List of Japanese announcers

This is a list of announcers on Japanese television and radio.

Nippon Television Network Corporation - NTV

 * Men
 * Tomonori Yamashita
 * Takahiko Fujii, host of morning show "Zoom-In Saturday!".
 * Shinichi Hatori, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!" and cast of some variety show.
 * Masashi Funakoshi
 * Women
 * Mika Takanishi
 * Yukari Nishio, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!".
 * Noriko Baba, co-host of reality show "The Sekai-gyoten News".
 * Tomoyo Shibata, wife of Boston Red Sox player Daisuke Matsuzaka
 * Asami Miura

Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. - TBS

 * Men
 * Ayumi Akaogi
 * Toshiyuki Doi, co-host of morning show "Watch!" and sports commentator.
 * Tadahiko Sako, co-anchor of "NEWS23 with Tetsuya Chikushi".
 * Shinichiro Azumi
 * Hiroki Ando, cast of Sunday daytime show "Akko ni Omakase".
 * Women
 * Maya Kobayashi, entertainment news anchor of "Watch!" and cast of cooking show "Saturday Night Chubou".
 * Ikumi Kimura, co-host of morning show "Watch!".
 * Hiroko Ogura, co-anchor of "JNN News Forest, The Evening News" (Present: "JNN Evening News").
 * Tomoko Kubota, co-host of game show "Amazing Animals".
 * Mai Demizu, co-host of game show "Sekai Fushigi Hakken!" and political talk show "Jijihōdan".
 * Akiyo Yoshida, co-host of medical program "Last Minute Doctor!"

Men

 * Tetsuo Suda, co-anchor on evening news program "FNN Supernews".
 * Kenji Kawabata, co-anchor on daytime news program "FNN Speak".
 * Tetsuo Nagasaka, sports announcer.
 * Masaharu Miyake, sports announcer (baseball, martial arts, Formula One, volleyball).
 * Tsuneo Shiobara, Formula One announcer.
 * Toshihiro Ito, Formula One announcer, a narrator on "Nep League".
 * Yutaka Hasegawa, sports commentator, Formula One announcer.
 * 2001
 * Hiroki Okada
 * Tomoya Morishita
 * Kazuhiro Watanabe
 * 2002
 * Takuya Watanabe
 * 2003
 * Daiki Tanaka
 * 2004
 * Taisei Kurata
 * 2005
 * Yusho Tabuchi

Women

 * Yumi Masuda
 * 2000
 * Yaeko Umezu
 * Maya Masai
 * 2001
 * Sayaka Morimoto
 * Aya Takashima - called "Ayapan"
 * 2002
 * Hitomi Nakamura
 * Minako Nakano
 * 2003
 * Saori Ishimoto
 * Tsubasa Nagano
 * Yoko Tobe
 * 2004
 * Maasa Takahashi - reporter of "FNN Supernews Weekend".
 * Maiko Saito
 * 2005
 * Reiko Endo
 * Rio Hirai - Former TV personality "OHA-GIRL Banana"

TV Asahi Corporation - EX

 * Men
 * Masahiro Sasaki
 * Tomonoshin Kokubo
 * Naoki Tsuboi, co-anchor of evening news "ANN Super J Channel".
 * Shinichiro Kawamatsu
 * Women
 * Mayumi Kawase, anchor of ANN News.
 * Sayaka Shimohira
 * Emi Takeuchi, sports anchor of nightly news program "Houdou Station".
 * Mariko Doh, host of live music show "Music Station" with Tamori.

TV Tokyo Corporation - TX

 * Men
 * Masaru Akahira
 * Tomoki Uekusa
 * Women
 * Akiko Sasaki, co-anchor of evening news "TXN NewsEye".
 * Masumi Chihara

Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Inc. - QR

 * Men
 * Naomasa Terashima
 * Hideaki Oota
 * Kunimaru Nomura
 * Women
 * Junko Suzuki
 * Kana Mizutani
 * Chiho Fujiki

Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. - LF

 * Men
 * Takashi Tsukagoshi
 * Ryohei Sakuraba
 * Hideo Matsumoto
 * Hisanori Yoshida
 * Kohji Iida
 * Women
 * Eriko Nasu
 * Sakaya Masuyama
 * Yumi Tashiro
 * Yoshiko Kawano
 * Mayuko Yamamoto
 * Noriko Tomita
 * Tomohide Shimbo

Local Broadcasting Stations

 * Toshifumi Takeshima (Akita Television), play-by-play announcer for the Akita Northern Happinets
 * Yuichi Uwaizumi (Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS)), on "Seyanen!".
 * Saki Yagi (MBS), appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui", a news anchor.
 * Hiroko Matsukawa (MBS), appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui"
 * Hiroshi Shibata (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC))
 * Ukari Kita (ABC), an assistant of "Ohayo Asahi desu" (Good morning. This is ABC.).
 * Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV)), host of "Nambo de Nambo" and "Supernews Anchor".
 * Yuzuru Okayasu (KTV), a news anchor.
 * Yasuo Toyota (KTV), a news anchor.
 * Tetsushi Baba (KTV), a sports announcer (horse racing, baseball, and Osaka International Ledies Marathon)
 * Keiko Fujimoto (KTV)
 * Natsumi Sugimoto (KTV)
 * Anna Kobayashi (Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (ytv))
 * Takashi Miura (ytv), appearing on "Zoom-In Super", "Narutomo!", and an announcer on "Japan International Birdman Rally"
 * Toshiharu Harada (Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka))
 * Toshihiko Fujii (Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (CTV))
 * Others

Former announcers

 * Free lance announcers
 * Name (belonged stations)
 * Akira Fukuzawa (NTV)- host of game show "Maka-joshiki no Ana" (NTV) and comedy show "Enta no Kamisama" (NTV). Also co-anchor of newsmagazine "Bankisha" (NTV) and sports commentator.
 * Masataka Itsumi (FTN) - died while an active free announcer
 * Mino Monta (QR) - host of "Mino Monta no Asazuba" (TBS), "Omoikkiri TV" (NTV), "Groovy After School MAX!" (TBS), "Amazing Animals" (TBS), etc.
 * Etsuko Komiya (EX) - a news anchor at TV Asahi.
 * Shohei Kuwabara (KTV) - narrator on "Go! Go! Gulliver-kun".
 * Kyoko Uchida (CX) - ex co-anchor of late-night sports news "Sport" and host of some variety shows.
 * Others
 * Name (belonged stations)
 * Jun'ichi Sumi (MBS) - one of three hosts of "Chichin Pui Pui".
 * Shio Chino (CX) - called "Chinopan".
 * Sosuke Sumitani (NTV) - he worked as a reporter of Dotch Cooking Show (Produced by ytv) but fired after he was found to have filmed up a schoolgirl's skirt using a mobile camera phone.