Miki Takai Explained

Miki Takai
Birth Name:Takai Miki
Birth Date:1967 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Osaka, Japan
Death Place:Osaka, Japan
Occupation:Announcer of Mainichi Broadcasting System
Years Active:1990-2023

Miki Takai (; 28 December 1967 ― 25 January 2023) was an announcer who belonged to Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), and was the former deputy announcer of the Mainichi Broadcasting System.

She died suddenly during her tenure as "chief announcer".[1]

Biography

Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, his biological father works for a trading company. He spent his kindergarten years in Portugal and his elementary school years 4–6 in the Netherlands because of his biological father's overseas assignment.[2]

None of these countries corresponded to English-speaking countries, but it is said that he was good at English conversation from that time.[3]

After returning to Japan from the Netherlands, he entered Nishinomiya Municipal Taisha Junior High School. After transferring to Kobe Municipal Motoyama Junior High School, she went on to Hyogo Prefectural Mikage High School, and she entered Kobe Jogakuin University's Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature. She didn't aspire to be an announcer until she was a university student, but when she was in her fourth year, she was introduced by her friend and participated in the Mainichi Broadcasting "Announcement Seminar". Through this seminar, which doubled as an announcer employment exam, she was unofficially hired as an announcer.[2]

After graduating from university, he officially joined Mainichi Broadcasting on 1 April 1990. The announcers who joined the company at the same time as her are Atsuko Ishida (currently a reporter in the Tokyo branch office's news department) and Takeshi Chiba (currently a cross-media staff member in the news information department).

From my first year at the company, I was in charge of newscaster for "MBS Now" (a Kansai local news program broadcast on MBS TV on weekday evenings) and "Mainichi Shimbun TV Evening Edition". In "MBS Now", he served as a caster until the end of the program in September 2000. He was also the newscaster for the successor program "VOICE" for years from October 2002 to 2 April 2014.

Appeared on JNN national network programs such as "Big Morning" (produced by TBS TV) as a relay reporter and as an assistant for "Shingo Ni Touch!" Appeared regularly in "Chitoko!" for 9 years from the start of broadcasting. He also regularly appears in Kansai local information and variety shows such as "Adorabu Land", "Rainbow" and "Chichin Puipui". In Chichin Puipui, he was an assistant in the early days of the show.

Since he is fluent in English conversation as mentioned above, he has also conducted interviews in English. He is also married and the mother of one daughter.

Mainichi Broadcasting, which has been operating both the television broadcasting business and the radio broadcasting business since 1 March 1959 during the "New Japan Broadcasting" era, transferred the radio broadcasting business to "MBS Radio Co., Ltd." on 1 April 2021. Mainichi Broadcasting moved to a single TV station with the transfer, but while Takai was enrolled in the company's general programming station (newly established with the transfer) as an announcer, programs produced and broadcast by MBS Radio Co., Ltd. Also appeared as "MBS announcer".

Death

From the beginning of 2023, due to poor physical condition, he postponed appearances on the programs he was in charge of ("Imperial Album", "Junito Teniro", etc.), but died suddenly on 25 January of the same year. He died at the age of 55. Mainichi Broadcasting announced for the first time on 2 February[4] [5] that Takai had died and that Takai's wake and funeral had already been held with only close relatives. On the next day (Friday), the obituary was announced to viewers and listeners through "Yonchan TV"[6] and MBS radio's live wide program.[7] [8]

In principle, Mainichi Broadcasting does not publish the obituaries of its employees (excluding executives), but after the death of Takai, who was the current announcer, he said, "I will be in charge of various programs (until the first half of January 2023). Due to this relationship, we decided to announce it (as a special measure) in order to answer the question from the viewers, ``Why haven't you appeared (recently)?''[4]

Takai also revealed that he was infected with the new coronavirus in mid-January 2023, but from the viewpoint of privacy protection, he only mentioned that the cause of death was ``unrelated to the infection of the new coronavirus''.[9]

The announcement of the obituary by Mainichi Broadcasting (2 February 2023) gave a great shock to Takai's officials, and a colleague's announcer announced Takai's death on his own program on the next day (Friday).[9] When I submitted the report, I left the following comment: Momoko High Heels, who said, "We had a close relationship with each other as a family," said, "I couldn't believe it when I promised to eat with Takai. I wonder if it was,” along with a two-shot image that shows the good relationship with Takai in the past

Mainichi Broadcasting Group's response after announcing sudden death

Of the programs that Takai was in charge of on a regular basis until he fell ill, Etsuko Ueda took turns in narrating "Imperial Album", which was broadcast on 16 April 2023 (on Mainichi Broadcasting System) after female junior announcers took turns in charge.[11] (detailed in the relevant section). In the same year, Takai appeared as a "listener" (an interviewer with management) until January 2023 in "The Leader" (a recorded program organized by Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation early in the morning on the second Sunday of every month). Ueda has been a "listener" since the broadcast on 12 March.

