Eleanor Legasto Nishiumi, popularly known as Ellen Nishiumi (born February 22, 1966), is a Filipino television personality best known for her role as the host of ''Oh Tokyo'', an informative program on the Japanese-Filipino ''WINS'' (World Interactive Network System) cable channel.

Background

Nishiumi was born on February 23, 1966, in the

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, to Edgardo V. Legasto, a renowned short story writer, and Elsa Diaz. At 18, she began training with a Filipino dance troupe that performed in Japan. During her time there, she met Toshiya Nishiumi, and the two married in Tokyo in 1993. In 1995, a Filipino friend who hosted the small online news program ''WINS Japan'' encouraged Nishiumi to audition as a reporter. Despite her limited proficiency in

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, she decided to give it a try and ultimately landed the position. She later became a host reporter for the ''Oh Tokyo'' information program on the Filipino-Japanese cable channel WINS. The show had Nishiumi visiting various

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landmarks, interviewing locals in Japanese while presenting the program in Tagalog. It ran for eight successful years, from 2000 to 2008, until the channel's closure. On October 7, 2006,

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's show '' Nagmamahal, Kapamilya'' aired an episode inspired by Nishiumi's life, with actress

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portraying her.

References

''The art of stalking Oh Tokyo’s Ellen''

External links

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