NHK Announcer Minoru Aoi Transferred to Fuji Station Amidst Troubles, Echoes of Past Issues Spark Concern of a Repeated Patterns
In the past, Aoi has been reported to have been involved in a number of relationships with popular announcers and to have "liked female announcers".
NHK announcer Minoru Aoi, 43, known as the “Prince of NHK,” will soon be leaving the station to become a freelance anchor of Fuji Television’s news program “Live News It! a Fuji Television news program, as a freelance newscaster.
However, Aoi suddenly left “News Watch 9,” where she had been the “face of the night” as an anchor, on January 17, the same day this report came out. A week later, on the 24th, it was reported that Aoi had received a stern warning from NHK in December of last year, and an atmosphere of uneasiness began to emerge.
However, he did not appear on “News Watch 9” from January 18, the next day, and when the media reported his resignation on the night of January 19, a strange atmosphere began to emerge.
Then, on the 24th, SpoNichi wrote specifically that Aoi had been an executive of several companies run by her relatives, and that she had received a stern warning from one of them in December of last year for receiving executive compensation from the company without reporting it to her superiors at the station. Aoi, is he going to be all right? Aoi, is he going to be all right? The fact that negative news about Aoi’s past is coming out at this time suggests that there are people who don’t think well of her,” said an entertainment reporter.
Aoi is a graduate of Keio University and the grandson of Tadaharu Aoi, the founder of the Marui Group, which is known for its department store business. Her brother is the husband of former popular freelance announcer Mai Yamagishi and the current president of a real estate company founded by Tadaharu.
The fact is, however, that he was in violation of the employment regulations, which require reporting. It is indeed bad for the anchor of the station’s flagship news program. It is believed that the fact that he had to deal with this matter in addition to the news that he was going freelance was the reason behind his sudden resignation.