Takai participated in the studio recording (21 December 2022), which was supposed to be broadcast on 4 February 2023 (Saturday). In the subsequent studio recordings (broadcasts after 28 January 2023), except for some broadcasts, her junior announcer Saori Tsuji temporarily assumed Takai's role (navigator in the studio part). had taken over. However, since 4 February is the first broadcast day after Mainichi Broadcasting announced the obituary, the recorded studio footage will be broadcast according to the original schedule on that day. At the time of broadcasting, a telop indicating the recording date was added in the editing work, and a message video in memory of Takai was inserted in the ending part. Tsuji's appearance is only 4 times (on air, including after the announcement of his obituary), and the studio part is not included in the broadcast times until 22 April[12] (or some scenes from the recorded studio part are omitted by editing. The composition continued, but from the broadcast on 29 April (both for Kansai local), Mirai Kaito (junior announcer who joined the company in 2022) was selected as the second navigator.[13]

On MBS Radio, some of the programs recorded during her lifetime (such as "Earthquake Disaster Prevention Memo") and some of her commercials will be broadcast even after the announcement of her obituary. From 19 February 2023, Takai will appear on 11 January (Wednesday) in the "Japan's Brightest Economic Denpa Newspaper", which has organized the "Osaka/Kansai Expo Special" (special interview with the producer of the theme business) four times from 19 February 2023. The sound source of the interview recording (guest is Hiroshi Ishiguro) was broadcast on 19 and 26 February according to the original schedule. Furukawa is appearing again in the broadcast in March, but from 2 April, Hiroko Matsukawa (junior announcer) will formally assume the role of Takai (the title on the broadcast is "editorial staff"). has taken over.[14]

In addition, "MBS Announcer Kotonoha Monogatari no Sekai 2023" was held at the Toyonaka Municipal Culture and Arts Center on 5 March 2023, as a paid performance twice in the afternoon and evening (some announcers participated in the project of the Mainichi Broadcasting Announcement Center). At the reading event), it was announced at the end of 2022 that Takai would participate in the reading of the daytime performance. Since he died suddenly in the middle of preparations starting in 2022, when the performance was held, his senior, Kaori Sekioka, who was originally scheduled to appear only in the evening performance (was the director of the announcement department when he was a TV and radio station). Senior announcer) also participated in the daytime performance. Kawata, who was entrusted with the leader of the performance, devoted himself to the progress of the afternoon and evening performances, and there was an act in which he remembered Takai while being deeply moved by the finale greeting.

Life Events

References

  1. News: 2 February 2023 . MBSの高井美紀アナウンサーが死去 55歳「住人十色」に出演 . サンケイスポーツ . 3 February 2023.
  2. Web site: 清明会会報「さわやかインタビュー 高井美紀(38回生) . 7 September 2015 . 兵庫県立御影高等学校.
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  5. News: 2 February 2023 . MBS・高井美紀アナ、突然の訃報にネット上では戸惑いの声も「なぜという言葉しか…」「お若いのに」 . スポーツ報知 . 3 February 2023.
  6. News: 2 February 2023 . MBS・高井美紀アナ死去 「あの笑顔に助けられた」「面倒見が良すぎるぐらい」後輩アナが人柄を紹介 . スポーツニッポン . 3 February 2023.
  7. News: 3 February 2023 . MBS上泉雄一アナ、同僚の高井美紀アナの訃報に「まだ心の整理がつかない」 ラジオで伝える . サンケイスポーツ . 3 February 2023.
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  10. News: 3 February 2023 . MBS・高井美紀アナ死去 朝のラジオで松井愛アナが涙声で報告「まだ現実のことと受け止められない」 . スポーツニッポン . 3 February 2023.
  11. News: 12 April 2023 . 皇室アルバム第6代ナレーターにMBS上田悦子アナ 1月急死の高井美紀アナの後任 . 日刊スポーツ . 13 April 2023.
  12. News: 4 February 2023 . 急死MBS高井美紀アナ"最後"の出演 事前収録「住人十色」テロップで「あなたを忘れません」 . 日刊スポーツ . 4 February 2023.
  13. News: 22 April 2023 . 1月急死のMBS高井美紀アナ後任に2年目海渡未来アナ 「住人十色」2代目ナビゲーターに . 日刊スポーツ . 22 April 2023.
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