Tears of Regret Every Time a Professional Baseball Game is Broadcast… “Beautiful Employees” at a Company Where Almost All Staff Are Former Female Announcers Tell Their Unique Lives

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The beautiful women welcomed the reporters with their clear voices. They were employees of “Talk Navi” (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), a company that undertakes the hosting and PR agency businesses. Almost all of the company’s staff are “former female announcers” who were involved in announcing.

The company was established in March 2003. Kaori Hida, the president of the company, who herself was an announcer for Nippon Television Network Corporation’s Aomori Broadcasting System, says, “I was originally an announcer when I was around 30 years old.

Kaori Hida, who was herself an announcer at Nippon Television Network Corporation’s Aomori Broadcasting System, says, “I originally established the company in order to be a place for female announcers who had been transferred from the announcements department to the general affairs department when they were around 30 and had become discouraged. Their work as ‘players’ has decreased dramatically, and they are often in agony. We thought it would be a good second career for these distressed female announcers.

Talk Navi, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in March of this year, currently has a staff of about 80, including outsourced workers. In addition to announcing for clients’ new product launches, the company also provides communication training and press release writing services. What is the true face of a woman working for a company where she used to be a female announcer? Sayaka Yanagida, a former announcer for Nankai Broadcasting in Ehime Prefecture, tells her unique life story in her own words.

My heart would race when I passed through Yurakucho.

When I joined Nankai Broadcasting, I was immediately put in charge of a live public broadcasting crown program. I handled everything from planning to director duties all by myself. My days were busy and fulfilling, but in my late 20s, I began to feel uneasy about the fact that I had never left Ehime Prefecture. I felt a strong desire to work in a big city like Tokyo, so I took the plunge and left the company.”

Ms. Yanagida became a freelance announcer, but the daily life in Tokyo was not easy. There is one job that I will never forget. He was in charge of Nippon Broadcasting System’s “Show Up Nightly” professional baseball broadcast.

I had zero knowledge of baseball and didn’t know the rules. I was in charge of announcing, so I was a wreck. I spent my days struggling with a player’s directory in my hand, and I cried tears of frustration every time the broadcast was over. Even now, when I pass by Yurakucho (Chiyoda Ward), where Nippon Broadcasting System is located, my heart sometimes pounds as I remember how nervous I was back then.

Mr. Yanagida is a man I admire. Ever since he saw the movie “Armageddon” starring Bruce Willis when he was a student, he has had a strong yearning for space. This yearning has now taken shape.

When I returned to Ehime as an assistant announcer, I had the opportunity to host an event for JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui. Later that year, while touring the JAXA Space Center in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, I met again with people involved in the event. This connection led me to apply for a position as a JAXA invited staff member, and I ended up working as a public relations officer in the Manned Space Technology Division.

It was difficult to learn technical terms, but my days were fulfilling as I was in charge of planning and coordinating public relations for spacecraft and astronauts. After about five years of intense work, I decided to take a break and resigned from my job. …… When I had some free time, I felt the urge to speak again, so I applied for a job at “Talk Navi. I am now making the most of my experience as a publicist and announcer.

Talk Navi is an “announcer (speaker)” company that brings together a diverse group of women. The staff had an interesting and deep story to tell.

In the May 17 edition of the paid magazine “FRIDAY GOLD,” we closely interviewed several female employees of “Talk Navi. It introduces their unexpected real faces along with beautiful special photos.

↓FRIDAY GOLD] Almost all of them are “former female announcers”… “Close-up shots” of beautiful employees.