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TV Asahi announced that Kurumi Tani (23), an announcer who joined the company this past April, will become the 8th sub-MC of its music program “Music Station,” starting from October 16. Tani reportedly said she had watched the show since childhood and had wanted to be involved with it even before joining the company. On 5ch threads, there was a flurry of comments pointing out the age gap with 81-year-old Tamori, as well as the show’s structure in which the main host never changes while only the sub-MC is periodically replaced; the fact that Tani was known for hosting the weather segment on a local Kansai program also became a topic of discussion.
“Music Station” 8th sub-MC — Announcer Kurumi Tani, who joined this past April, takes the role; appearances begin on the 16th
Kurumi Tani (23), an announcer who joined TV Asahi this April, will become the 8th sub-MC of the network’s music program “Music Station” (Fridays, 9:00 PM).
She begins appearing on the 16th. Tani has said the show was one she loved since childhood, and that she wanted to be involved with it from the moment she joined the company.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Disposable-women Japan.
Go hash it out with Tamori — the artists are the ones who'll be inconvenienced.
If he ever takes them off, he'll have no choice but to wear plain black-frame glasses just to keep from looking old.
Announcer Kurumi Tani (23)
At this rate she could practically be his great-granddaughter.
So "Waratte Iitomo!" started airing back in '82, huh.
I thought it was early Heisei.
but these days he doesn't recognize a single one of them.
An 80-year-old guy probably can't even register some idol group singing off-key.
He's basically a lucky-charm figurine at this point, so they can't bring themselves to drop him.
Tani Momoko was on Godtan recently and she was as gloriously unhinged and funny as ever.
Doesn't anyone call that out as a problem, or is it just "iibe" (Tohoku dialect for "eh, it's fine")?
so she's a familiar face to people from Kansai — but wow, getting hired as an announcer at TV Asahi too, that's impressive.
She kind of looks like Kosaka from Hinatazaka46.
( ´◔‿◔`)
how much longer are they going to keep up this old-fashioned format?
Are women over 35 worth nothing at all?
Just go watch Yoko Oshita paired with some good-looking male announcer instead.
Honestly, AI-run cameras would be fine.
Staff can just watch from the monitors.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Music Station is a long-running show where host changes are rare — the main host, Tamori, has stayed essentially fixed since the program began, while Tani is now the 8th sub-MC, a role that has rotated through female announcers every few years. Many younger viewers reportedly didn’t know the show’s original hosts were Hiroshi Sekiguchi and Rie Nakahara, and plenty of comments dug into the show’s history. The thread split between those who saw the sub-MC-only rotation simply as a natural generational handover, and those who took issue with the fact that only the woman is expected to keep getting refreshed with a younger face; the fact that Tani herself had a background doing the weather segment on a Kansai local show — something not widely known within the thread — was part of what fueled the reaction.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Entertainment] TV Asahi’s “Music Station” Names Announcer Kurumi Tani, Who Joined This April, as 8th Sub-MC — Appearances Begin on the 16th.”
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