<figure id="attachment_65486" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65486" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f1c4eee5"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2019/09/742b5bff21451616eddbe2a5a07cc81f.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-65486" class="wp-caption-text">Anna Wakuda chats with a friend in front of the after-party venue. The groom next to her, a former Ekiden athlete, is a handsome man who looks like actor Hayato Ichihara.</figcaption></figure>
 NHK announcer Mayuko Wakuda, 33, gave birth to her first child this summer. The &#8220;Sports Nippon&#8221; dated October 27 reported the congratulatory news. According to the paper, she reported the birth to her close acquaintances. The paper reported that she had reported the birth to her close acquaintances and said that she would like to return to work after she finishes taking care of her child.
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 She joined NHK in April 2011 and worked at Okayama Broadcasting Station before transferring to the Tokyo announcing office. She joined NHK in April 2011 and worked at Okayama Broadcasting Station before transferring to the Tokyo Announcing Office.
 She has been appointed as the main anchor of &#8220;Ohayo Nippon&#8221; and &#8220;News Watch 9&#8221;, the general host of &#8220;Kohaku Uta Gassen&#8221;, and the narrator of NHK&#8217;s flagship program &#8220;NHK Special&#8221;, among many other major roles. She is NHK&#8217;s ace announcer,&#8221; said a source close to NHK.
 In February of this year, NHK announced the new programs and main new anchors starting in April. It was announced that Wakuda would be leaving &#8220;News Watch 9&#8221; and would no longer be in charge of the program. For the time being, she will concentrate on raising her children. The ace announcer held her wedding in August 2007. This magazine caught her in a pure white wedding with an aura of happiness. Let us take a look back at what happened back then.
<h2> Her partner is a &#8220;celebrity in the world of athletics.</h2>
<figure id="attachment_231956" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231956" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d2568bda"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/616282b9d9e1b49381fe1b5f5f16b939.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231956" class="wp-caption-text"> Anna Wakuda (left) and Maho Kuwako leaving Nahoko Suzuki&#8217;s apartment. They seemed to be having a lively conversation from start to finish.</figcaption></figure>
 On August 31, just after 10 p.m., Wakuda was seen in front of a large commercial building in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, dressed in a white wedding dress.
 On that day, Anna Wakuda held her wedding ceremony at a luxury hotel in Chiyoda Ward. The reception ended in the evening, and the after-party was held at a bar lounge in Nihonbashi. Not only at the reception, but also at the after-party, Anna Wakuda showed off her wedding dress. It was designed with an open back, and everyone in attendance exclaimed, &#8220;It&#8217;s so beautiful! (Wakuda&#8217;s acquaintance).
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 Wakuda has not publicly announced her marriage, but she entered the registry in February of the same year. Her partner is said to be a &#8220;civilian,&#8221; but he is a well-known figure in the track and field world.
 He is a star athlete in Waseda University&#8217;s track and field team. Not only was he famous as one of the most handsome men in the world of ekiden, but he also contributed greatly to Waseda University&#8217;s victory in the 2011 Hakone Ekiden (relay relay race), in a dead heat with Ryuji Kashiwabara of Toyo University, the &#8220;God of the Mountain&#8221;. After graduating from university, he joined one of the five major trading companies. He met Anna Wakuda through a friend after he entered the workforce.
 The guests who attended the ceremony were a splendid group of people, including Wataru Abe and other announcers.
 The wedding ceremony was attended by many people, including Wataru Abe, the male anchor of &#8220;Ohayo Nippon,&#8221; the TV program in which Wakuda used to appear, and Mitsunori Uehara, a good friend of Wakuda&#8217;s. &#8220;The groom&#8217;s side had a big boss from a trading company,&#8221; said Mr. Uehara. The groom&#8217;s side was attended by the bigwigs from the trading company and other members of the Hakone Ekiden winning team. Yasuyuki Watanabe, who was the coach of the race team when he was a student, was also there.
 With the addition of a new member to the family, Anna Wakuda seems to be enjoying an even more fulfilling life both publicly and privately. We wish her much happiness in the future!
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<figure id="attachment_65488" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65488" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4c9c6feb"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2019/09/bb67cd9c5253520438ded8ea39697e21.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-65488" class="wp-caption-text"> Anna Wakuda, who married the star of the Hakone Ekiden, in her &#8220;pure white wedding&#8221;, chatting with a friend in front of the venue of the after-party.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_231958" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231958" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="71bac0b1"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/caf4c26e97bf1e9214cb4f28374190c7.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231958" class="wp-caption-text"> Anna Wakuda returning home from the home of her colleague, Announcer Suzuki</figcaption></figure>

 Nishi Keisuke

 NHK's ace announcer Wakuda has given birth to her first child, reported "Sports Nippon" on October 27. The wedding ceremony took place in August 2007. Here are the happy, pure-white wedding photos caught by the magazine!

NHK Announcer Wakuda’s “Happy Pure White Wedding” Photo

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