Keiko Tsubakihara, a retired Fuji TV announcer, and her good friend “Katopan” are whispering about “cooperation” in their return to TV after a two-year absence.
Tsubakihara Announcer is very sorry to report her resignation. ……
Keiko Tsubakihara, 39, who is leaving Fuji Television Network at the end of March, appeared on “Wide Nasho” on March 16. She mentioned her departure herself.
At the beginning of the program, MC Koji Higashino (57) said,
Ms. Tsubakihara is leaving Fuji Television on March 31, and two announcers, Ms. Tsubakihara and Ms. Yumi Nagashima (33), are retiring. This was decided long ago, wasn’t it?
Tsubakihara looked horrified when asked, “Yes, that’s right,
Yes, that’s right. I’m really sorry to have to tell you this at a time when it is so important to restore trust in Fuji Television, but I reported this to the company last November, and I’m sorry to have to tell you this.
He revealed that the decision had been made before December of last year, when two weekly magazines reported on Masahiro Nakai’s (52) trouble with a woman.
Tsubakihara had been in charge of many news programs since she first joined the company. She has also been the MC of “Weekly Fuji TV Review,” which received many harsh opinions from viewers after the “riot” broke out. Kyoko Sasaki (52) had long since disappeared, and her appearances on “Widener” had increased, making her an indispensable part of the current Fuji Television network. However, she has decided to leave the company to spend more time with her family.
On March 14, “Shukan Josei PRIME” reported that Tsubakihara has been a director of her husband’s company for the past three years. Her husband is the representative director of a long-established general facilities company that has been in business for over 110 years, and in ’14 he established a subsidiary company that engages in contracting for facilities work and real estate business. She was appointed director of that subsidiary. In that sense, there seems to be no need for her to start working as a freelance analyst right away” (staff member at a production company).
Tsubakihara, a native of Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, went to junior high and high school at Kobayashi Seishin Joshi Gakuin and then to Sacred Heart University. All three have worked on many regular programs and have contributed greatly to Fuji Television, making them a rare pair.
