On the September 19th late-night broadcast of MBS Radio’s “Young Town Saturday,” Akashiya Sanma vented his frustration with female announcers who quit their stations to go freelance so quickly. The trigger was guest Mao Akiyama of Tsubaki Factory saying she “wasn’t interested in being an idol but debuted after her parents begged her to.” On 5ch, users brought up real announcers like Nagisa Masui and Kana Sato who left their stations early, and reactions to Sanma’s comments were divided, with some saying “the stations are deliberately pushing them out after a few years” and others saying “the mindset back then and now is just too different.”
Sanma explodes over female announcers who quit quickly to go freelance: “I can’t forgive it,” “There’s such a thing as basic manners…”
Akashiya Sanma appeared on the MBS Radio broadcast of “Young Town Saturday” on the night of the 19th. He vented his frustration with “female announcers” who quit quickly to go freelance.
It happened when that day’s guest, Mao Akiyama of Tsubaki Factory, explained the circumstances behind her debut: “I wasn’t interested in being an idol,” “My mother and father begged me, ‘Please, just try it once,’” and “They told me, ‘If you don’t like it, you can quit partway through.’”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
Sanma probably has a lot he wants to say to a certain "Ms. X" (a placeholder name used to avoid naming someone directly)
That's the announcer that comes to mind first
She left fast
There are people who quit showbiz because they hated doing radio with Sanma, and you're calling him selfless? lol
If someone forces themselves to stay and ends up mentally broken, Sanma's not going to take responsibility or look after them, right?
Mind your own business
Supposedly it's to keep them from turning into entrenched old-timers
Shut up already
Once you factor in using up paid leave and handing off their programs, they've probably given notice something like six months in advance
If you can make it on your own, being independent is more interesting
it doesn't sit right with me on a values level
It's basically like being deceived
Actually, Fuji TV probably is the easiest place to work at right now
No boss there seems likely to yell at anyone
I'll let F*ji off the hook on this one, but
if you figure it's already hit rock bottom
maybe how you view it changes too
Normally speaking, most female announcers would come out ahead in lifetime earnings by staying employees — and in social credibility too
MBS was the one who gave him work, which is why he's still doing Yantan for cheap pay to this day
He's talking from his own experience
Sounds like someone at the top who knows nothing about the inside situation
Today's "black companies" are more like a light gray close to white
You don't know the pitch-black exploitative workplaces from the Ice Age job market era up through fairly recently
And honestly, you don't need to know
If it's that bad, just quit, and if the company collapses, so be it
Stay away from black companies, keep your distance
These days you actually can do that
Good for you
They did properly bring in new hires again this year. That's impressive lol Even though there are other TV stations out there
Maybe the thinking is that with less competition now, it's actually a good opportunity
Even run-down, it's still a key station
Better than a regional one, surely
Though it does feel like everyone who got into the other key stations only ended up there because they failed everywhere else
Basically all of them are scheming to build some name recognition as an announcer and then quit to flood variety shows
Fair enough, but not everyone's like that
It's true that there are women at the very top of the female hierarchy — the kind of pedigree, refinement, education, looks, intelligence, and charm you'd never see coming out of a talent career with an obviously shady background
Because AI wouldn't pull that kind of thing
Radio hasn't hired an actual announcer in decades — they just call in a narrator for the news and traffic reports
On Sundays it's all pre-recorded shows, so there's not even news or traffic
Those people are a different breed from the ground up — so yeah, it just ends with "goodbye"
They've got no sense of obligation
Especially the ones who get talked about all over town
They don't feel obligation or gratitude one bit
The most important thing to them is "freedom"
Of course they're not going to feel grateful for it
They just think of it as a job
Which is normal
When you just want to get home
Pouring drinks for some random celebrity
makes no sense
Exactly this
Background and Talking Points
Female announcers going freelance isn’t unusual these days, and cases like Nagisa Masui and Kana Sato, who left their stations after just a few years, have repeatedly become talking points within the industry. It’s worth noting that Sanma’s comments are a personal opinion, not a reflection of the actual employment contracts or resignation procedures used by the stations. In the thread, two views clashed: one holding that “the stations are deliberately pushing them out within a short period,” and another arguing that “blaming people for becoming independent is misguided.” The discussion expanded into differences in attitudes toward work across generations. Some defended the departures by pointing to the Fuji TV scandal, suggesting this goes beyond mere celebrity gossip and reflects genuine interest in the TV industry’s employment practices. That said, readers should keep in mind that the thread’s opinions remain speculation — only the people involved actually know their real reasons for leaving or the details of their contracts.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Akashiya Sanma Explodes Over Female Announcers Who Quit to Go Freelance: “I Can’t Forgive It,” “There’s Such a Thing as Manners…”“
