List of Tokyo Broadcasting System announcers

Below is a list of current and former broadcast announcers for the Tokyo Broadcasting System, its spin-offs, and predecessor entities.

Current announcers

Male or man

• Naoki Uraguchi (浦口 直樹, Uraguchi Naoki) joined in 1983
• Takahiro Tosaki (戸崎 貴広, Tosaki Takahiro) joined in 1986
• Masahiro Kiyohara (清原 正博, Kiyohara Masahiro) joined in 1988
• Masao Mukai (向井 政生, Mukai Masao) joined in 1988
• Yutaka Kobayashi (小林 豊, Kobayashi Yutaka) joined in 1989
• Tetsuya Saitō (斎藤 哲也, Saitō Tetsuya) joined in 1989
• Hiroki Andō (安東 弘樹, Andō Hiroki) joined in 1991
• Keisuke Hatsuta (初田 啓介, Hatsuta Keisuke) joined in 1993
• Daisuke Shimizu (清水 大輔, Shimizu Daisuke) joined in 1993
• Naohiro Masuda (升田 尚宏, Masuda Naohiro) joined in 1994
• Toshiyuki Doi (土井 敏之, Doi Toshiyuki) joined in 1996
• Wataru Ogasawara (小笠原 亘, Ogasawara Wataru) joined in 1996
• Shinichirō Azumi (安住 紳一郎, Azumi Shinichirō) joined in 1997
• Ryūta Itō (伊藤 隆太, Itō Ryūta) joined in 1997
• Kengo Komada (駒田 健吾, Komada Kengo) joined in 1998
• Etsuo Arata (新タ 悦男, Arata Etsuo) joined in 1998
• Fumiyasu Satō (佐藤 文康, Satō Fumiyasu) joined in 1999
• Shōhei Fujimori (藤森 祥平, Fujimori Shōhei) joined in 2001
• Takahiro Takano (高野 貴裕, Takano Takahiro) joined in 2003
• Ayumi Akaogi (赤荻 歩, Akaogi Ayumi) joined in 2004
• Noriyuki Hasumi (蓮見孝之, Hasumi Noriyuki) joined in 2004
• Ryūsuke Itō (伊藤 隆佑, Itō Ryūsuke) joined in 2006
• Takahiro Inoue (井上 貴博, Inoue Takahiro) joined in 2007
• Shin'ya Sugiyama (杉山 真也, Sugiyama Shin'ya) joined in 2007
• Takaaki Yamamoto (山本 匠晃, Yamamoto Taaki) joined in 2008
• Tomohiro Ishii (石井 大裕, Ishii Tomohiro) joined in 2010
• Hasen Kuniyama (国山ハセン, Kuniyama Hasen) joined in 2013
• Kazato Kumazaki (熊崎 風斗, Kumazaki Kazato) joined in 2013
• Tomohiro Kiire (喜入 友浩, Kiire Tomohiro) joined in 2017
• Hiroki Kobayashi (小林 廣輝, Kobayashi Hiroki) joined in 2018
• Shun Watanabe (渡部峻, Watanabe Shun) joined in 2019
• Shintaro Saito (齋藤慎太郎, Saito Shintaro) joined in 2020
• Masato Shinanba (南波雅俊, Shinanba Masato) joined in 2020
• Mitsuaki Ozawa (小沢 光葵, Ozawa Mitsuaki) joined in 2021
• Mitsuki Takayanagi (高柳 光希, Takayanagi Mitsuki) joined in 2021

Female or woman

• Yuki Nagamine (長峰 由紀, Nagamine Yuki) joined in 1987
• Junko Akisawa (秋沢 淳子, Akisawa Junko) joined in 1991
• Kyoko Nagaoka (長岡 杏子, Nagaoka Kyōko) joined in 1994
• Tomoko Ogawa (小川 知子, Ogawa Tomoko) joined in 1995
• Mika Horii (堀井 美香, Horii Mika) joined in 1995
• Hiroko Ogura (小倉 弘子, Ogura Hiroko) joined in 1997
• Eri Toyama (外山 惠理, Toyama Eri) joined in 1998
• Ayano Toyoda (豊田 綾乃, Toyoda Ayano) joined in
• Tomoko Kubota (久保田 智子, Kubota Tomoko) joined in 2000
• Ayu Yamanouchi (山内 あゆ, Yamanouchi Ayu) joined in 2000
• Yuriko Takahata (高畑 百合子, Takahata Yuriko) joined in 2003
• Hitomi Okamura (岡村 仁美, Okamura Hitomi) joined in 2005
• Mai Demizu (出水 麻衣, Demizu Mai) joined in 2006
• Mayumi Mizuno (水野 真裕美, Mizuno Mayumi) joined in 2006
• Sylwia Katō (加藤 シルビア, Katō Sirubia) joined in 2008
• Ai Etō (江藤 愛, Etō Ai) joined in 2009
• Yūmi Furuya (古谷 有美, Furuya Yūmi) joined in 2011
• Yumiko Kobayashi (小林 由未子, Kobayashi Yumiko) joined in 2013
• Reina Minagawa (皆川 玲奈, Minagawa Reina) joined in 2014
• Risa Unai (宇内 梨沙, Unai Risa) joined in 2015
• Saeko Kamimura (上村 彩子, Kamimura Saeko) joined in 2015
• Erika Yamamoto (山本 恵里伽, Yamamoto Erika) joined in 2016
• Maoko Hibi (日比麻音子, Hibi Maoko) joined in 2016
• Junna Yamagata (山形 純菜, Yamagata Junna) joined in 2017
• Rina Yamamoto (山本 里菜, Yamamoto Rina) joined in 2017
• Megu Ugajin (宇賀神 メグ, Ugajin Megu) joined in 2018
• Mako Tamura (田村 真子, Tamura Mako) joined in 2018
• Ami Yoshihara (良原安美, Yoshihara Ami) joined in 2018
• Natsuko Kondo (近藤 夏子, Kondo Natsuko) joined in 2019
• Rina Shinohara (篠原 梨菜, Shinohara Rina) joined in 2019
• Yuko Wakabayashi (若林 有子, Wakabayashi Yuko) joined in 2019
• Sayako Nomura (野村彩也子, Nomura Sayako) joined in 2020
• Maine Sasaki (佐々木舞音, Sasaki Maine) joined in 2021
• Eriko Yoshimura (吉村恵里子, Yoshimura Eriko) joined in 2022

