Ginshari Hashimoto got married! Cain Amano, Alpy Sakai… Why do comedians marry female announcers in Tokai region?

In the middle of Golden Week, comedy duo Sunao Hashimoto (42) and Kazuhiro Unagi (39) of “Ginshari” showed up at Nippon Broadcasting in a cab just after noon, and posed for a photo when a fan waiting for them to enter asked to take their picture.

A month later, on June 9, Hashimoto announced his marriage. At first, no details were given except that the woman was 28 years old, but it was soon revealed that she was Kana Torigoe (28), a former announcer for Daiichi-TV (Shizuoka Daiichi Television). The reason they met was because they co-hosted a TV program together.

Torigoe joined the company in April ’17. She worked as a reporter for the information variety program “Marugoto,” but left the station in March of last year. Mr. Hashimoto was in charge of the Monday corner of “Marugoto,” “Ginshari no Tabi ha Navi Makase” from April ’19 to March this year.

In other words, the two appeared on the program for two years until last March. Although they have never appeared together in the same corner, they probably see each other in the studio, and it is quite possible that they have been together at the launch of the show,” said a Daichi TV source.

The marriage of a comedian and a female TV announcer is a hot topic of conversation, partly because of the odd combination of the two. Many people are surprised to hear that a popular female announcer from a key station is marrying a comedian, but marriages between female announcers from local stations also attract attention.

In this context, like Hashimoto, the marriage of a female announcer working for a TV station in the Tokai region, such as Nagoya or Shizuoka, was the marriage of Kenta Sakai (39) of the comedy duo “Arco & Peace” to Nayui Yahata (29), an announcer for SBS (Shizuoka Broadcasting System) in 2009. In 2002, Hiroyuki Amano (53) of “Cain” married Chisato Arai (40), who was an announcer for TV Aichi.