<h3>Popular Announcer Suffers PTSD and Leaves Fuji Television at the End of August this Year<br>
Overcoming slander and a battle with illness, she has finally grasped a glimmer of hope&#8230;</h3>
<figure id="attachment_398306" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398306"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="243b3926"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/fbac89452ff638e06b89bb795fad87b1.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398306" class="wp-caption-text">Nagisa Watanabe / Joined Fuji Television in April 2008. She was in charge of popular programs such as &#8220;Mezamashi TV&#8221; and &#8220;Moshi Moshi Tours,&#8221; but left in August of this year after taking a leave of absence due to health problems. She plans to establish a support group for women who find it difficult to live.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I really wanted to disclose my illness as soon as possible,&#8221; she said. But for various reasons, I was unable to do so. Because I couldn&#8217;t disclose my illness, I was slandered by people who said, &#8216;Isn&#8217;t this a temporary illness? I was in a state of conflict for a long time.</span></p>
<p>Nagisa Watanabe, 27, a former announcer for Fuji Television Network, said, &#8220;I was always in a state of conflict.</p>
<p>After graduating from Keio University, Watanabe joined Fuji Television in 2008. She was in charge of popular programs such as &#8220;Moshi Moshi Tours&#8221; and &#8220;Mezamashi TV. However, in July of &#8217;23, it was suddenly announced that he would be taking a leave of absence due to poor health, causing all kinds of speculation.</p>
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<p>At the end of August of this year, she left Fuji TV, and on October 1, she announced on her Instagram page that she had been suffering from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).</p>
<p>After more than a year of fighting the disease, she faced and overcame past traumas, leading her to confess her illness. Watanabe first developed PTSD in June of last year after a shocking, life-threatening event.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I can&#8217;t go into details, but at that point I realized, &#8216;Oh my God, I&#8217;m not going to make it,'&#8221; Watanabe said. When I first developed PTSD, I had a hard time dealing with the event, and I didn&#8217;t make any progress in my treatment. I still think about it in passing.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p>The cause was a sudden trouble. Since then, Watanabe has continued to suffer from the phantom.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It was a rainy day. Recalling the weather, the nearest station, smells, and food at that time triggered panic attacks, and even the slightest noise frightened her, a symptom of PTSD known as &#8220;hyper arousal.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I could not go to the supermarket to avoid the traumatic foods, and I could not eat properly. But I was so frustrated that my life was taken away from me by the people who gave me PTSD that I went to &#8230;&#8230;. I kept struggling, visiting those places, trying to somehow get back on my feet.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>I loved my job as an announcer and even considered it my calling. He had landed a big job and was doing well in both his personal and professional life. It was in the midst of all this that the incident occurred. Watanabe was unable to walk, and his doctor recommended hospitalization, forcing him to take an extended leave of absence.</p>
<p>The paid version of &#8220;FRIDAY GOLD&#8221; reports vividly on Watanabe&#8217;s own epic experience as she recounted it. We hope you will experience her anguish and dramatic resurrection through her own words.</p>
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<div data-friday-gold-link-url="https://friday.gold/article/286099" data-friday-gold-link-title="Nagisa Watanabe ″From Despair to Rebirth″ &quot;I decided that I would try everything I wanted to do." data-friday-gold-link-excerpt="The popular announcer, who developed PTSD and left Fuji Television at the end of August this year, finally grasped a glimmer of hope after overcoming slander and a life of fighting the disease - &quot;I really wanted to disclose my illness as soon as possible. But for various reasons, I was unable to do