Tomoaki Ogura, who had been “on fire” for so many years, finally spoke his last words of “weakness.

In 2012, many prominent figures sadly passed away. We look back on the activities of the past and remember the deceased, based on the articles we have introduced in this magazine in the past.

Doctors told him, “You don’t have to work so hard.

On December 9, he appeared on “Information Presenter Tokutodane! the host of “Information Presenter Toku Dane!” and the “morning face” of Fuji Television for 22 years, passed away at the age of 77.

Ogura announced that he had bladder cancer in 2004. On “Ogura Base” (Fuji TV), which was recorded on November 8, he appeared to be in good health, but his health deteriorated and he was hospitalized. On December 4, doctors declared that there was nothing they could do to cure him, and he returned home on December 6.

On December 4, doctors declared that there was nothing they could do to cure him, and he returned home on December 6. Shinsuke Kasai, 61, a freelance announcer who appeared on the program with Ms. Ogura as a subcaster of “Tokudane! In a broadcast of “Mezamashi 8” (Fuji Television Network) on January 10, he revealed what happened at that time as follows.

I told the doctor, ‘You don’t have to work so hard anymore. Then (Ms. Ogura) told me, ‘You’ve already given up, haven’t you? His voice was dead and very weak. I guessed that he was going to …… end up at home.

Mr. Ogura was born in Akita Prefecture in 1947. He ventured to become an announcer in order to overcome his stuttering disorder and joined Tokyo 12 Channel (now TV Tokyo) in 1970. He distinguished himself as a horse race play-by-play announcer, and was scouted by Ohashi Kioizumi to become a freelance announcer. However, for a while after becoming a freelance announcer, he had no work, and he was constantly behind in paying taxes, child-support payments to his ex-wife, and utility bills.

However, he began to attract attention for his narration on “Tamiya RC Grand Prix” (TV Tokyo) and “World Marugoto HOW Match” (Mainichi Broadcasting System), and as a reporter on “The Hiroshi Ogawa Show. As a radio personality, he also became popular for his skillful speaking skills and became a personality for daytime band programs such as “Tokoton Kikinaru 11:00” (Bunka Hoso), which led to his appointment as a host for TV information programs.