NHK announcer Makoto Hoshi attended the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games media briefing held at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo on January 27th. She spoke about her enthusiasm for her first time as a newscaster at the Olympics.
Hoshi, who will be co-casting the opening ceremony alongside Sone Yu, said this will be her first time broadcasting the Olympics. "I've hardly ever worked on sports. Looking back, I can't even remember how many years ago it was, about 10 years ago, when I did the Alps report for the Senbatsu High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, so I was a little nervous..."
"Sone and Yamazaki Mari (a manga artist who will be appearing as a local guest) will also be in charge of the opening ceremony, so I hope we can broadcast a fun opening ceremony together. Of course, the main characters of the opening ceremony are the athletes, so I hope they can get off to a good start. I also hope that the broadcast will allow everyone watching in Japan to get a feel for the atmosphere on site," he said.
In addition to announcers Sone and Hoshi, who will be in charge of the opening ceremony, announcers Watanabe Kenji and Yoshioka Mao, who will be in charge of the closing ceremony, also attended the media briefing.
