Aoi Harada, Fuji Television’s Aoi Harada, “A series of too dynamic mispronunciations,” as seen by a TV person.

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Aoi Harada, 24, is a female announcer at Fuji Television Network. A former member of the popular idol group Sakurazaka 46 (formerly Keyakizaka 46), she was once known as the “intellectual queen” during her time with the group. However, she has become a “hot topic” in the TV world for a wrong answer she gave during an appearance on the October 28 broadcast of “Calling Teacher Tanaka” (Fuji TV).

On that day, 10 announcers from NHK and other key stations gathered for the program. They competed to be the “No. 1 honor student announcer” by taking a gliding test and a dictation test for difficult-to-read kanji characters, which are essential skills for announcers.

Harada was joined by Fuji senior announcer Daijiro Enonami (39) and former Fuji announcer Tomoyo Abe (61), now an employee of the news bureau. They were given a news script to read on the spot, and they failed the test.

They mispronounced “ha-da-sho” as “ha-da. He mispronounced “Chuzaijo” for “Chuzaisho,” and “Kazo-shi” for “Kasushi.

Harada’s mistakes did not stop there.

In a question about an idiom meaning “to stand on equal footing,” she answered “head” (the correct answer was “shoulder”) for the blank part of “○ in a row.

When asked to guess the famous phrase “I want to praise myself,” used by former Japanese women’s marathoner Yuko Arimori, 57, when she won the bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she answered, “I’m glad I didn’t give up for the first time! The answer was “I’m glad I didn’t give up for the first time!

Immediately after the program went on the air, various comments appeared on SNS.

“Is Fuji an institution for training stupid announcers?
What’s wrong with that? This is what happens when you join a company with connections.
I know it will be tough for a while, but don’t lose your smile.
You’re good for variety.