Junko Kubo

nihongo|Junko Kubo|久保純子|Kubo Junko|extra=born January 24, 1972 is a television announcer in Japan. Her nicknames are Kubojun and Junjun.

Born the daughter of two Nippon Television announcers, Junko spent four years in England during elementary school, and lived in the United States during her some of high-school years. She graduated from Keio University with a degree in English and American literature.

Her professional career began when she joined NHK in 1994. She was described as an "idol-announcer."

Junko has one child. She took child-rearing leave, and in 2002 returned as a contract employee. The contract expired in 2004, whereupon she became a freelance announcer.

NHK career

While at NHK, Junko was the sports announcer on "NHK News 11" and "NHK News Ohayō Nippon." She emceed the music show "Pop Jam" and served as narrator for the "asadora", "Watashi no Aozora." She hosted "Project X: Chōsensha-tachi" and the quiz show "Otakara Eizō Quiz: Mireba Nattoku." On the nature program "Chikyū! Fushigi Daishizen" she was not only the narrator, but also hosted in rotation with two other announcers. Three times (1998, 1999, and 2000) she served as leader of the Red Team on the New Year's Eve spectacular, "Kōhaku Uta Gassen". Junko was the assistant host of "Yume Miru Tamago", a series of irregularly scheduled programs. On "Terebi Ehon," Junko was the reader.

Freelance career

Junko co-anchored the Tokyo Broadcasting System's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She then joined the team of "Broadcaster", broadcast nationwide on the same network late on Saturday nights. Beginning in January 2006, she has hosted "Kubo Junko no Lion Music Saturday" on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting radio. Since April 2007, Junko has co-hosted the Fuji Television show "Uchikuru!?".

Additionally, Junko has numerous guest appearances, commercials, and drama guest-starring roles to her credit. She has also written two books: a collection of essays and a guide to New York.

ource

This article incorporates material from 久保純子 ("Kubo Junko") in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved November 24, 2007.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432733/] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2672782/] : Junko Kubo at IMDB
* [http://www.joqr.co.jp/kubojun/ "Kubo Junko no Lion Music Saturday"]