Miki Takai

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".

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 that Takai had passed away 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" and MBS radio's live wide program.

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)?''

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 ''.

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).

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

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.

(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.

Miki Takai (高井 美紀; 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".

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.

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

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.

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 11 1⁄2 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.