Minako Nakano, Miho Nakai, Chino Kikuma… Former female announcers are becoming outside directors one after another.
Looking back on the history of female announcers, it was in the 1980s that their status skyrocketed. Until then, they had only played a supporting role to male announcers, but now they are in the spotlight. Fuji TV was a pioneer in this direction. For example, Miho Nakai became the program’s first female main anchor for “Professional Baseball News” in 1988.
Today, presidents and executives of famous companies are around 60 years old. For them when they first entered the workforce, Fuji’s female announcers must have been glorious, full of charm. It may be a ‘dream come true’ for the executives of famous companies to appoint these women whom they admire so much.
It is not just the attractive profile of the former Fuji girls. These women are also energetic in pursuing their second careers.
Naomi Ushio studied business administration at the graduate school of Keio University and obtained an MBA after leaving Fuji. Maiko Hasumi also studied again at Stanford University in the United States and became an analyst. Chino Kikuma qualified as a lawyer and studied law at the graduate school of Waseda University.
These women not only had glorious pasts. Even after retiring from their first life as female analysts, they are striving and playing an active role in their second life. I believe that this attitude and way of life is considered to be very useful for revitalizing companies,” says Matsuzaki.
It is not only glamorous. It seems that the reason why former Fuji female announcers are so popular is that there is a reason why it has to be them. ……
