Hiroshi Kume
Hiroshi Kume (久米 宏, Kume Hiroshi?, born July 14, 1944 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese television and radio presenter.
Biography
Hiroshi Kume was born on July 14, 1944 in the former city of Urawa, Saitama, now part of Saitama.[1] He studied politics and economics at Waseda University from 1963, graduating in 1967.[1][2]
In 2011, it was reported that Kume had donated 200 million yen to an earthquake relief fund following the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Disaster.[3]
Career
TBS Radio
He started working for TBS in 1967. He left the company in 1979.[2]
The Best Ten
Kume was the first host of popular music show The Best Ten from 1978 to 1985.[1]
News Station
Kume was the news anchor on TV Asahi's national evening news programme News Station from its start on 7 October 1985 until it ended on 26 March 2004 and was replaced by Hōdō Station.[4] The show revolutionized news reporting in Japan, and achieved an average of 20 million viewers each night.[5]
Return to TBS Radio
In September 2006, he returned to his roots in radio to host a two-hour Saturday show on TBS Radio, which, as of June 2011, he still presents.[2][6]
As of June 2011, he also presents the weekly TV show Hiroshi Kume's Terebitte Yatsu wa? alongside Akiko Yagi, broadcast on the Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) network.[2][7]
Works
Books
- Oshare Kaiwa Nyūmon (おしゃれ会話入門?), Seishun, 1978
- Sizuru ha Ikaga (シズルはいかが?), Keibunsha, January 1984, ISBN 978-4766901375
- Mō Ichido Yomu "Oshare Kaiwa Nyūmon" (もう一度読む「おしゃれ会話入門」?), Seishun Super Books, September 1997, ISBN 978-4413062725
- Saigo no Bansan (最後の晩餐?, "The Last Supper"), Shueisha, April 1999, ISBN 978-4087743869
- Misuteriasu Kekkon (ミステリアスな結婚?, "Mysterious Marriage"), Sekaibunka, March 2001, ISBN 978-4418012046
References
- ^ a b c "歴史 [Biography]" (in Japanese). Hiroshi Kume Official Site. Japan. http://www.kumehiroshi.jp/story.html. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d "久米 宏 [Hiroshi Kume]" (in Japanese). Agency Profile. Japan: Office Two-One, Inc.. 2008. http://www.oto.co.jp/profile/profile.php?no=27. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Hiroshi Kume donates Y200 million to earthquake relief". Japan Today. Tokyo, Japan: GPlusMedia Co., Ltd.. 22 March 2011. http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/hiroshi-kume-donates-y200-million-to-earthquake-relief. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "News Staion" (in Japanese). Japan: TV Asahi Corporation. 2004. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071031020820/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/n-station/news/thx.html. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ Pharr, Susan J.; Krauss, Ellis S. (1996), Media and politics in Japan, USA: University of Hawaii Press, pp. 170–172, ISBN 0-8248-1761-3
- ^ "久米宏 ラジオなんですけど [Hiroshi Kume radio show]" (in Japanese). TBS Radio. Japan: TBS Radio & Communications Inc.. 2011. http://www.tbs.co.jp/radio/kume954/. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "久米宏のテレビってヤツは!? [Hiroshi Kume's Terebitte Yatsu wa?]" (in Japanese). MBS. Japan: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.. 2011. http://www.mbs.jp/tele-yatsu/. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
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14 July 1944 |
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Urawa, Saitama, Japan |
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