Takeshi Takigawa
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| Takeshi Takigawa | |
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| Native name | 瀧川 剛史 |
| Born | 16 August 1981 Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan |
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| 📆 Years active | 2004– |
Takeshi Takigawa (瀧川 剛史 Takigawa Takeshi, born 16 August 1981) is a Japanese announcer for NHK.
Early life and education[edit]
Takigawa was born in Nara, Nara Prefecture. After experiencing of the Great Hanshin earthquake that occurred on 17 January 1995, he wrote in his junior high school graduation allbum that he "wanted to be an announcer in the future."[1][2] He graduated from the Kindai University Junior and Senior High School and Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
While at university, Takigawa joined an announcement study group and practiced pronunciation,[1] but as he took a journalism and participated in an internship at a newspaper company, he became interested in the role of a reporter. When I was inclined to becoming a reporter, he stated that "announcers are also interviewing a lot at NHK",[1] which was a turning point, and he applied to become as an announcer for the broadcaster with hesitation.[1]
Career[edit]
Takigawa joined NHK in April 2004.[3][2] After training, he assigned to NHK's Kyoto Broadcasting Station,[2] where he presents Kyoto News 845.
He later transferred to the broadcaster's Okinawa service[2] where he became caster of Haisai! News 610 from April 2008 to March 2010.
Takigawa later joined NHK's Tokyo Announce Room, and presented NHK News Ohayō Nippon's early hours from April 2011 to March 2014. He also hosted Charis-mama: Mama-tachi no Bijikara Senshuken between October 2013 and March 2014. In April 2014, he became the caster for NHK News 7 during the weekends and holidays until March 2015, where he also presented News 845 in the Kanto region during local holidays. He even took charge of reciting in the radio programme Eigo de Yomu Murakami Haruki from October 2014 to March 2015.
In April 2015, he went to present Shōgo no News during the weekends and holidays until April 2016, where he also presented the local Shutoken News at the same period. During the same month, he moved to present the weekday editions until March 2019.
Takigawa returned to present News 7 as the newsreader during weekdays from April 2017 to March 2019. During the following month, he became the main caster of the programme.[4]
Programmes[edit]
Current[edit]
- NHK News 7 (main newscaster, 1 April 2019 -; formerly subcaster [weekends, holidays]; April 2014 - March 2015 and 29 August 2015, and newsreader [weekdays], 3 April 2017 - 29 March 2019)
Former[edit]
- Kyoto Broadcasting Station (2004-2007)
- Kyoto News 845
- Okinawa Broadcasting Station (2008-2010)
- Haisai! News 610 (caster, April 2008 - March 2010)
- NHK News Ohayō Nippon (6-10 September 2010, as acting newsreader for Tetsushi Hirano)
- News 845 Okinawa
- Tokyo Announce Room (2011-)
- NHK News Ohayō Nippon (caster, 4:30-6:25 am, 4 April 2011 - March 2014)
- Also a caster on the section "Kesa no Shiritai!" on Fridays at 7:25 am
- Acting presenter for Takeshige Morimoto (6, 7, 20, 21, 27, 28 August, 17 September 2011, 11, 12 August 2012)
- Asaichi (during the 9 am news and weather bulletin; took turns with Yoji Itoi and Masaaki Arita every three weeks)
- Shigoto-gaku no Susume "Kōshite Kigyō wa Saiseisuru" (narration, November 2011)
- Wildlife (narration)
- Charis-mama: Mama-tachi no Bijikara Senshuken[5] (presenter, October 2013 - March 2014)
- 47th House of Representatives General Election Ballot Counting Bulletin (subcaster, 14 December 2014)
- Shin Nihon Fudoki (sub-narrator)
- Chihō-hatsu Documentary (narrator, 30 September 2013)
- ETV Tokushū (narrator, 31 August 2013, 11 January 2014)
- NHK News (8:45 pm weekend bulletin; caster, April 2014 - March 2015)
- Diet Live Broadcast (also serving as director, April 2014 - March 2015)
- Eigo de Yomu Murakami Haruki: Tony Takitani Genbun Rōdoku (5 October 2014 - 22 March 2015)
- Shōgo no News (caster, weekend and holidays, 4 April 2014 - 3 April 2016; later weekdays excl. holidays, 4 April 2016 - 29 March 2019)
- Shutoken News (Kanto local excl. Ibaraki prefecture; caster, 4 April 2015 - 3 April 2016)
- NHK Special
- "Kinkyū Hōkoku: Kiroku-teki Gōu no Shōgeki" (narrator, 9 September 2014)
- "Kinkyū hōkoku: Hiroshima Dōji Tahatsu Dosha Saigai" (caster, 22 August 2014)
- "Jieitai wa Dōkawaru no ka: Anpo-hō Dhikō made 3-kagetsu" (sub-narrator, 19 December 2015)
- 48th House of Representatives General Election Ballot Counting Bulletin (single-member district coverage, 22 October 2017)
- News Shibu 5-ji (newsreader, around 5:30 pm or 6 pm)
- Mō ichido, Nippon (narrator)
- 19th Unified Local Elections Ballot Counting Bulletin (main caster, 7 April 2019)
- 25th Japanese House of Councillors Election (main caster, 21 July 2019)
- His Majesty the Emperor's Enthronement-related news (main caster, 2019)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "NHK公式「わたしの就職活動」" (in 日本語). Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "【NHKアナウンサー】「東京アナウンス室所属のNHK男性アナウンサー」であなたが好きなのは誰？ 3人を紹介！（ねとらぼ）". Yahoo!ニュース (in 日本語). Retrieved 14 January 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ From his NHK News 7 profile
- ↑ "ＮＨＫ「ニュース７」４月からキャスター１人増員で３人体制に - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in 日本語). Retrieved 14 January 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "松嶋尚美、ママ応援番組でレギュラーMC「ママがんばる！」". お笑いナタリー (in 日本語). Retrieved 14 January 2022. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- Announce Room: Takeshi Takigawa (in Japanese)
- Announcer Shigoto no Ryūgi: Takeshi Takigawa - Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2019)
| Media offices | ||
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| Preceded by Kozo Takase |
NHK News Weekday Afternoon Edition Anchor 2016–2019 |
Succeeded by Masayuki Sanjo |
| Preceded by Naoko Suzuki |
NHK News 7 Weekday Edition Anchor 2019–present |
Incumbent |
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