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Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network S ...

in Japan. It was first broadcast on April 1, 1999, and currently airs from 08:00 to 09:50 Mondays to Fridays. Air time of this program previously was from 8:00 to 9:55 until March 29, 2013. The program ended on March 26, 2021, and was replaced by Mezamashi 8 by the following week.

Presenters

Main presenters

Anchor

Tomoaki Ogura Tomoaki is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tomoaki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *知明, "know, bright" *知朗, "know, clear" *知晃, "know, clear" *知章, "know, ch ...

(April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021)

Main assistants

Shinsuke Kasai Shinsuke (written: , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese professi ...

(April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021) *

Yaeko Umezu Yaeko is a female Japanese given name. People *, Ainu waka poet and evangelist. *, Japanese nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese woman kidnapped by North Korea * Yaeko Uehara, a geiko ...

(March 24, 2014 – March 31, 2019) * Yuka Ebihara (October 2, 2017 – March 31, 2019)

Sub-assistants

* Shotaro Kinoshita (March 24, 2014 – March 26, 2021) *

Sayaka Morimoto is a feminine Japanese given name. People with the name *Sayaka Aida (born 1975), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese swimmer *Sayaka Akimoto (born 1988), Japanese idol, singer, dancer, actress, television host, and model *Sayaka Ando (born 1981), ...

(October 2, 2006 – March 26, 2021) * Ayako Yamanaka (March 24, 2014 – March 26, 2021)

Show-biz reporter

* Chumei Maeda (April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021)

Weather

* Takeshi Amatatsu (October 3, 2005 – March 26, 2021)

Past presenters

Main assistants

Kyoko Sasaki is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko. Possible writings The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first sy ...

(April 1, 1999 – March 27, 2009) *

Minako Nakano is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters: *美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child" *美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child" *美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child" *美名子, ...

(March 30, 2009 – June 29, 2012) * Rei Kikukawa (July 2, 2012 – September 29, 2017)

Sub-assistants

Yutaka Hasegawa Yutaka is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yutaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *豊, "bountiful" *裕, "affluence" *穣, "fertile" *温, "warmth" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆ ...

(April 2, 2001 – September 24, 2010) * Daiki Tanaka (September 27, 2010 – March 21, 2014) *

Yumi Kasuga is the Japanese language, Japanese term for a bow (weapon), bow. As used in English language, English, refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer and the shorter used in the practice of and ...

(April 1, 1999 – September 29, 2006) * Reina Uchida (March 24, 2014 – September 18, 2015)

Former regular commentators

Dave Spector is an American '' gaijin tarento'', television producer, author, and actor based in Japan. Originally from Chicago, he moved to Japan in 1983 after visiting as a producer with the American television program ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!''. H ...

(Wednesday) *

Hiroko Mita is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. Mita debuted as an idol singer in 1982, the same year as Kyōko Koizumi and Akina Nakamori. Her first single, "Kakete Kita Otome" reached number 21 on the Oricon Singles Chart., and her second si ...

(Wednesday) * Seiko Niizuma (Thursday) * Tetsuya Bessho (Friday) * Manami Hashimoto (Friday)

Notable past commentators

Kaori Manabe is a Japanese talent, gravure idol and actress. She was born on May 31, 1980 in Ehime Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic ...

* Kazuhide Uekusa

Theme music

Opening and ending theme: "Good One" (Kay, until March 2021)

Past

* April 1999 to March 2003: " Veronica" (

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nom ...

) * April 2003 to September 2005: " Shout to the Top!" (opening) / "My Ever Changing Moods" (ending) ( The Style Council) * October 2005 to September 2007: "

Don't Get Me Wrong "Don't Get Me Wrong" is a song released by British-American alternative rock group The Pretenders. It was the first single taken from the group's 1986 album, '' Get Close''. It can also be found on the band's ''The Singles'' album, released in 1 ...

" (

The Pretenders Pretenders are an English–American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Fa ...

) * October 2007 to March 2009: "

We Built This City "We Built This City" is a 1985 song by American rock band Starship. It was released as their debut single on their album '' Knee Deep in the Hoopla''. It was written by English musicians Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, who were both living in Lo ...

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Starship A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, traveling between planetary systems. The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 188 ...

) * April 2009 to March 2011: "

Invisible Touch ''Invisible Touch'' is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on 6 June 1986 by Atlantic Records in the United States and on 9 June 1986 by Charisma/Virgin Records in the United Kingdom. After taking a break in 19 ...

" (

Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book o ...

) * April 2011 to March 2012: "

Heaven Is a Place on Earth "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is a song by American singer Belinda Carlisle from her second studio album, '' Heaven on Earth'' (1987). Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, the song was released as the lead single from the ''Heaven on Eart ...

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Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, the most successful all-female rock band of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist. Raised in ...

) * April 2012 to September 2012: "

Tell Her About It "Tell Her About It" is a song written and performed by Billy Joel released as a single from his album ''An Innocent Man'' (1983). The song hit the number one spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for one week on September 24, 1983, replacing "M ...

" (

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the " Piano Man" after his album and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since th ...

) * October 2012 to March 2014: "

Tubthumping "Tubthumping" is a song released by British rock band Chumbawamba from their eighth studio album, '' Tubthumper'' (1997). It is the band's most successful single, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It topped the charts in Australia ...

" (

Chumbawamba Chumbawamba () were a British rock band formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single " Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the 1998 Brit Awards. Other singles include "Amnesia", " En ...

) *March 2014 to March 2018: "Morning Cheers" (pal@pop) *April 2018 to March 2019: "Rainbow" (Kay) *March to September 2019: "Tap Knock DaNce" (Yuta Mori) *September 2019 to March 2021: "Good One" (Kay)

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