Sayumi Horie

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Sayumi Horie
Born(1963-06-23)June 23, 1963
OccupationFormer NHK announcer

Sayumi Horie (堀江 さゆみ, Horie Sayumi, born June 23, 1963 in Yokohama city, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese NHK employee and former television announcer, and a graduate of the University of Tokyo's arts department.[1] In June 1998, she appeared on "Live from Studio Park", NHK's live talk show.

Sayumi Michishige, former member of J-pop idol group Morning Musume, was named after Horie by her father.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 堀江 さゆみ (in Japanese). 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  2. ^ According to Michishige (on the Youngtown Saturday radio show) her father was a fan of NHK announcer Sayumi Horie and so, hoping his own daughter would grow to resemble Horie, decided to name her Sayumi.