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<h3> Announcers who are &#8220;the best naginata (halberd) players in Japan</h3>
<p> On August 25, after the official day game between the Giants and Chunichi, the final game of the &#8220;All Japan Junior High School Baseball Championship Giants Cup&#8221; was held at Tokyo Dome.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> This tournament started in 1994 as part of the Yomiuri Giants&#8217; 60th anniversary project under the name of the &#8220;Giants Cup All-Japan Junior High School Baseball Tournament. It is the only junior high school age hardball tournament in which all seven major leagues participate. In 2007, the tournament was officially recognized by the Japan Baseball Federation and changed to its current name. In 2007, the tournament was officially recognized by the Japan Baseball Federation and changed to its current name, the All-Japan Championship. The Giants have produced many players who are now active in professional baseball, including Kazuma Okamoto and Shinnosuke Shigenobu,&#8221; said a sports newspaper reporter.</span></p>
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<p> There were many junior high school students in uniforms in the audience who appeared to have participated in the tournament, and among them was a TV crew moving around. Walking at the front of the pack was a young woman in a dark blue polo shirt &#8230;&#8230;. She is Mai Takiguchi, 24, a newcomer to NTV in 2012.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> She is also a naginata (halberd) player, and in her third year of high school she won first place in Japan in both the performance and competition events at the Fukui Shiawase Genki National Athletic Meet held in her home prefecture of Fukui. She aspires to work in information and news programs, and it is highly likely that she will appear in sports news in the future,&#8221; says a TV magazine writer.</span></p>
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<p> Takiguchi Anna runs around the audience, sitting next to a junior high school student, holding a board and a pen, and seems to be listening politely to her story. Perhaps relaxed by her completely non-stop smiling during the entire session, the junior high school students seemed to enjoy responding to her.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" The two talking on the way to the launch site"></div>
<h2>From around 10 pm: &#8230;&#8230;</h2>
<p> Another member of the crew who was in a separate area was another newcomer, Namiki Un Kaede (Moka) Anna (23). She seemed to be in the middle of a meeting with the staff in the space where the crew was waiting.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> She was in high school when she visited Jakarta, Indonesia, to volunteer for her own SDGs project. She entered the Department of Political Science at Keio University&#8217;s Faculty of Law, and in her junior year, she was quite active in social activities, including working as an ambassador for the &#8220;PiO PARK Ambassador Project,&#8221; which was organized by Ota Ward in collaboration with the general incorporated foundation ONE X. She was also featured in &#8220;Keio Bijo Zukan 2021 (vol. 5),&#8221; and has attracted considerable attention since her student days.</span></p>
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<p> After finishing the meeting, Ana Namiki was running around the auditorium with a stack of papers, perhaps a process chart.</p>
<p> Then, as the clock approached 10:00 p.m., the two, looking a little tired, came out of the entrance of the Tokyo Dome, side by side, from the entrance and exit of the Tokyo Dome officials. Walking in front of them with a cool look on his face and brushing his hair back was another newcomer, Takeo Mizukoshi, 23.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> When I was a student, I was a member of the mountaineering club, influenced by the station&#8217;s &#8220;Itte Q to the Ends of the World! His hobby is &#8220;guessing&#8221; for the anime &#8220;Detective Conan,&#8221; and he has loved Nippon TV since he was a child. His favorite TV show is &#8220;Hirunandesu! During the Corona period, he watched the show every day and thought, &#8220;I want to go to this place! During the Corona period, he watched the show every day and decided to apply to Nippon TV because he wanted to go to this place.</span></p>
<p> Mizukoshi was walking at the front of the group without a single sign of fatigue, while Takiguchi and Namiki were walking right behind him with serious expressions on their faces, talking about something or other. Their expressions were in stark contrast as they moved with the rest of the staff to a nearby izakaya (Japanese-style pub). In front of the restaurant, the three rookie announcers were chatting and laughing together, as if they were finally able to relax. &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p> They must have been energized by the launch party, which also served as a review of their extremely busy day. We look forward to their future activities.</p>
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 Kumataro Arai

 On August 25, the final game of the "National Junior High School Baseball Championship Giants Cup" was held at Tokyo Dome, and Nippon TV newcomers Mai Takiguchi, Kaede Namikiun, and Takeo Mizukoshi were also in action. What did they talk about at the review meeting?

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