is a freelance announcer in Japan. She is a former announcer for

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Background

Yoshie Takeuchi was born in Tokyo Prefecture. Due to her father's job, she lived abroad between the ages of 10 and 15. After returning to Japan, she graduated from Tokyo Gakugei High School and enrolled in the political science department of

Keio University , abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally established as a school for Rangaku, Western studies in 1858 in Edo. It was granted university status in 1920, becomi ...

School of Law. In 2006, she was the winner of a Miss Keio contest, a highly publicized annual event at the university.

Career

After graduating from Keio University, Takeuchi joined TV Asahi in April 2008, co-hosting

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with

Tamori , known by his stage name (an anagram of his surname), is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takesh ...

from October 2008. She is one of the five announcers on the cross-media "EZ News EX" service provided to mobile phones by TV Asahi,

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, and

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Programs

* Super J Channel * Hodo Station (Sunday) * Yabecchi FC * Get Sports * Okazu no Cooking * Rakugomono * ANN News * News Access (BS Asahi)

References

External links

Official profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Yoshie Japanese women television personalities Living people 1986 births Mass media people from Tokyo Keio University alumni TV Asahi