Ayako Kato, the Birth of Her First Child: “Behind the Celebrity Marriage” and “Timing of Her Return to Active Duty,” Pushed by Her Peers

On New Year’s Eve last year, freelance announcer Ayako Kato, aka “Katopan,” reported the birth of her first child on her Instagram. Along with a photo of her holding the child in her arms,

I am happy to announce that I gave birth to my first child on December 29th! It is a healthy girl!　The baby did her best to come out of the womb.

The baby is a healthy baby girl!

Most celebrities these days don’t even reveal the birth date or gender of their children, so I was a bit surprised to see Katopan’s birth report. I think she must have been very happy.

Currently, there is a rush of female announcers, including those who have left Fuji Television, giving birth. Last March, Yurika Mita, a.k.a. Mitapan, gave birth. In August of the same year, Yutaka Yamazaki gave birth. In January of this year, Yumi Nagashima also gave birth.

In June 2009, she married a sergeant of a supermarket chain, and in order to take care of her pregnancy, she left “Live News It! which she was the main anchor of, in September 2009 to take care of her pregnancy.

All three are really close, and Ms. Kato often meets their children, who have all married before her and have become mothers and fathers. In fact, many of Ms. Kato’s classmates, including those at local stations, are married to celebrities,” said a female staff member at Fuji Television.

Former TBS announcer Erina Masuda and former TV Asahi announcer Yue Takeuchi, as well as former Tokai TV announcer Saho Narushima and former Nagoya TV announcer Natsuko Shiojiri are famous among her peers at other stations.

I have seen Kato-san several times holding their children and uploading images of them on his Instagram. By the way, Narushima’s husband is Kenta Maeda aka Maeken, and Masuda’s husband is Shota Dobayashi of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

The grandfather of Minoru Aoi, the husband of TV Tokyo’s Yuka Aiuchi, who announced her independence from NHK, is the founder of Marui.

Katopan, who was called “Super Ayako” in the announcer’s examinations and reigned supreme in terms of both popularity and ability, was selected in 1919 to be the main MC of “It! in ’19, people around her were saying, “She’s getting married again and postponing the birth of her child,

When she was selected as the main MC of “It!” in 1919, she jokingly said, “My marriage and childbirth have been postponed again.

She was said to have jokingly said, “I’ve postponed my marriage and childbirth again.

After that, there were no dating reports, and the sudden announcement of their marriage came as quite a surprise to many. Of course, Ms. Kato may have had her doubts about her work, but it is said that it was the female announcers who were good friends of hers who pushed her to get married.

Now that Katopan has become a mother, she must be getting advice from her “senior mothers” who are female announcers in her class. It is conceivable that she could aspire to become a freelance announcer like Aya Takashima, who runs a news program, or Minako Nakano, who shines in variety shows,

I heard that the reason she left the program was because of her pregnancy. But since she went that far and was blessed with the child she longed for, I think she will save her work as much as possible and choose to shine as a mother, considering her personality. I don’t think she will return to work so soon,” said one of Kato’s acquaintances.

(An acquaintance of Kato’s). It seems that she will be just as talented as a female announcer as a mother.