Sakuya Hiyama Reveals the Real Reason She Left Weathernews: ‘Getting Married Was a Big Part of It’ — Days Spent Abroad Supporting Her Athlete Husband

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An article in which former Weathernews star caster Sakuya Hiyama discussed the major turning points in her life — leaving the company, marrying pro tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka, and her first pregnancy — became a hot topic on 5ch. Beyond reactions to the marriage itself, the thread was dominated by discussion of surrounding details: the order in which the marriage was announced versus the fan club’s closure, her husband Nishioka’s recent slump in results, and a previously viral exchange involving a fan’s expensive Super Chat donation. Opinions split between supportive and skeptical takes.

Sakuya Hiyama Reveals the Real Reason She Left Weathernews: “Getting Married Was a Big Part of It” — Days Spent Abroad Supporting Her Athlete Husband

Sakuya Hiyama, the former Weathernews weather caster now working as a freelance announcer, is entering a new phase of her life.

Leaving her job, marrying pro tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka, and now expecting her first child… We spoke with Hiyama, who as a woman has faced numerous career crossroads, about the life plans she envisions going forward.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

What people said

2AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:29
The second-generation Kaori Iida (a former pop idol whose marriage/scandal history gets invoked here as a comparison)
8AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:32
Re: #2
Who said anything about "Kikkoman"? (a running joke nickname tied to a past celebrity scandal)
59AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:29
Re: #2
Somehow I get the feeling the two of them are similar in personality — or more like, in the way they think
79AnonymousOct 5, 2026 02:04
Re: #2
The circumstances are similar, but it's missing the punch of the old "Kikkoman," "banana," or "maze" incidents (all nicknames from a past celebrity scandal saga)
4AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:30
Apparently she's from money to begin with, so it'll all work out one way or another
6AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:31
If he were really being properly supported, he wouldn't be smashing his racket like that
12AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:38
Like I keep saying, these are wealthy families marrying into each other
Hard to picture anything breaking this up besides infidelity
Nothing's really going to happen here
14AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:38
Why announce the marriage only after cashing in at that last fan event?
15AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:39
From day one right up to now, she's never been more than an internet joke character
16AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:39
She seems bad at business, so this is probably going to be rough for her
30AnonymousOct 5, 2026 00:58
The guy who dropped 50,000 yen on a Super Chat really left his mark in more ways than one
You could say that 50,000 yen was money well spent
70AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:46
Re: #30
It was satisfying seeing someone finally say it, on behalf of all the guys who'd been pouring money into her lol
40AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:09
The official fan club actually got shut down this past July
But of course, nobody's bringing that up
67AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:43
Re: #40
Well yeah, of course it'd turn out that way lmaooooo
50AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:16
The "Weather Dudes" (diehard older male fans of her weather broadcasts) were absolutely losing it lol
52AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:20
Did the "Lifeliners" (her hardcore fan club nickname) bail?
Fine if things go well with her husband, but I've got a bad feeling about how ugly this could get if they ever sour
55AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:22
Over on the tennis board, most people actually welcomed Nishioka's relationship
After all, tennis fans had already lived through the whole Kei Nishikori dating-and-marriage saga
Compared to that, this was nothing
So I was honestly shocked to see her side's fanbase spiral into chaos over it
Digging through old articles and videos, you really get a glimpse of just how far gone some of these obsessive male fans are — hard to even put into words
66AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:41
Re: #55
He looks like a pretty unpopular guy to me

[IMG Coffee] Yoshihito Nishioka 24
https://mao.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/tennis/1664976331/
↑ Thread created Oct. 2022, only 59 posts

Yoshihito Nishioka Support Thread 28
https://mao.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/tennis/1719273865/
↑ Thread created June 2024, only 64 posts
71AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:46
Her husband, screaming things like "my life is nothing but a glitch" during a match last year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRyltWuIpg&t=7442
74AnonymousOct 5, 2026 01:51
Re: #71
I wonder how he even sees the people around him
78AnonymousOct 5, 2026 02:03
Her husband two years ago, at age 28
https://news.tennis365.net//news/photo/20240826_nishioka_546.jpg

Background and Key Points of Discussion

Sakuya Hiyama rose to fame as the star weather caster for forecasting company Weathernews, and after going independent became entertainment-news fodder over her marriage to pro tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka. The thread’s main points of contention were the timing of the marriage announcement relative to the fan club’s closure, Nishioka’s recent slump in results (ranked 218th at the time of the thread, having lost his first match back after a long layoff), and a previously viral exchange with a fan over an expensive Super Chat donation. While the article itself frames her “accompanying him abroad” in a positive light, the thread mixed in skeptical takes based on publicly available information. Note that replies veering into personal attacks on her or other named individuals have been excluded from this article.

*This article was compiled by excerpting and summarizing the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Sakuya Hiyama Reveals the Real Reason She Left Weathernews: “Getting Married Was a Big Part of It” — Days Spent Abroad Supporting Her Athlete Husband.”

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