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Mayuko Wakuda was born on 25 November, 1988 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese announcer and newscaster. Discover Mayuko Wakuda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 35 years old?

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Occupation News anchor · journalist
Age 35 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 25 November 1988
Birthday 25 November
Birthplace Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Mayuko Wakuda Net Worth

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Mayuko Wakuda (和久田 麻由子) is a Japanese announcer and news anchor for NHK.

Wakuda previously is one of the anchors hosting NHK General TV's primetime news program News Watch 9.

Wakuda was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

At age two, she moved with her family to Houston, Texas.

She returned to Japan when she was five years old, and was raised in Kawasaki and Yokohama.

2007

Wakuda attended Joshigakuin Junior & Senior High School in Tokyo, graduating in 2007, where she belonged to a performing arts club and played straight plays and musicals in English language.

2011

She then went to University of Tokyo, one of Japan's most prestigious universities, from which she received the BEc degree in March 2011.

As an undergraduate, she was a manager and trainer of the university's men's lacrosse club.

After graduating from University of Tokyo in 2011, Wakuda was hired by NHK.

Several months later she was sent to NHK Okayama Branch where she started her career as a broadcaster.

2014

In April 2014, Wakuda was relocated to Tokyo Announcement Room and appointed to a weekend & holiday newscaster of the morning news show NHK News Ohayō Nippon.

One year later she became a weekday anchor of the show, starring every weekday from 6:00 am to 8:00 am JST.

2015

On January 17, 2015, Wakuda was reporting from Kobe, Japan, which the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake hit on that day 20 years before.

2017

In May 2017, Wakuda conducted an interview with Masayoshi Yoshino, the minister responsible for disaster reconstruction in the Tohoku Region.

In August 2017, she also interviewed with each minister newly chosen by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in those days.

Each interview was broadcast on NHK News Ohayō Nippon in the end of the month.

2018

In the beginning of September 2018, Wakuda, together with Yurie Omi, conducted an exclusive interview with Namie Amuro, one of Japan's leading pop singers who was planning to end her musical career on September 16, 2018.

This interview aired in NHK News Ohayō Nippon on September 10, 2018.

2019

On March 17, 2019, Wakuda and Arashi member Sho Sakurai hosted the first episode of the 4-part documentary "NHK Special 'Space Spectacle'", about the latest achievements in space exploration.

The pair hosted all the series, which included topics like the Hayabusa2 mission, the search for Extraterrestrial life, black holes, and the mysteries of the origin of life on Earth and it's possible start in outer space, with the last episode airing September 8, 2019.

It was reported that Wakuda had gotten married in early 2019, her spouse's identity was not made public.

2020

NHK announced on February 13, 2020, that Wakuda would be stepping back from NHK News Ohayō Nippon and move to News Watch 9 in April 2020.

The anchor of NHK News Ohayō Nippon was handed over to Maho Kuwako, who was at that time one of the anchors of News Watch 9.

NHK announced on February 10, 2022, that Wakuda would be stepping down from News Watch 9 and she will be in charge of special features and narration in April 2022.

The anchor of News Watch 9 was handed over to Izumi Yamauchi, who was at that time one of the anchors of NHK News Ohayō Nippon.

NHK announced on February 8, 2023 that Wakuda was appointed as news anchor of NHK News 7.

She and her husband welcomed the birth of their first child around the summer of 2020.