List of Japanese announcers

TV Stations in Tokyo

[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".
• * 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!"

  [Fuji Television] Network, Inc. - CX

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.
• * 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

  Radio Stations in Tokyo

[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, play-by-play announcer for the Akita Northern Happinets
• Yuichi Uwaizumi, on "Seyanen!".
• Saki Yagi, appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui", a news anchor.
• Hiroko Matsukawa, appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui"
• Hiroshi Shibata
• Ukari Kita, an assistant of "Ohayo Asahi desu".
• Hiroyuki Yamamoto, host of "Nambo de Nambo" and "Supernews Anchor".
• Yuzuru Okayasu, a news anchor.
• Yasuo Toyota, a news anchor.
• Tetsushi Baba, a sports announcer
• Keiko Fujimoto
• Natsumi Sugimoto
• Anna Kobayashi
• Takashi Miura, appearing on "Zoom-In Super", "Narutomo!", and an announcer on "Japan International Birdman Rally"
• Toshiharu Harada
• Toshihiko Fujii
• Others

  Former announcers

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