Yūko Andō (news anchor) explained

Yūko Andō
Native Name:	安藤 優子
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	19 November 1958
Birth Place:	Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Occupation:	News anchor
Spouse:	Koichi Tsutsumi (married 2006 - present)
Credits:	Super News

is a Japanese television presenter and news anchor. She has headed Fuji Television's Super News evening news programme alongside Tetsuo Suda since April 2000.

Career

As a newscaster, Ando has presented the following Fuji TV evening news programmes since 1987.^[1]

• FNN Super Time (October 1987  - March 1994)
• News Japan (April 1994  - March 2000)
• Super News (April 2000  -)

During her career, she has interviewed many heads of state, including Philippine President Corazon Aquino, US President Bill Clinton, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Polish President Lech Walesa.^[1]

Personal life

Ando first married in December 1989, to an advertising agency employee, but divorced in March 1993.^[2] She remarried on 26 December 2006, to, a Fuji TV producer with whom she had been in a relationship since 1996.^[2]

See also

• Tarō Kimura (journalist), Super News commentator

External links

• Fuji Television newscaster profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yuko Ando newscaster profile . Fuji Television . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113175559/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/supernews/casterprofile_ando.html . November 13, 2013 . 19 November 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/2005kekon/KFullNormal20061227050.html. ja:安藤優子キャスター「入籍でけじめ」. Newscaster Yuko Ando "makes a decision by getting married". 27 December 2006. Sponichi Annex. Sports Nippon Newspapers. Japan. ja. 19 November 2013.