Misato Ugaki Explained

Misato Ugaki
Caption:	Ugaki in September 2019
Native Name:	宇垣 美里
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	16 April 1991
Birth Place:	Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Education:	Doshisha University Faculty of Policy Studies
Years Active:	2014–
Employer:	Oscar Promotion

is a Japanese freelance announcer, model, actress, and television personality. Previously she was a Tokyo Broadcasting System Television announcer.

Biography

She was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture.^[1]

After graduating from Hyogo Prefectural Nagata High School, she went to Doshisha University Faculty of Policy Studies.^[1] She specialised in international politics while studying at Doshisha University.^[2]

In 2011, she participated in the Miss Campus Doshisha and won the Grand Prix.^[3]

She joined Tokyo Broadcasting System Television in April 2014, and entered a training programme.^[4] During that time, in the Natsu Sacas 2014 Delicious Sacas: Bangumi Gourmet de Omotenashi held from 19 July to 31 August, along with Reina Minagawa and Ryota Shinoda who joined synchronised, she made an event PR as a "Delicious Sacas eat walking party."^[5]

From 29 September 2014, she started appearing in "Blitz Power Rush" (TBS Radio) as a replacement for Yumi Furuya, and started making appearances on television and other radio programmes.

She left TBS on 31 March 2019. On 1 April, she became a freelance announcer and she signed with Oscar Promotion.^[6]

Currently appearances

Television

• Sakagami Shinobu no Katasete Agetai TV (Nippon TV, 23 Feb 2021 –)
• Kono Koi Ita Sugimashita (Nippon TV, 4 Aug 2022 –)

Radio

• After 6 Junction (TBS Radio, Tuesday regular, 3 Apr 2018 –)

Former appearances, etc.

• MissCam.TV (Sun TV, January–March 2012)
  • Ugaki served as a reporter, among her co-stars was her senior of the Doshisha University policy department, Akita Asahi Broadcasting field caster revealed as Abe.^[7]
• Takuto Group television commercial 2012 ver. "Engi no ī Machi dokodesu ka" (Takuto Holdings)

Television

Regular or quasi-regular

• HayaChan! (6 October 2014 – 25 March 2015
• Morning Chance^{[8] [9]} (6 October 2014 – 30 March 2018)
• N Suta (9 October 2014 – March 2015) – Every Thursday–Friday, in charge of "Nikkan Nakazuri News" and "N Ten"
• Super Soccer J+ (4 April 2015 – 1 April 2017)
  • The BS-TBS version was from 3 April 2015 - 24 March 2017, advanced broadcasting then terrestrial
• Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TV (11 April 2015 – 2016)
• Kakugari-kun!: Kakuritsu o Gariben shite Shiawaseninarō (20 July – 28 September 2015) – Progress
• Hiruobi! (Tuesdays, 3 April 2018 – 26 March 2019)
• That Child doesn't Read Manga (BS Nippon, 18 January 2020 – March 2022)

Single appearances, etc.

• • Once acted as substitute for Tomomi Ozaki, who was on vacation on 11 and 12 September 2014, and served as weather forecaster.
• Rediscover Japan (27 January 2015) – VTR corner, "Gaikoku Hito no Shuchō," progress
• All-Star Thanksgiving (April 2015, etc.) – Event plan reporter
• Sanma Akashiya no Geinōjin ka e Uta-ō Kettei-sen SP (26 April 2015) – Moderator with Sanma Akashiya
• JNN Sports&News^[10] (27 June 2015) – Caster
• Sekai no Kowai Yoru! (22 July, 26 December 2015, 30 March, 3 August 2016) – Moderator
• SKE48 Zero Position: Team Sparta! Nōryoku-betsu Under Battle (TBS Channel 1, October – December 2015) – Progress assistant for the SKE48 members' academic ability test planning. Appeared five times in all.
• Warai no Ōja ga Dai Shūketsu! Dream Tōzai Neta Gassen (1 January 2016, 1 January 2017, 1 January 2018) – Western Army Progression
• Guss and Academia (Nippon TV, 18 July 2019) – Guest
• Okawa / Ebisu's Journey Rose 2 Hours SP Bus Journey Autumn Team Shizuoka / Miho no Matsubara-Yamanashi / Kiyosato Local Bus Connection Trip (TV Tokyo, 18 July 2019) – Madonna
• Pro Yakyuu No. 1 Decisive Battle! Battle Stadium (Yomiuri TV, 4 January 2020) – MC
• Tonight is Tokoton "Yukio Mishima" (NHK BS Premium, 10 January 2021) – Guest

TV dramas

• Masshiro Episode 2 (20 January 2015)
• Cook Keibu no Bansan-kai Episode 3 (2 November 2016) – as new announcer^[11]
• She was Pretty (Kansai TV, 6 July – 14 September 2021) – as Erika Suda
• Tomorrow, I Will Be Someone's Girlfriend (2022) – as Ayana Nakatani^[12]
• Chaser Game (TV Tokyo, 9 September – 28 October 2022) – as Misono Kirisawa^[13]
• You Want To Be Fall in Love Me (MBS, 5 January – 16 February 2023) – as Kana Aizawa^[14]
• Jiyū na Megami: Backstage in New York (Fuji TV, 4 – 25 March 2023) – as Macaron^[15]
• (Amazon Prime Video, June 2024) – as Yuri^[16]

Webcasts

• Sukiimo: Anime ga mitakunaru Jumon (8 April 2015 – 1 February 2017, TBS YouTube Official Channel; Wednesdays)
• Sick's Jonoshō: Naikaku Jōhō Chōsa-shitsu Tokumu Jikō Senjū-gakari Jiken-bo (Scheduled Apr 2018, Paravi) – as Peach Doctor, Momoko Ueda^[17]