so. Public" data-friday-gold-link-thumbnail-wide="https://assets.friday.gold/friday-wp-production-assets/app/uploads/2024/10/OGA02519_1-30105641677179.jpg/v/crop-faces:width=256,height=144/format:type=webp?Expires=4102444800&amp;Key-Pair-Id=K2H5GZZHVJCN4V&amp;Signature=qComGMhyEC3twza2ex6Wt3Fcdg~86BJ0uDBTn6jv69uhkMrigrzzOj~VoohRyAIWoqSVVA5t8ugncK32k1NpkBDGuJ4J4Wt9ctpJ1f6Ngv3tUH~c~M2nkOjsVvq0Dq1x616JEkj8nssjo29YxfaZ5jquswgkOk55AHzrmogo0Goh1Bp9ZA4hPov4CjNJHa2cpglmyMihDZ2luQGM84W5dvAFn4zXJX2klG4PgRvMTyje2tjM36laoGBkvea7pr7QulFB6Xmx8OSGD86OdZ47rZXYehNZQPPoh1Z6dd7hRGWb-wZ33cUV7RpDww79AHd5t05JizCOtEwiYnN1qGrw0g__" data-friday-gold-link-thumbnail-square="https://assets.friday.gold/friday-wp-production-assets/app/uploads/2024/10/OGA02519_1-30105641677179.jpg/v/crop-faces:width=105,height=105/format:type=webp?Expires=4102444800&amp;Key-Pair-Id=K2H5GZZHVJCN4V&amp;Signature=G2ybH5GfWuRdtOB8ntQPO-4SK6c3QeCGKP~2K9fImzfIT3djv-AMvQubrwQkceCgqE9RDtL9sr1HYJwMovwsv2CxgQHuGPtrwUc1EtQA4z71s~wgwHA9Ejxf3jc616wuJ5MKuFOjsVsFV7LzT6xQpX1E24PJOP05N1FoVWOrtMKYbNY5kkCvkfqed2EW4Wfopj0w3WkRZNNIZ3lSxRFtpuNgSUQ5I2WGcZlK-dfsg4d~Z7SCrsVzEK~JOI9h5M7ZGVKFQv~IrLzTgJr8hFQ6yz9B4jfCt-vUGTc2-Jl8duVFDM5Y-aIsafcWJZjA4u29FjyM-z3EAdwQwZMOzXldag__"></div>
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead="Resurrection from illness! Nagisa Watanabe &quot;cute true face&quot; photo"></div>
<figure id="attachment_398311" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1726px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398311"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="725097eb"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/af9f05ef7eea970b9f194cdf39559947.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398311" class="wp-caption-text">Her long hair from her announcer days was buzzed. She showed a pretty smile in an autumnal Bordeaux dress.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_398312" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398312"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4ff5b21c"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/29c168ed9e52d21cf93acb7d49f1a088.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398312" class="wp-caption-text">During her illness, she suffered from urticaria and arthritis due to photosensitivity. Her face is twice as swollen as usual.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_398313" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 3379px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398313"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4309f100"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/cc76f8ff928c4f579d934476a40fb200.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398313" class="wp-caption-text">Watanabe listens intently to the reporter&#8217;s eyes. For her own happiness, &#8220;I will challenge everything I want to do! she said smiling.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_398314" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398314"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="1baaed8b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/ec895629dd9afcb5b459b6e53938b382.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398314" class="wp-caption-text">Special interview with Nagisa Watanabe ″From Despair to Rebirth</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_398315" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398315"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="54d3d734"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/febebfca15a1d9a958f29e77675dc9fe.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398315" class="wp-caption-text">Unpublished cuts from the magazine Nagisa Watanabe ″From Despair to Rebirth″ Special Interview</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_398316" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1667px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398316"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b53ca067"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/11d0f851c6ed695e6dc3d09846d5f46a.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398316" class="wp-caption-text">Unpublished cut from &#8220;From Hopelessness to Rebirth&#8221; Special Interview with Nagisa Watanabe</figcaption></figure>
<p>From the November 15 issue of &#8220;FRIDAY</p>


 Takayuki Ogawauchi

 Nagisa Watanabe, a former announcer who left Fuji TV at the end of August this year after suffering from PTSD, overcame more than a year of battling the disease and being slandered on the Internet, and candidly revealed how she came to develop PTSD, how she felt then, and how she feels now.

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