NHK’s Anna Nakagawa and Olympic Anchors Shuzo Matsuoka, Kohei Uchimura, and Kasumi Ishikawa Show a Range of Emotions

The Paris Olympics, where the games continue to heat up, is as much of a “big day” for the newscasters who cover the games as it is for the athletes.
The Olympics are a big global event. There are a lot of people who want to cover the Olympics and join our station.
Each station holds a meeting to decide which announcers will be able to cover the Olympics. Ace sports announcers with a certain amount of career experience are assigned to each station.
Among the announcers, NHK’s Anna Nakagawa was the first to make the headlines on the Internet.
She reported from Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower at the opening ceremony held in the early morning of July 27 (Japan time). Wearing a beige innerwear that blended in with her skin, Nakagawa was the subject of a lot of online criticism.
For a moment, it looked like she was naked.
“She didn’t need to wear this. ……
Nakagawa was not trying to look naked, but rather, she was trying to show off her skin. She did not intend to look naked.
Some people at the station were sympathetic to her. She was surprised to see it being talked about on the Internet, and she regrets that she should have paid more attention to the details,” an NHK official said.
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Fuji Television’s Daisei Kurata, a veteran of 21 years with the company, is also being teased.
Kurata was in charge of live coverage of the women’s skateboarding street at the Paris Olympics following the Tokyo Olympics. The moment 14-year-old Koi Yoshizawa, ranked No. 1 in the world, won the gold medal.
“The 14-year-old who fell in love with the gold medal!
she announced. This was greeted with some controversy on social networking sites,
“She’s aiming too high!
I can’t concentrate on the competition.
I can’t concentrate on the competition,” were some of the criticisms. When asked about it, the announcer said, “She is the type of person who thinks of phrases in advance.
She is the type of person who thinks of phrases in advance,” said a Fuji Television representative.
When Nishiya Kabata, 13 years old at the time, won the gold medal at the last competition, she said, “The famous phrase will remain for decades,