40 million embezzlement, infatuation, and retirement……22 top 3 “popular announcer” articles that caught the attention of the public in 2010

Although most announcers are company employees, the movements of popular announcers attract a lot of attention. Here are the top three most-read announcer-related articles on FRIDAY Digital in 2022.

No. 3 TBS announcer Yuko Wakabayashi, who is in love with an “elite IT company” and lives with him in a duplex.

I’m so surprised!　Ufufu ♡♡”

TBS announcer Yuko Wakabayashi, 26, responded to this magazine’s direct interview with a lot of charm. In her fourth year with the company, she has been in charge of “Hiruobi,” “N-sta,” “Kanezuma,” and other programs. Earlier this year, she became “Chief for a Day,” which is said to be a gateway to success for popular announcers, and recently she tried her hand at photogravure for a weekly magazine for the first time. Nicknamed “Wakaba” by her fans, she is an ace announcer with a lot of momentum. Wakabayashi has an apartment in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, where she frequents. The apartment where she hurriedly took the key out of her bag and entered is not her home …….

At the end of June at around 4:00 p.m., Wakabayashi emerged from the apartment wearing a white one-piece dress and headed for Shibuya, where he was working. Waiting for her there was a slender young man. They made eye contact with each other and began walking side by side to the apartment building. As they approached the house, Wakabayashi quickly took a few steps back and followed the man into the building.

She is currently in a relationship with a man (Mr. A) who works for a major IT company. He is in his late 20s, I think. Half of the week, she goes to Mr. A’s place in Setagaya Ward. Sometimes I visit him directly at his home after work, and sometimes I go to see him only for a few hours during work hours” (acquaintance of Mr. A).

Having a duplicate key to Mr. A’s house and going in and out through the back door, Anna Wakabayashi also went back to his house on her own birthday. Despite this handsome and hands-on nature of Wakabayashi, there are certain circumstances that do not allow him to live with her.

He is an only child, so it is difficult for him to live with his parents. Since he is an only child, his parents must be even more cautious.

(TV station insider) “Is it possible that he and Ms. A will make it to the goal in the future? A reporter from this magazine interviewed Wakabayashi on his way home from work.

-Here is Friday. I would like to ask you about your relationship with your boyfriend.

Wakabayashi : “ Well, what should I do?　I’m sorry, I can’t say anything. It’s not about me. …… I’m so embarrassed~”

-Do you have any desire to marry him now?

Wakabayashi: “ No, work comes first now. I’m the type of person who hits a stone bridge very hard. …… It’s not that I don’t want to get married, but right now I’m directing my energy toward work.

-What are you looking for in a partner?

What do you look for in a partner? A man of integrity!　I’m so embarrassed! (laughs).

With her fearless personality and natural charm, she is sure to make further progress.

FRIDAY Digital,” released August 5, 2022

No. 2 “Announcer Resignation Situation” of Taichi Masuichi, who was stopped by the station, and Akiko Kuji, who received no consolation.

Akiko Kuji is leaving Fuji Television at the end of April. She is one of the most influential female announcers in the world, but her departure is attracting a lot of attention.

One is Taichi Masu, the “absolute ace” of NTV. During the January 23 broadcast of “Truth Report Bankisha,” in which he serves as MC, he announced that he would be leaving the company at the end of March to become a researcher at a university.

Masu said on the program that in his 16 years as an announcer, “I feel that it has always been an issue for me.

I have always felt that one of my issues was whether or not I could communicate scientific matters more clearly and accurately on TV,” she confessed.

In April, she became an assistant professor at Doshisha University’s Harris Institute of Physical and Chemical Research.

“I will be working in the academic field called science communication,” he explained.

Masu explained.

Masu is a graduate of the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Agriculture and Graduate School of Agriculture, where he conducted research on clams. After joining the station in 2006, she has worked on a number of information programs. He is also extremely well-liked, and was inducted into the “Hall of Fame” as the No. 1 favorite male announcer for five consecutive years starting in 2011.

It was a surprise to learn that Masu had been thinking about scientific matters in secret. A Nippon TV insider reveals what went on behind the scenes.

Masu probably came to this decision in large part because people’s lives have changed with the emergence of the new coronavirus,” says a Nittele official. The station announcers are not experts; they just read out the data that came in.

Coronas are now well understood, but at the time of the emergence of the virus, there was no information available, and TV news reports played a major role. Announcer Masu was questioning himself about his raison d’etre as a news announcer.

Meanwhile, Masu will continue as the main MC of “Bankisha,” which she will continue to be in charge of after leaving Nippon TV. According to a source at the TV station

“Nippon TV didn’t want her to quit. That’s why the station approached them. Masu has no reason to refuse.

Masu has no reason to refuse.

