TV Asahi’s new female announcer, Akari Matsuoka, who was a baseball club manager in her school days, was spotted at her college graduation ceremony in a too-cute “fine dress.

On that day, the chapel on the campus of International Christian University in Mitaka was crowded with students. There were many women dressed in formal kimono who appeared to be attending the graduation ceremony that had just ended about a half hour earlier.

Just 10 days after parting with her friends, this beautiful woman, Akari Matsuoka, made her TV debut.

On April 1, the day of her initiation ceremony, she was announced at the beginning of the program as the fourth assistant for the “Shinichi Hatori Morning Show” (TV Asahi),

I will do my best to convey information to the viewers in an easy-to-understand manner,” she said at the beginning of the program.

I will try to convey information to viewers in an easy-to-understand manner,” she said.

In recent years, “semi-professional” announcers such as former idols have become prominent, but she has no experience in the entertainment industry. However, she is not afraid to speak her mind and imitates her tone of voice, saying, “I envy her because she is fresh. I’ll do my best, too! She immediately made a quip to Yoshizumi Ishihara (62), who teased her by saying, “That’s out of the question. He was a big hit from the very first day. Moreover, I hear that she is not just a good-natured person, but that she has been working on her assignments very seriously during her informal period of employment. I think we can expect her to be very active in the news genre,” said a TV Asahi insider.

TV Asahi’s new “face of the morning” already has a “premonition of a great talent” in the air.

From the April 19, 2024 issue of FRIDAY