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

When he became a manager in his mid-40s, his state of mind changed.

‘The announcer work I wanted to do gradually diminished,’ he said. I was agonizing over whether I could continue to do so, when the new Corona became the decisive factor.

As a manager, I had to adjust the schedules of nearly 20 announcers, and even when I was resting at home, I was told, ‘Announcer 00 has a fever. Even when I was resting at home, I received frequent phone calls even in the middle of the night, such as, “Anna 00 has a fever, and we need you to make arrangements for a substitute MC for the program that starts at 2:00 in the morning. The children were also complaining, “Mom, are you calling again? They are not happy with ……. I must have been losing sight of myself. My husband, who couldn’t bear to see me in such a state of blank amazement, called out to me.

Mizuuchi said, “You don’t have to be so hard anymore.

He said, “You don’t have to be so hard anymore. You want to work as an announcer, don’t you?

Ogura was encouraged by her husband’s words.

I am truly grateful to TBS for bringing me up,” she said. But I want to continue my work as a talker. So I decided to leave the company at the age of 50. My dream for the time being is to once again host a TBS program as a freelancer. Preferably on the radio. Perhaps it is because I am now 50 years old, but I am comfortable with the human touch.

A female announcer who has decided that she will be a talker for the rest of her life has taken the first step toward a fresh start.

From the March 14-21, 2025 issue of FRIDAY