The average viewership rating for the program broadcast on the 23rd, the day Masu reported her departure, was 16.4% (Video Research, Kanto region). This popularity is the reason why Nippon TV wants to keep in touch with Masu even after his departure.

Nippon TV had a bitter experience 11 years ago when it lost its then signature announcer, Shinichi Hatori, to TV Asahi. Hatori was appointed as the main MC of TV Asahi’s information program, “The Shinichi Hatori Morning Show,” and now has a stronger “TV Asahi” flavor.

It is not certain that other stations will make a similar approach to Masu, who has left the company. By keeping him on as the main MC of Bankisha, he has shown both inside and outside the station that he is the “Taichi Masu of Nippon TV.

Another announcer leaving Fuji Television at the end of April is Akiko Kuji. While a student at Aoyama Gakuin University, she was selected as an Asahi Kasei Group campaign girl in March 2002, and won the grand prix at the 45th non-no model audition in August of the same year. She joined Fuji in April 2005 with a bang.

Fuji also taught Kuji “Teio-ka Gakushuu,” reviving the women’s TV program “Kuji Pan” after a three-year absence, and in October of the same year she joined Fuji, she was selected as a subcaster for the morning information program “Mezamashi TV.

In April 2007, she became the main anchor of “Mezamashi Saturday” as well. However, in March of last year, the position was taken by Inoue Seika, one year Kuji’s junior.

However, last March, the position was taken by Inoue Seika, one year Kuji’s junior. Kuji must have been devastated. Many station employees believe that this was one of the reasons for her departure.

Kuji is said to have a desire to enter acting or modeling instead of announcing after leaving the station. There is a report that she has already been approached by a major production company that has a large number of female announcers.

The bottleneck is that she has only five years of experience as a station announcer. While her quick decision-making is very “in-demand,” she may be seen as inexperienced in all aspects. Well, I heard that the Fuji side did not give her any particular consolation, as they have a lot of young talent coming up. It is believed that she will start over with modeling, which she has been doing since her school days.

A decade ago, being a bureau announcer was a prestigious job that everyone coveted. However, with the passage of time, the environment surrounding the TV industry has drastically changed. The station announcer is no longer a “terminal station,” but rather a “way station” for those seeking to enter a new world. Announcers have their own life stories. ……

FRIDAY Digital” published January 26, 2022

No. 1 Embezzlement of 40 million yen in “labor union fees” by a popular announcer who had access to “pooled money”…

It was revealed that a shocking incident had occurred at CBC Television, a TBS-affiliated broadcaster serving the Chubu region centering on Nagoya. A current employee, a popular announcer, had embezzled labor union dues.

The amount was 40 million yen. The embezzler was Ryo Eda, 33, who has been with the company for 10 years.

After graduating from Waseda University, Eda joined CBC Television in 2001, appearing on CBC’s signature programs “Kewpie 3-minute Cooking” and “Gogosuma. What in the world does a popular announcer mean by embezzlement? A source familiar with the situation in Japan tells us, “It was discovered in September of this year.

It was discovered around September of this year, when the labor union held an election of officers, and the union president and the head of the finance department were replaced. When the new union president asked Eda, who was the finance director from ’18 to ’21, to produce his bank book so that he could check union dues, Eda told him that he had destroyed it. When we became suspicious and checked and investigated the electronic records, we found that many things did not add up. Eventually, Eda admitted that he had embezzled a whopping 40 million yen.

What was Eda doing with 40 million yen?

Eda told the union’s investigation that he used the money for investment. He was a talented investor, and I heard that he made a profit of more than 10 million yen without dissolving the money he embezzled.

Perhaps fearing detection, Eda refunded 35 million yen of the 40 million yen he had embezzled in September of this year. Eventually, he admitted to embezzling the missing 5 million yen and refunded it as well. However, he has not refunded the approximately 10 million yen he made from his investments.

CBC employees who knew about Eda’s usual activities could not hide their surprise.

Even though he works for a local station, Eda is a top announcer at a TV station,” said one CBC employee. Embezzling money from the labor union’s pool was a surprise to him. To begin with, the labor union’s pooled fund is money deducted from employees’ salaries. Since his name is Ryo Eda, he is called Mr. Ouryou within the company.

To confirm the facts, this magazine directly interviewed Eda in early December, when he and his wife returned home together, rolling a large trunk. We repeatedly asked him questions about embezzlement, but he repeatedly said, “Please ask the company,” and then walked quickly into the high-rise condominium where he lived.

We later sent a letter of inquiry to CBC Television.

CBC Television has received a report from the labor union and is currently investigating the facts. We will take appropriate action.

The response was, “We will take appropriate action.

Embezzlement in the course of one’s duties is a criminal act. The media, which reports on injustice in the world, cannot simply cover up the stink.

FRIDAY Digital” published December 8, 2022