No more star female announcers? The Background of the “Era of the Sober Announcer
Unfortunately, there will never be another “Katopan.”
We often wonder, “Who will be the next Katopan?” I tend to think, “What is this? Recently, there has been a string of female announcer departures, and whenever I hear such news, I wonder, “Who will be the next generation of star female announcers?” I am not sure what to expect.
However, I believe that the era of the star female TV announcer is over. Unfortunately, I don’t think the “next Katopan” will ever appear again.
I predict that the era of the star female announcer is over, and what has begun is the “era of the humble announcer. Let me explain what I mean.
Who are the current female announcers you think of when you hear the words “star female announcer”? The only “announcers” who would be mentioned as belonging to a station would be, at most, Mami Mizuto of NTV, Ayaka Hironaka of TV Asahi, and Yurika Mita of Fuji Television.
The rest are probably names of “TV personalities” who are not affiliated with a station, in other words, in the strict sense of the word. Take Erina Arai, for example. She is a talent belonging to St. Force.
From now on, it would be more convenient for everyone if such “talents belonging to an office” are sought for star status. Both for the station and for the talent herself.
