The “story of her success” is amazing! TV Asahi’s Minami Moriyama, “extremely serious,” stands out from the crowd for her popularity and ability.

The change of announcer assignments for the live wide and news programs due to the reorganization in April seems to have finally settled down.

Viewers have viewing habits, and they tend to watch the same programs all the time, especially in the mornings and evenings. One topic of conversation among some viewers is the transfer of TV Asahi’s Minami Moriyama, 25, who has been with the company for four years. She has been selected to be the main anchor of “Super J Channel” from this spring, and her unusual rise in the ranks is causing widespread surprise” (writer for a TV magazine).

TV Asahi has been known since the days of Mariko Do (42) to assign female announcers to its flagship programs such as “Music Station” immediately after they join the company, and tends to place more emphasis on fresh talent than other stations. Moriyama was appointed to the early morning “Good. Morning” program immediately after joining TV Asahi in April ’21! Morning.

After a year in charge of “Good! Morning” for a year, she was next selected for the nationally televised “Hatori Shinichi Morning Show. Moriyama was promoted to the “Morning Show,” replacing Chiharu Saito (27), who had previously worked as an assistant, to the surprise of female announcers at other stations.

The “Morning Show” is full of commentators with strong personalities, such as Toru Tamagawa, who is the oizumiban, Yoshizumi Ishihara, and Kazushige Nagashima, but Moriyama quickly became comfortable with them. She was also adored by Mr. Hatori,” said a TV Asahi insider.

On SNS and among fans,

Moriyama seriously practicing one-point stretches by Nobukazu Kataoka, a weather forecaster, during the weather corner before the end of the program.

“I don’t care about Tamagawa-san or the old man, I just want Moriyama-ana to be on the show all the time.

Many people said, “I wish they would just show Moriyama alone all the time. Moriyama has big eyes, long straight hair, and a ladylike fashion style. Moriyama is a highly skilled announcer who has a reputation for always being imposing. In fact, she has been active as a TV personality since her school days.

She is from Kumamoto Prefecture and was a finalist for “Miss Seventeen 2015” during her high school years. During her time at Hosei University, she was a member of “Sprout,” the student division of “St. Force,” which included “Mezamashi Saturday” anchor Hanayako Abe (27) and Rina Yamamoto (29), who later joined TBS.

To the outside eye, her college life was glamorous, but she was very serious. She has no flirtatious personality, is not interested in brand-name fashion, and wears simple clothes to work.

Until this March, Yutaka Morikawa, 30, had been the main anchor of “J Channel” and had a good reputation both inside and outside the station, but she has been on leave since April to accompany her husband to his new post. However, she took a leave of absence from the station in April to accompany her husband to his new post.

In fact, it is said that TV Asahi is strongly influenced by Chairman Hiroshi Hayakawa’s wishes when it comes to women’s appearances, even as reporters. Many people say that Chairman Hayakawa’s “one voice of the crane” is behind Moriyama’s stepping up to the plate in her fourth year with the company, ahead of many senior female TV announcers.

Nevertheless, she has been active in the program since her student days, and her reputation on the program so far shows that she is very competent. She is also well-liked for the way she always listens to the reports from the field caster with a sincere attitude” (wide show staff).

The senior announcers are backing up this duo with Kentaro Izawa, another freshman who has been with the company for eight years.

TV Asahi’s “Super J Channel” is the freshest among the evening news programs, where the cast has been noticeably rejuvenated this spring. With the development of Minami Moriyama’s “career story,” it is no wonder that people are saying, “The next program will surely be the “News Station.

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