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TV Tokyo announcer Rio Kitagawa has been tapped to host a program featuring Kanjani∞ members Shingo Murakami, Shota Yasuda, and Ryuhei Maruyama, former AKB48 member Haruka Shimazaki, and Kis-My-Ft2’s Wataru Yokoo — a casting choice that became a hot topic on 5ch’s “Hello! Project” board. Kitagawa, a former Morning Musume member, is in her first year at the network, and many praised the fact that she’d already landed a Johnny’s prime-time show as “amazing.” Others, however, questioned her actual role, arguing “she’s not really the MC to begin with,” leading to a split in opinion over her true position on the show.
What people said
Went from being Morning Musume's ace to being TV Tokyo's ace.
so Hey! Say! JUMP is probably next.
Going by the order, JUMP's turn is coming up.
Kis-My-Ft2
AKB48
— every generation in the country knows these, they're all genuinely national idol groups.
Announcer Rio Kitagawa has a ton of unbelievable material to work with.
She can hold her own against Kanjani∞, Kis-My-Ft2, and AKB48.
Kanjani∞,
Kis-My-Ft2,
AKB48,
and Morning Musume.
You'd already switched your favorite to BE:FIRST ages ago, right?
It's not switching — it's adding. I've just got more favorites now ("oshi-mashi," as opposed to fully switching).
The national key stations have their own flagship shows with Snow Man or SixTONES lol
TV Tokyo getting excited over some middle-aged Johnny's guys is just lame lol
Kitagawa isn't even the show's MC to begin with?
Are you fans seriously that clueless about how the industry works?
Even a middle schooler could figure that out.
Oh wow! Lucky break for announcer Rio then.
it was a good show.
Just because they featured Hello! Project, is that really favoritism?
They cover all kinds of acts
including universally popular ones everyone agrees are big hits.
is doing the most right now to get the Morning Musume name out there to the public.
Maria Makino might be next.
Once you notice things like that,
you'll understand firsthand the kind of structure a group has when its former members are scattered all over the entertainment industry.
She debuted in July and immediately started a late-night daily show with another rookie from her class.
From October she was a sub-caster on the evening sports news and did hands-on, throw-yourself-into-it segments on the show.
She'd wanted to do sports, and things went smoothly for her through about her first or second year.
There's usually a segment where every guest shares a personal story totally unrelated to the VTR clip, so the flow will probably land on Kitagawa too.
She's not exactly hiding it anyway.
That's just how TV Tokyo is.
Even after years on the job, announcers there don't look much different from when they were rookies.
Must be tough to admit, huh~ lol
That's impossible unless you're already an announcer who appears on Lavit! (a popular TV Asahi variety show).
Kitagawa?
That's a dream harder to pull off than winning the lottery.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Rio Kitagawa is a former member of Morning Musume now said to be in her first year as a TV Tokyo announcer. In the thread, some pointed to the network’s internal situation — “TV Tokyo is short-staffed, so even rookies get handed work” — as the backdrop for why a new announcer would be cast in daily programs and specials so early on. At the same time, posters were divided over whether Kitagawa is the show’s official host or just one of its cast members, so her actual title should be taken with some caution. There was also a post noting that former Morning Musume member Asami Konno served as a sub-caster on sports news right after her debut, cited as an example of the pattern of former idols being given important roles at TV Tokyo.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Announcer Rio Kitagawa is amazing! Hosting a show with Kanjani∞’s Murakami, Yasuda, and Maruyama, AKB48’s Haruka Shimazaki, and Kis-My-Ft2’s Wataru Yokoo.”
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