTV) and sports commentator.
  • Masataka Itsumi (FTN) - died while an active free announcer
  • Mino Monta (QR) - host of "Mino Monta no Asazuba" (TBS), "Omoikkiri TV" (NTV), "Groovy After School MAX!" (TBS), "Amazing Animals" (TBS), etc.
  • Etsuko Komiya (EX) - a news anchor at TV Asahi.
  • Shohei Kuwabara (KTV) - narrator on "Go! Go! Gulliver-kun".
  • Kyoko Uchida (CX) - ex co-anchor of late-night sports news "Sport" and host of some variety shows.
• Others
  • Name (belonged stations)
  • Jun'ichi Sumi (MBS) - one of three hosts of "Chichin Pui Pui".
  • Shio Chino (CX) - called "Chinopan".
  • Sosuke Sumitani (NTV) - he worked as a reporter of Dotch Cooking Show (Produced by ytv) but fired after he was found to have filmed up a schoolgirl's skirt using a mobile camera phone.