<figure id="attachment_406567" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406567" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ff1849c2"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/12/4fd13330199baa099b609d1108d96483.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406567" class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Ogura visited &#8220;Blue Note Tokyo&#8221; in August &#8217;14, accompanied by a young woman.</figcaption></figure>
<p> 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.</p>
<h3><span class="strongInContent"> Doctors told him, &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to work so hard.</span></h3>
<p> On December 9, he appeared on &#8220;Information Presenter Tokutodane! the host of &#8220;Information Presenter Toku Dane!&#8221; and the &#8220;morning face&#8221; of Fuji Television for 22 years, passed away at the age of 77.</p>
<p> Ogura announced that he had bladder cancer in 2004. On &#8220;Ogura Base&#8221; (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.</p>
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<p> 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 &#8220;Tokudane! In a broadcast of &#8220;Mezamashi 8&#8221; (Fuji Television Network) on January 10, he revealed what happened at that time as follows.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I told the doctor, &#8216;You don&#8217;t have to work so hard anymore. Then (Ms. Ogura) told me, &#8216;You&#8217;ve already given up, haven&#8217;t you? His voice was dead and very weak. I guessed that he was going to &#8230;&#8230; end up at home.</span></p>
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<p> 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.</p>
<p> However, he began to attract attention for his narration on &#8220;Tamiya RC Grand Prix&#8221; (TV Tokyo) and &#8220;World Marugoto HOW Match&#8221; (Mainichi Broadcasting System), and as a reporter on &#8220;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 &#8220;Tokoton Kikinaru 11:00&#8221; (Bunka Hoso), which led to his appointment as a host for TV information programs.</p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">Beloved.</span><span class="strongInContent"> Disliked host&#8221;</span></h3>
<p> Ogura has served as MC for numerous programs, but one cannot talk about him without mentioning &#8220;Tokudane! When he took over as MC, Ogura said that he wanted to have a free talk session at the beginning of each program. He never consults with anyone before the show as to what topics he will discuss, and this corner, in which he talks about current affairs in his own words, has become a well-known corner of &#8220;Tokudane! became a famous corner of &#8220;Tokudane! Sometimes the conversation became so heated that it went on for more than 10 minutes and another corner was skipped.</p>
<p> One thing that Ogura-san is inseparable from is &#8220;flame wars. His scathing and sometimes overly honest comments on free talk and news often caused controversy when they were spread on the Internet. Ogura seemed to have been convinced of this, saying in a radio program &#8220;TOKYO SPEAKEASY&#8221; (TOKYOFM) broadcast in August: &#8220;(I was doing the program).</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> There were times when I was nervous about what I was going to say, and on the other hand, when I knew that if I said something like that, it would probably cause a firestorm, I was very happy when it did (laughs). (Laughs.) You could see all the staff running around the studio.</span></p>
<p> Ogura is sometimes named as &#8220;the host I don&#8217;t like. While he was strict about his work, he was also kind and attentive to the staff during meetings and review sessions, and the staff loved him.</p>
<p> Friday has seen Mr. Ogura, who loved music, several times at Blue Note Tokyo, a jazz club in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, where he frequented. Several ordinary customers said, &#8220;Mr. Ogura~!&#8221; I was impressed by the way he responded with a smile and a raised hand.</p>
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<p> Ogura took a leave of absence from November 27, 2006 to January 6, 2007 due to a cystectomy in 2006, but after his return, he continued to be the MC of &#8220;Tokudane! until March 26, 2009, when the program ended. However, there were times when she still felt weak. On January 13 of the same year, when he reported the end of &#8220;Tokudane! on January 13 of the same year, he also made the following &#8220;weak statement&#8221; when he reported the end of &#8220;Tokudane!</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Since I got sick, I have started to look at information on the Internet. I started to look at information on the Internet after I got sick, and it was very harsh to hear things like, &#8216;Isn&#8217;t he an old man? And when I saw an elderly politician, I gradually began to think, &#8220;Ah, I guess old people are no good. That&#8217;s why I thought it was about time for me to start &#8230;&#8230;》.</span></p>
<p> Ogura passed away while being cared for by his wife Sayuri and their dog.</p>
<p> I pray that he may rest in peace.</p>

<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Mr. Ogura with a young woman... an image of him when he was in good health."></div>
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 Keisuke Nishi (1st and 2nd photos), Sota Shima (3rd photo)

 In Memoriam '24] Tomoaki Ogura, a freelance TV announcer who passed away on December 9, was the MC of "Tokudane! for 22 years, and his blunt and often controversial comments were often the source of controversy. What was the last "weak comment" he made?

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

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