Momoka Mine Joins TV Tokyo as a Weathercaster

Joined TV Tokyo as a mid-career hire from a general company.

The Number One weathercaster is coming back!

In October of this year, Momoka Mine (24), who had been working at a general company, and Sachie Yamamoto (25), a former announcer for Yamagata Broadcasting, joined TV Tokyo as mid-career announcers. This marks the first mid-career hiring for announcer positions in eight years since former Hokkaido Television announcer Shikai Nishino (34) and former RKB Mainichi Broadcasting announcer Noriko Fukuda (33) joined in 2016.

The focus is on announcer Mine. Although she lacks experience as a station announcer, she actually worked as a freelance announcer while attending Aoyama Gakuin University, serving as a weather reporter for “THE TIME,” (TBS) from October 2021 until spring 2023. In June 2022, she was voted first place in the “Favorite Weather Girl” category of the national “WeatherCaster General Election,” conducted by “FLASH” with 3,000 viewers participating.

“Until now, weather casters have often been cute, soft-spoken women, but Mine stands out as a lively sports girl. After her debut on ‘THE TIME,’ she quickly gained popularity. She attended Aoyama Gakuin from junior high through university, where she was part of the cheerleading team and won a national championship. She took up golf in university and has a score of 93.

The opportunity for this sports girl to debut in the entertainment industry came when she participated in the Miss Nippon contest in 2021, where she won the semi-grand prize for ‘Water Angel,’ leading to an appearance offer from ‘THE TIME.’ This coincided with the period when the announcer recruitment exams were about to begin. Although Mine was attending an announcing school, she ultimately decided to forgo her job search and fully commit to her role as a weather reporter for ‘THE TIME.’” (announcer critic Daijiro Maruyama).

 

While attending university, she delivered smiles to viewers every morning from Monday to Friday on “THE TIME.”

“People started asking, ‘Who is that girl?’ and she quickly became a topic of conversation among the media and women’s announcer watchers. After just a year and a half, she stepped down to pursue a job at a general company, much to the disappointment of many viewers. However, now that it’s known she will become an announcer at TV Tokyo, voices of joy are rising, saying, ‘We can see her on TV again!'” (same source)

With the addition of such talent, TV Tokyo’s future is sure to be clear skies.