is a Japanese announcer,

news presenter A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

, reporter, and personality for

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. After co-anchoring NHK's weekday evening news show ''

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'', she took over a similar role on the network's nightly

News Watch 9 is the flagship evening news program of the public Japanese broadcaster, NHK. It airs weekdays on NHK general television and worldwide on NHK World Premium and is also available on the networks video-on-demand service. As of 2025, it is presente ...

in April 2023. Previously she co-hosted NHK's geographic '' Bura Tamori'' series and served a presenter for the ''

NHK News Ohayō Nippon ''NHK News Ohayō Nippon'' (, ) is a Japanese morning television show on NHK General TV, anchored mainly by Masatomo Takai and Kana Nakayama, from the NHK studios at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo, Japan. It debuted in April 1993 replacing '' ...

'' morning news show.

Early years

Hayashida was born in

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 ...

, which was her parents' birthplace. She was raised in

Kanagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...

, Japan. She attended Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, founded by Sisters of Charity of St. Paul. She received the Bachelor's Degree in Music and the Master's Degree of Music from

Tokyo University of the Arts or is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter ...

in 2012 and 2014 respectively, researching musicology. During college, Hayashida was a student newscaster on ''News Access'' (by BS Asahi) and ''au Headline'' (the news app run by au).

Career

Hayashida started her broadcasting career at

Nagasaki Broadcasting Station in 2014. In February 2016, Hayashida was relocated to NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Station, hosting ''Rokuichi! Fukuoka'', following

Yurie Omi is a Japanese former announcer and news presenter, news anchor for NHK. She left NHK in March 2021. She was famous for being the co-host of NHK's morning talk show ''Asaichi'' as well as its geographical television series ''Bura Tamori''. Ea ...

. She also stars ''NHK News'' and ''News 845 Fukuoka''. From April 2018 Hayashida co-hosted '' Bura Tamori'' and the first part of ''

'', both functions took over from Omi. At midnight on January 1, 2019, Hayashida reported from Tokyo International Airport during ''Yukutoshi Kurutoshi'', NHK's annual New Year's Eve special hosted by

Kozo Takase is a Japanese announcer and news anchor for NHK. Early years Born and raised in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Takase graduated from Waseda University. He belonged to a glee club as an undergraduate. Career Takase was hired by NHK in A ...

and

Mayuko Wakuda is a Japanese announcer and news anchor for NHK. Wakuda previously is one of the anchors hosting NHK General TV's primetime news program ''News Watch 9''. Early years Wakuda was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. At age two, she moved with her ...

. NHK announced on February 13, 2020, that Hayashida would step back from ''Bura Tamori'' and hand off to Rika Asano in April 2020. On March 14, she appeared her last episode of it. Hayashida also resigned from ''NHK News Ohayō Nippon'' to be the anchor for ''Shutoken Network'' airing in Tokyo Metropolis and peripheral prefectures. In 2021, Hayashida narrated the travel segment of

Taiga Drama is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regul ...

''Seiten wo Tsuke'' (English title: ''

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky is a Jidaigeki, Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". The series is the 60th NHK taiga drama, premiered on Febru ...

''). On February 9, 2022, NHK announced that Hayashida would anchor the ''

'' weekday evening news program from April. On February 8, 2023, NHK announced that Hayashida would anchor the ''

'' 9PM weekday news program from April. On February 14, 2024, NHK announced that Hayashida would anchor the ''Saturday Watch 9'' 9PM Saturday news program from April.

Personal life

Hayashida married in 2022 but entertainment news outlets reported in May 2024 that the couple divorced.

References

External links

Risa Hayashida, NHK Announcement Room
, - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayashida, Risa 1989 births Living people Tokyo University of the Arts alumni Japanese announcers Japanese women television personalities Japanese television presenters Japanese women television presenters People from Nagasaki Prefecture People from Kanagawa Prefecture

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Career

Personal life

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