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Monta Mino
みの もんた
Born
Norio Minokawa

(1944-08-22) 22 August 1944 (age 80)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materRikkyo University
OccupationTV presenter
Years active1967 - Present
Spouse
Yasuko Minorikawa
(m. 1970⁠–⁠2012)

Monta Mino (みの もんた, Mino Monta), born Norio Minorikawa (御法川 法男, Minorikawa Norio, born 22 August 1944), is a Japanese television presenter. Mino is recognized by the Guinness World Records as being the TV host with the most hours of live TV appearances in a week (22 hours, 15 seconds), as of April 2008. This breaks his earlier 2006 record of 21 hours, 42 minutes.[2][3]

Career

Mino is from Setagaya in Tokyo. He graduated from Rikkyo High School and Rikkyo University.[4] After a short stint in the conservative newspaper Sankei Shimbun, he was transferred to sister company Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in 1967, where he worked as a radio announcer reading the news, covering baseball games, and hosting the late-night program Sei! Young. The name Mino Monta originated in the opening to another NCB program he hosted, "All Japan Pop 20". He left NCB in 1979 to work at his father's company in Aichi Prefecture, but continued to read the news as a contractor for Aichi Broadcasting.

He presents the morning news show Mino Monta no Asa Zuba! (みのもんたの朝ズバッ!), Quiz $ Millionaire (the Japanese version of the British quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?), and the Sunday evening Amazing Animals (どうぶつ奇想天外, Dōbutsukisōtengai), among other programmes. Mino also hosted the long-running afternoon television programme Omoikkiri TV (おもいっきりテレビ) in which he dispensed lifestyle and health advice; it was discontinued in 2007.

He claims he only needs four hours of sleep every night in spite of hosting eleven TV programmes, including news shows, talk shows, wildlife shows and quiz shows, and appearing on television every day of the week except Sunday.[5][6]

Family

Mino's wife, Yasuko Minorikawa (御法川 靖子, Minorikawa Yasuko) died on 22 May 2012 of cancer, aged 65.[1] They had been married since November 1970.[4]

Controversies

In September 2013, Mino took a break from television news duties following the arrest on 13 September of his 31-year-old son, Yuto Minorikawa (御法川 雄斗), who was charged with stealing a man's bag on the street in Tokyo.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b 御法川靖子さんが死去 みのもんた氏の妻. 47 News (in Japanese). Japan: Press Net Japan Co., Ltd. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ guinnessworldrecords, Mino's record on Guinness
  3. ^ FOXNews.com - Japanese TV Host Is World's Busiest - Celebrity Gossip Entertainment News Arts And Entertainment
  4. ^ a b みのもんた悲痛、妻の御法川靖子さんが死去. MSN Sankei News (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Afp.google.com, Guinness: Japanese TV host is world's busiest Archived 2008-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ mainichi.jp/national TV mogul Mino smashes world record for 'most live hours in a week'
  7. ^ "TV talent Monta Mino's son admits bag theft charge". Japan: Kyodo News. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  8. ^ みのさん、報道番組自粛へ 次男逮捕「父として責任」. Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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