Former announcers

Retired announcers

Male

• Takayuki Akutagawa (芥川隆行, Akutagawa Takayuki) (1951-1959); now as a narrator, he is in charge of "National Theater" (Mito Komon, Ooka Echizen, etc.). He died in October 1990
• Masaaki Yamabayashi (山林正明, Yamabayashi Masaaki) (1954-1986)
• Kunio Tabata (田畑国夫, Tabata Kunio) (1955-1985)
• Tomohide Masuko (増子智英, Masuko Tomohide) (1955-1992)
• Michio Matsuno (松野道男, Matsuno Michio) (1955-1983)
• Hiroshi Kume (久米 宏, Kume Hiroshi) (1967–1979); now as freelance announcer
• Shuji Yamada (山田修爾, Yamada Shuji) (1969-2005); now as Director, Producer, transferred to the entertainment office "CMA (→ Cast Plus)" He also served as managing director, President and Representative Director, and Advisor to Directors. He died in 2013.
• Kunihiro Tsujimura (辻村国弘, Tsujimura Kunihiro) (1972-2006) now as Former NHK announcerlater director of "JNN News Feature", desk of "NEWS23", producer of "World Heritage"
• Hisato Nakamura (中村久人, Nakamura Hisato) (1981–2017); now as TBS Radio News Desk
• Shuichi Shibata (柴田修一, Shibata Shuichi) (1981-2017); now as TBS Radio's news desk and full-time faculty member of the Department of Newspapers, Faculty of Law, Nihon University
• Makito Sugiyama (杉山 真喜人, Sugiyama Makito) (1988 - 1991); now as Content Business in Bureau
• Hiroshi Shiga (志賀 大士, Shiga Hiroshi) (1996-2005); now as Production Department Variety Production Department. Currently "COUNT DOWN TV" producer etc.
• Ryuta Shinada (田 亮太, Shinada Ryuta) (2014-2019); now as News Department)

Female

• Noriko Sato (佐藤紀子, Satō Noriko) (1962-1966)
• Mieko Kenjo (見城美枝子, Kenjo Mieko) (1968-1973); now as Free announcer, essayist, journalist, vice president of Aomori University, professor of the Faculty of Sociology.
• Makiko Sugawara (菅原牧子, Sugawara Makiko) (1968-2003)
• Masako Noguchi (野口雅子, Noguchi Masako) (1983-1990)
• Toko Amemiya (雨宮 塔子, Amemiya Tōko) (1993–1999); now as freelance announcer
• Masako Shindo (進藤 晶子, Shindō Masako) (1994–2001)
• Keiko Kojima (小島 慶子, Kojima Keiko) (1995–2010); now as tarento and radio personality
• Ikumi Kimura (木村 郁美, Kimura Ikumi) (1996 -2018); now as Secretary's Office
• Chisato Kaiho (海保 知里, Kaiho Chisato) (1999–2008); now as freelance announcer
• Kanae Takeuchi (竹内 香苗, Takeuchi Kanae) (2001–2012); now lives in Argentina
• Ako Kawada (川田 亜子, Kawada Ako) (2002–2007); died in 2008
• Airi Yamada (山田 愛里, Yamada Airi) (2002–2012); now as UNHCR staff
• Maya Kobayashi (小林 麻耶, Kobayashi Maya) (2003–2009); now as freelance announcer
• Yūko Aoki (青木 裕子, Aoki Yūko) (2005–2012); now as freelance announcer
• Maki Arai (新井 麻希, Arai Maki) (2005–2010); now as freelance announcer
• Erina Masuda (枡田 絵理奈, Masuda Erina) (2008–2015); now as freelance announcer
• Minami Tanaka (田中みな実, Tanaka Minami) (2009–2014); now as freelance announcer
• Haruka Kobayashi (小林 悠, Kobayashi Haruka) (2010–2016)
• Nagisa Satō (佐藤 渚, Satō Nagisa) (2009–2017); now as a professional soccer player from Urawa Reds
• Akiyo Yoshida (吉田 明世, Yoshida Akiyo) (2011-2019)
• Minaho Hayashi (林みなほ, Hayashi Minaho) (2012-2019)
• Yuri Sasagawa (笹川 友里, Sasagawa Yuri) (2011-2019) now as a former fencing player.
• Misato Ugaki (宇垣 美里, Ugaki Misato) (2014-2019)
• Kaede Itō (伊東 楓, Itō Kaede) (2016-2021)