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Ayaka Hironaka
弘中 綾香
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991 (age 33)
NationalityJapanese
EducationKeio Faculty of Law - Political Science
Alma materKeio University
OccupationTelevision announcer
Years active2013–
EmployerTV Asahi
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]

Ayaka Hironaka (弘中 綾香, Hironaka Ayaka, born February 12, 1991 in Kanagawa Prefecture[2]) is a Japanese TV announcer employed by TV Asahi. She specializes in variety programs.

Life and career

Hironaka attended Keio Chutobu Junior High School, Keio Girls Senior High School, and graduated with a degree in political science at the Faculty of Law at Keio University.[3] She was a part of the orchestra club and ski club in high school. In university, she was the manager of the field hockey team, and during this time she was also working part-time as a home tutor.

She was employed by TV Asahi on April 1, 2013, in the human resources department. However, she soon transferred to the TV announcer department and debuted as an announcer within the same year.[1] On October 18, 2013, Hironaka replaced Yoshie Takeuchi as the assistant MC on the long running music program Music Station, continuing her tenure there until September 17, 2018, when she graduated from the show.[4] She has been the assistant MC on Geki Rea-san o Tsurete Kita alongside Masayasu Wakabayashi since 2016 and makes occasional appearances as the assistant MC on various variety shows such as London Hearts.

References

  1. ^ a b Ayaka Hironaka Official Profile TV Asahi
  2. ^ もうすぐバレンタイン♥女性アナウンサーのバレンタイン本音トーク! TV Asahi
  3. ^ 『Weekly Asahi』2015-3-27 Edition
  4. ^ "弘中綾香アナ、『Mステ』卒業 感謝のコメント全文". ORICON NEWS. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2019-04-30.