Aya Takashima is the number one rated female announcer by alumni, but… Let’s decide who is the best female announcer of all time at Fuji Television Network!

Two Idol Announcers

While great predecessors have supported the foundation of Fuji, there were also those who gained idol-like popularity due to their glamour. The two most prominent examples are Kyoko Uchida (47) and Nakano.

Their generation was the one that was particularly notable for its reports of infatuation. Nakano was photographed with Hideaki Ito (48) in “FRIDAY,” and there were rumors that she was also involved with Masahiro Nakai (51). The fact that she had a love affair with such a big name shows how popular Nakano Anna was. Considering the small romantic partners of today’s female announcers, it shows how attractive the idol announcers of the time were,” said entertainment reporter Takayuki Joshita.

It can be said that it was the generation of these two announcers that paved the way for announcers to become active as TV personalities, but this was also due to their appeal that transcended the boundaries of being announcers.

When she was the MC for a special program for a commercial contest called “Fuji Sankei Group Advertising Grand Prix,” there was a scene where she was asked a question by Mr. Sanma and she silently continued to flip through the materials. At the time, I remember seeing her like that and thinking, “She has a lot of guts. I remember watching her on “Dancing! Sanma Goten! (Nippon Television Network Corporation), in which Anna Nakano also appeared, and she was able to take a jab at Mr. Sanma. Nakano has that kind of interesting quality.

Uchida, too, has gained recognition from within the station for her charm that is not found in the more conventional announcers.

When she first joined the station, she was in the shadow of Maki Ohashi (47), but she got her big break with “Suport! She got her big break when she was a rookie. When she was a rookie, she showed her silly character in a quiz show, which was popular among the TV audience. This charm, which is not present in the type of announcer like Takashima who can handle a recording perfectly, is one of the reasons for Uchida’s popularity.

The era in which idol TV announcers dominated the TV industry had come to an end, and the “Pan” series of female TV announcers after Takashima led Fuji Television from the late 2000s to the early ’10s.

Ayako Kato (38), a.k.a. “Katopan,” has a level of glamour comparable to that of Uchida and Nakano, but she also has the flexibility to handle both hard and soft programs. Once, when it was Kato’s turn to show the contents of a celebrity’s purse on a program, she had a receipt for cheap underwear in her purse. Since the project was not a fake, Kato Anna, who was a regular participant, must have known that the time would come when she would have to show her own wallet. So she left in a receipt like that one. It probably wasn’t something he really bought, but he has a service mentality to liven up the show, and I think it’s amazing that he was able to do it with such a cool face.

What about the other “pan-announcers”? An alumnus of Fuji Television confides, “Yoko Ikuno (39), a 39-year old Japanese TV announcer, is a very good actress.

Yoko Ikuno, 39, has a wonderful sense of stability, handling variety and everything else without a hitch. She is currently the main anchor for the evening news, and her skills in news programs are outstanding among this generation. Yurika Mita (36) is the main anchor of “Good Day! and her level of commentary has improved dramatically. Unlike other announcers, she has the advantage of being able to express her own opinions clearly. Also, Yumi Nagashima, 32, has excellent narration skills and can respond flexibly. Her on-the-spot skills are outstanding even among the mid-career generation.