Hiroko Ogura, Former TBS Announcer, Reveals the “True Reason” for Leaving TBS for the First Time

After hard work, she was accepted at TBS. As a rookie, she was in charge of morning information programs such as “Ohayo Whale” and “Hanamaru Market.

It was tough! Every day I would arrive at the office at 2 a.m. before daybreak. I couldn’t get used to the fact that I had to be asleep by 9:00 p.m. rather than getting up.

He was often in charge of sports.

I was often in charge of sports! Sports Power,’ I would ride in the passenger seat of a professional baseball player’s car and listen to him until he got home from the ballpark. There was no script, and we just went out there and did it. When I saw a piece of bread placed randomly on the ground, I said something like, ‘Athletes eat sweet buns, too, don’t they? and was scolded. …… Looking back, it was a harrowing experience, but I think it was good training for me to be able to ask questions in any situation.

Meeting my husband and the first time I liked him

During the program, I had a fateful encounter.

There was a time when Shunichi Kawai, Kimiko Jinnai, and the other performers were having a good time in the waiting room, laughing and giggling. At the center of the scene was Takeru Mizuuchi, 52, a former soccer player who played for the Urawa Reds and other teams. He was later her husband. Since they were close in age, they became friends over dinner, but my impression of him was that he talked a lot.

Their friendship was brought closer by Hideki Matsui’s move to the major leagues.

When Matsui agreed to sign with the Yankees in December 2002, it was right after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and there was no atmosphere for celebrities to go to the United States in droves. In the end, I was the only female announcer who covered the camp in detail. When I returned to Japan, Mizuuchi eagerly invited me to dinner.

Her questions were, “Is there a difference in training for fielders and pitchers? What is the training like? She was all about the majors. I am a former soccer player, but a big baseball fan who also played youth baseball. As a sportscaster, he must have been desperately trying to learn. For the first time, I liked him, thinking, ‘He’s surprisingly serious.

Looking at the October 24, 2003 issue of this magazine, which reported their relationship at the time, Ogura (in the second photo) is embarrassed, saying, ”Uuhuhu. They married in April 2005 and were blessed with three children.

The children’s reaction to the Great East Japan Earthquake in March ’11 made me think about how the press should be.

Because of my occupation, I turn on the TV as soon as I get home. But when I saw the images of the earthquake, my eldest daughter, who was attending preschool at the time, was shaking and trembling. She must have been terrified. Of course, we had the option of turning off the TV. However, as someone who works for a TV station, I felt it was necessary to air the footage in order to convey the horror of a natural disaster.

On the other hand, it is not enough to simply broadcast shocking images. It is also necessary to consider the viewers. For example, I think it is important to put a message in advance that says, ‘Images of the tsunami will now be shown.