Yuka Aiuchi, the Cool Beauty Anchor of “WBS,” Smiles with KDDI’s President

Under the gorgeous lighting, smiling at the cameraman in front of her is Yuka Aiuchi, 38, an announcer at TV Tokyo. The gentleman in a suit smiling beside her is Makoto Takahashi, 62, CEO of KDDI.

On September 18, Mitsubishi Corporation, Lawson, and KDDI held a joint press conference to discuss Lawson’s proposal for the “convenience store of the future. After the conference, Aiuchi interviewed CEO Takahashi individually.

Popular as the main anchor of WBS

Aiuchi became the main anchor of “WBS (World Business Satellite)” in April this year. She returned to this program, which she once served for 10 years, for the first time in three years. While working as a station analyst, Aiuchi enrolled as a working adult in Waseda University Business School in 2008, and obtained an MBA (Master of Business Administration) in March 2011. Using this knowledge, she has been well received on “WBS” for her incisive questioning in interviews with business executives.

At the joint press conference, he asked President Sadanobu Takemasu (55) how Lawson would specifically change.

I don’t want to make the store unmanned, but I want to make it so that real people can stay in the real store by using tech, digital, and AI, so that Lawson can do whatever it takes to think. I want to make it that kind of store.

When President Takemasu answered, “Will it change a lot? He repeated the question, “Will it change a lot? After that, he had a 30-minute individual interview with Mr. Takahashi, and finally, at the request of the press, they had a two-shot shoot as shown at the beginning of this report.

Married to Minoru Aoi, Anna, in ’23

When she was a student at Rikkyo University, she belonged to the entertainment agency “St. Force” and was selected as “Semi-Miss Rikkyo. After joining TV TOKYO, she became popular as an idol for her lovely looks. After 2010, she began to work more and more on news programs.

In ’23, former NHK announcer and current main anchor of “Live News It! (Fuji Television Network). Some people at the station were wondering, “Will she ever retire from her marriage? (Fuji Television Network), but she has told those around her, “I will never quit! ‘ (TV station insider).

As a result, she has become TV TOKYO’s ace economics analyst. As a result, she is now an ace economics analyst at Teletext, and the station has high expectations for her future success.