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Nippon TV announcer Nukariya (忽滑谷) Kokoro has announced on her own Instagram that she will be taking a leave of absence to accompany her husband on an overseas posting.
On a 5ch thread, more attention went to how to read the rare surname “Nukariya” than to the leave of absence itself, though the discussion also touched on opinions about leaving one’s career to follow a spouse abroad, and on the old practice at some stations where one half of a married announcer couple would have to quit — so reactions ended up scattered rather than settling on one theme.
Nippon TV’s Nukariya Kokoro announces leave of absence — “We’ll be moving abroad” due to husband’s overseas posting
On the 4th, Nippon TV announcer Nukariya (pronounced “Nukariya”) Kokoro announced on her own Instagram that she will be taking a leave of absence.
Posting under “An announcement,” she wrote: “I will be moving abroad to accompany my husband on his overseas posting. Because of this, I will be taking a leave of absence for a while.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
She was even married?
At Nippon Television, when two announcers married each other,
one of them used to be forced to quit.
Uozumi quit over that and ended up divorcing too.
It's not like that anymore though.
Because they'd get sued otherwise, lol
what an amazing name
if she takes her husband's surname after marriage she'll lose that individuality,
so I hope she keeps her maiden name
Like "Sokotsu Nagaya" (a famous rakugo piece, "The Careless Tenement")
What an incredibly rare surname.
Is she really just giving up her own career though?
but still, I can't read it.
She was an announcer with an oddly pushy way of talking.
Her news reading was so-so, but once she got into the chit-chat segments she was a bit much.
Maybe it's unpaid, but she can come back whenever she feels like it?
Watch out for Ebola then
Is her husband with a trading company maybe?
[Readings]: Nukariya, Kotsunameya
[Nationwide count]: approximately 660 people
No way…
There are really over 600 people out there with this bizarre surname?
More than you'd expect
Wish they'd do another one of those shows with Kukkii and Iio — the one where the fewer people share your surname, the more money you win. Whenever someone takes on the challenge thinking their surname sounds rare, there turn out to be way more people with it than expected — that's the trap, lol
Yeah, that's what I thought it'd be
Same with Ueda Marie — once their personality gets too strong, the network swaps them out fast
There really are a lot of odd ones
Speaking of which, I wonder if that cross-dressing producer is still there
A hard-charging career-track woman at my company quit for the same reason.
Such a waste.
Feels kind of pointless for the company to keep her on the books though…
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The surname Nukariya (忽滑谷) is a genuine but very rare one, held by an estimated 660 people nationwide, and read as “Nukariya.” Marriage and leaves of absence among announcers aren’t unusual in themselves, but the thread also brought up the old practice at some TV stations where, if two in-house announcers married each other, one of them would be made to quit — a custom that’s said to no longer be common today. The exact terms of her leave (duration, whether she’s still paid) aren’t stated in her own announcement, so the speculation in the thread doesn’t go beyond guesswork. Reactions split broadly into two camps: those fixated on how to read and the origin of her unusual surname, and those debating the pattern of a wife stepping away from her career to follow her husband abroad — mixing surprise at the old system with skepticism about giving up a career for it.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Nippon TV’s Nukariya Kokoro announces leave of absence — “We’ll be moving abroad” due to husband’s overseas posting.”
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