Radio

• Blitz Power Rush (29 September 2014 – 31 March 2017)
• Yuji Matsuo Ashita e no Try (4 April – 19 September 2016) Mondays 19:30–20:00
• Drunk Dragon Suzuki Taku Taku (2 October 2016 – 25 September 2018)
• The Frogman Show A.I. Kyōzon Radio Kōkishin Kazoku (4 October 2017 – 29 March 2018) – Thursday assistant
• Yuri Sasagawa: Precious Sunday (3 September 2017, substitute during Yuri Sasagawa's summer holidays,^[18] 22 Apr 2018, substitute during Yuri Sasagawa's wedding reception preparation^[19])
• Japan Realize presents Mariko Shinoda's Good Life Lab! (2 October 2018 – 30 June 2020)
• Misato Ugaki's Beautiful Ensemble (JOLF, 14 November 2020 – 27 March 2021)

Advertisements

• Video distribution service "Paravi" (2018, Premium Platform Japan)^[20]
• SmartNews
• Musee Platinum (2020)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 公式プロフィール. ja. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television. 5 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222013/http://www.tbs.co.jp/anatsu/who/ugaki.html. 7 May 2018.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140416115223/http://www.gakushin-kyoto.com/freepaper/past-hana/2012/201205/index.html. 宇垣 美里さん（12年5月号掲載）. Gakushin. ja. Kyoto Gakusei Shinbun. 16 April 2014. 5 May 2018.
3. Web site: グランプリ受賞!!. Blog 'Miss Campus Doshisha University Candidate – Misato Ugaki'. ja. 29 Nov 2011. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508053842/http://blog.misscam.tv/doshisha/misato_ugaki/. 8 May 2018.
4. Announcer department synchronisation, Reina Minagawa, Ryota Shinada, Yuri Sasagawa.
5. Web site: 枡田絵理奈アナ、「夏サカス街コン」に「社員も参加していいの？. Eiga.com News. ja. 11 Jun 2014. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222214/http://eiga.com/news/20140611/9/. 7 May 2018.
6. Web site: TBS退社の宇垣美里、4月からオスカー所属に MC以外の仕事にも挑戦「自分で限界を決めず…」. 2021-07-23. ORICON NEWS.
7. Web site: MissCam.TV公式ホームページ. ja. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028192104/http://www.misscam.tv/. 28 October 2017.
8. Web site: TBS初! 新人アナウンサー3人全員がレギュラーデビュー. Sports Nippon. ja. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508065336/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/10/03/kiji/K20141003009037990.html. 8 May 2018.
9. Web site: 2014年10月3日. ja. Shinjin Kenshū Nisshi 'Mina ga Wa tonari Utasaki Midare Nagai Shō'. 5 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073942/http://www.tbs.co.jp/anatsu/newface/20141003.html. 6 October 2014.
10. Alternative programme when S-1 was paused
11. Web site: TBS・宇垣美里アナが本格女優デビュー!「出演者とやりとりのある役は初挑戦」. ja. Sankei Digital Inc.. 26 Oct 2016. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171226235120/http://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/161026/ent1610260003-n1.html. 26 December 2017.
12. Web site: 『明日カノ』実写ドラマに吉川愛、横田真悠、齊藤なぎさ、箭内夢菜、宇垣美里. March 14, 2022. Crank-in!.
13. Web site: 渡邊圭祐主演『チェイサーゲーム』個性豊かなキャストに東啓介、宇垣美里、景井ひなら6人決定 メインビジュアルも解禁 . 2022-08-23 . ORICON NEWS.
14. Web site: Inc1 . Natasha . 不倫の攻防描くドラマ「あなたは私におとされたい」に鶴嶋乃愛、村井良大、宇垣美里（コメントあり） . 2022-12-09 . コミックナタリー . ja.
15. Web site: 宇垣美里、ドラマでドラァグクイーン役「在り方に大きな魅力を感じる」 TGCでSPパフォーマンスも . 2023-02-12 . ORICON NEWS.
16. Web site: Cayanan. Joanna. Live-Action 1122: For a Happy Marriage Series Unveils More Cast. Anime News Network. February 16, 2024. February 16, 2024. February 18, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218170715/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-18/live-action-1122-for-a-happy-marriage-series-unveils-more-cast/.207720. live.
17. Web site: SPECサーガ完結篇『SICK'S 恕乃抄』. ja. TBS Television. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180202134647/http://www.tbs.co.jp/sicks_specsaga/. 2 February 2018.
18. Web site: 9月3日（日）朝6時～ 宇垣美里アナがピンチヒッター！▼小説家・朝井リョウさんとの注目対談！▼メッセージテーマ「私の知っている京都・神戸！」▼映画は『ワンダー・ウーマン』」. ja. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170903075556/https://www.tbsradio.jp/178064. 3 September 2017.
19. Web site: 4月22日（日）よい夫婦の日は「プレシャスサンデー」でプレシャスな朝を!▼デュエット&コラボソング リクエストSP!!▼グルメ「カタログギフト」が当たる!. ja. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422203002/https://www.tbsradio.jp/240813. 22 April 2018.
20. Web site: 鷲見玲奈アナ：インパクト抜群の衣装で宇垣美里アナとキレキレダンス生披露 - 毎日新聞. Mainichi Shimbun. ja. 5 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411025955/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180327/dyo/00m/200/011000c. 11 April 2018.