Minami Tanaka | |
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田中 みな実 | |
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| Born | Minami Amy Tanaka (田中エイミーみな実, Tanaka Eimī Minami) 23 November 1986 New York, U.S. |
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| Education | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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| Years active | 2009– |
| Agent | Flamme |
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| Style | Variety programmes |
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| Website | Official profile |
Minami Tanaka (田中 みな実, Tanaka Minami, born 23 November 1986) is a Japanese freelance announcer and tarento who is a former Tokyo Broadcasting System Television announcer.
Tanaka was born in New York City, U.S. on 23 November 1986. Because she was born in the U.S. she was given the middle name of Amy. [1] She was moved to Japan soon after her birth, but after her first year in elementary school she lived in London and San Francisco before returning to Japan for junior high school.[2]
She attended the Aoyama Gakuin University Department of English Literature. She also played tennis while at the university. It is said that she was interested in announcer 's work as Ayaka Ogawa, a senior who was longing for Madonna—like her existence of the circle, she announced to become an announcer.[3] She also worked as a model for fashion magazines and posters. In 2007, she participated in the "Miss Aoyama Contest 2007" and became Semi-Miss.
After graduating in English Literature from Aoyama Gakuin University she joined TBS Television.[2]
On 7 April, she joined synchronised with AnaCan and made her announcing debuts with Ai Eto. On 12 April, they introduced themselves with a nationwide broadcast at Akko no omakase!, introducing herself with Eto. From the beginning she wrote her blog in the AnaCan official website but closed due to the end of the programme. After that she started another blog (her current blog).
She debuted as a female customer of the film Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva released in the same year as a voice actress.
She made her first appearance on Sunday Japon on 11 October. She went to climbing location in Mount Tsukuba with Hideki Yamanaka, and announcers Yuko Aoki and Mai Demizu. Although she had appeared irregularly afterwards in SunJapo, she was in charge as a reporter at the information corner in the programme "Jōhō Live Minami-ya" which was converted into a corner from 12 September.
She would be in charge of Academy Night from 16 October. In the spring of 2014 it was the longest serving regular in charge of the program (until October 2013).
She appeared as a female employee (assistant) at Tokyo Friend Park 2 from 29 March. She appeared until it ended in March 2011 (the final episode). She later became Mami Yamasaki no Sunday Good Support assistant from October 2010.
From April, she was in charge of Risa Yoshiki no Enjoy Driving Sunday as assistant.
From 2 April, she would be in charge of assistance of Saturday Zubatto. She was originally scheduled until the morning absence of Ayu Yamanouchi, three years until the final episode on 29 March 2014.
On 25 June, she appeared in the TBS announcer recitation meeting The Little Prince held at the Museum of The Little Prince in Hakone and would play the role of the Rose.
She appeared on the film Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos released on 2 July as an announcer in the Resembool Station.
She later appeared in Nippon! Ijiru Z for a year and a half since 12 October. As foreign girl Amy, along with Koji Higashino (Leader Gomez) and Takashi Fujii (foreign boy Peter), they travelled all over Japan every week.
She became assistant at the HIV/AIDS enlightenment event Red Ribbon Live 2012 Red Ribbon Dai Sakusen! –Anata wa HIV/AIDS Kensa ni Ikimasu ka?–' of DJ Shoo Yamamoto's comprehensive production held at Diversity Tokyo on 2 June.
She played the brand new pilot who operates the "No. 3D-BooBo" at the "3D-BooBo Tours" which is the eyeball of "Natsu Sacas 2012 –Egao no Tobira–" attraction at Akasaka Sacas from 21 July to 2 September.
From 6 January, she was promoted as the moderator of SunJapo.[4] In addition, she appeared in Toho film Kodomo Keisatsu released on 20 March.
On 25 June, she announced on her blog that she would "retire TBS on 30th September 2014 and become a freelance announcer."[5][6]
After retiring from TBS, she belongs to the entertainment office TakeOff, which also includes Seiji Miyane and Shinichi Hatori.[7] She continuously appeared on TBS TV's Ariyoshi Japon and Job Tune Ano Shokugyō no Himitsu butcha kemasu! and TBS Radio's Minami Tanaka Attaka Time and Job Tune R, and on 26 October she would make regular appearances for the first time on a station that is not from TBS at Fuji TV's News na Bansan-kai.[8]
She served as the main MC at Tokyo MX's information programme Hirukyun!, which started on 3 October. Tanaka would become the first regular in the daytime programme as one of the first MC in the information programme.[9]
She has older siblings.
Her height is 153 cm (5 ft 0 in).[10][11]
Her synchronous announcer Ai Eto is a student enrolled in the same university, undergraduate, department, seminar, Miss Aoyama Contest's Semi-Miss (Eto in 2006), student enrolment at the TBS Announcement School (Archived 3 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine) and so on.