Maki Okazoe
Maki Okazoe | |
|---|---|
岡副 麻希 | |
.jpg?lang=en) | |
| Born | 29 July 1992 Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Waseda School of Culture, Media and Society |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Occupation(s) | Television announcer, news presenter, tarento |
| Years active | 2012– |
| Agent | cent. Force |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
| Spouse | |
Maki Okazoe (岡副 麻希, Okazoe Maki, born 29 July 1992 in Tondabayashi, Osaka[1]) is a Japanese TV announcer, news presenter and tarento. She is represented by her agency cent. Force.
Life and career
[edit]Okazoe attended the Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School[2] and Waseda University with a degree in Creative Writing and Criticism at the School of Culture, Media and Society.[3] She participated in the "2011 Miss Waseda Contest" beauty pageant in her 1st year at Waseda[4][5] and was active as a fashion model during her college years.[6]
She signed with the agency, Sprout Co, in 2014 and became the regular weather presenter for the news program Mezamashi TV at Fuji TV.[6][7][8]
In March 2015, Okazoe graduated from Waseda University[3] and moved to Sprout Co's parent company and agency, cent. Force. She is the weather presenter for Mezamashi Saturday as well as moving to become the regular sports presenter for Mezamashi TV in October.[3]
In March 2016, Okazoe appeared on her first television commercial with Konami for the mobile game Professional Baseball Spirits A.[9]
Okazoe was ranked 4th in Oricon's The 12th Most Liked Weather Caster Ranking List,[10] and gained popularity while appearing on many variety shows.[11][12] She continued to thrive in the industry as a TV announcer and news caster, specializing in weather and sports.
In 2019, she expanded her field of career to include radio talk show with her own radio program on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting called Okazoe Maki no Hokuhokuta Imu, which broadcasts every Thursday night.[13][14]
On 6 April 2022, she married with a racing driver Naoya Gamou.[15]
Character
[edit]- Interests are reading historical fiction novels, taking strolls, going to pet stores.[16][17]
- She has around 15 years of experience in swimming and water polo.[16][7][18] She was a part of the swimming club and the finswimming club at Waseda University. She was the winner of the 2012, 24th Japan National Finswimming Representatives Competition – 1500m Women's Bifin.[19][20] She was also featured on the cover of the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits, wearing competitive swimwear in 2014.[21] In addition to finswimming, she also does long-distance swimming as a hobby.[18]
- She's been called the "Way too tanned news caster" and "Way too tanned announcer" for her naturally tanned skin color. Some of her other nicknames include "The tanned Mirei Kiritani" and "Female Shigeru Matsuzaki".[11][12][22]
- She is very flexible and is able to do a perfect 180-degree split. Her flexibility was a trending topic when she performed it on Mezamashi TV.[23][24] She also demonstrated her flexibility in the ball opening ceremony at a Chiba Lotte Marines game.[25]
- Her inspirations are the former sportscaster and tennis player, Shuzo Matsuoka,[19][12] and journalist and TV announcer, Maya Kobayashi.[3][26]
- Her high school classmates included Sayuri Matsumura from the idol group Nogizaka46[27] and pro baseball player Naoya Emura from the Chiba Lotte Marines.
- She is a high school baseball fan and attends the Koshien and the Meiji Jingu Baseball Tournament as a fan every year.[28]
- In elementary school, she was ranked 1st in her class' "Biggest airhead ranking list".[18][11]
Media
[edit]Television
[edit]Current Programs
[edit]- Mezamashi Saturday (めざましどようび) (Fuji TV, 2015–) – Presenter (weather, sports), reporter
- Tenshoku Search, Chidori's Job Lovers (天職サーチ 千鳥のジョブラバーズ) (ABC TV, 2018–)
- SUPER GT+ (TV Tokyo, 2019–) – Reporter[29]
Past Programs
[edit]- Mezamashi TV Aqua (めざましテレビアクア) (Fuji TV, 2014/09–2016/04) – Presenter (weather, sports)
- Mezamashi TV (めざましテレビ) (Fuji TV, 2014/09–2017/09) – Presenter (sports)
- Shingo Murakami and the Gods of Sports (村上信五とスポーツの神様たち) (Fuji TV, 2017/08)
- Katteni! Japan Guide (勝手に!JAPANガイド) (BS Fuji, 2018/10–2019/03)
Radio
[edit]Web TV
[edit]Video games
[edit]- Pro Baseball Spirits A (プロ野球スピリッツA) (Konami, 2016) – Secretary[32]
Commercials
[edit]- Konami Pro Baseball Spirits A (プロ野球スピリッツA) (2016/03–)[9]
Magazines
[edit]- Weekly Big Comic Spirits (週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツ) (2014/10/27, 2016/05/16) – Cover[22]
- Weekly Playboy (週刊プレイボーイ) (2016/05/30) – Cover
Photobooks
[edit]- Maki Mermaid (Shogakukan, 2018/02/05)[33]
References
[edit]- ^ "December 2017 放送 16:30 – 17:30 テレビ朝日 帰れまサンデー・見っけ隊 秘境路線バスに乗って飲食店を見つける旅！in奈良". TVでた蔵. WireAction Inc. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "私のモノ語り「岡副麻希 日焼けして応援した母校のペンで気分上げる」". The Nikkei. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "早大卒業!岡副麻希が「めざましどようび」お天気キャスターに". SANSPO.COM. Sankei Sports. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "チーム5プロフィール". 2011 Miss Waseda. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "「ワセ女はダサい」を覆す! 華麗な変身10連発". SPA!. Fushosha. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b "早大の現役女子大生・岡副麻希がフジ「めざましテレビ アクア」でお天気キャスターに！". Real Live. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b "現役女子大生・岡副麻希がキャスターデビュー 29日より『めざましテレビアクア』". ORICON STYLE. Oricon. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "早大生・岡副麻希、「めざまし－アクア」でキャスターデビュー！". SANSPO.COM. Sankei Sports. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b "岡副麻希アナ、剛球始球式でCMデビュー「球速が上がってきた」". SANSPO.COM. Sankei Shimbun. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "第12回 好きなお天気キャスター＆気象予報士ランキング". ORICON STYLE. Oricon. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "岡副麻希、女性お天気キャスター人気ナンバーワン 天然ぶり大ウケ 小麦色の肌も". ZAKZAK. Sankei Shimbun. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "黒すぎる女子アナ・岡副麻希 天然っぷり披露でバラエティでも重宝". ORICON STYLE. Oricon. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "フリーアナウンサー・岡副麻希の初冠番組 『岡副麻希のほくほくたいむ』が1/3(木) 午後9時00分よりスタート!" (Press release). Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "岡副麻希 初ラジオ冠番組で母校愛 大阪桐蔭卒・根尾らと"共闘"だ". Sponichi ANNEX. Sports Nippon. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "岡副麻希が結婚 お相手はレーサーの蒲生尚弥、番組共演きっかけ「一緒に、歩んで行きたい」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Maki Okazoe's Official Profile". Cent. Force. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "坂上忍も猛プッシュする"黒い桐谷美玲"こと岡副アナが『めざましテレビ』のメインに？". 週プレNEWS. Shueisha. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b c BOMB (Gakken Plus) June 2015 Edition, Page 44-45
- ^ a b "東京 岡副 麻希 ＠早稲田大学". 美学生図鑑. 株式会社美学生図鑑. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "第24回フィンスイミング日本選手権大会結果" (PDF). Finswimming News. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "めざましお天気キャスター岡副麻希 競泳水着で表紙、白レース姿も". Sponichi Annex. Sports Nippon. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b "「黒すぎるキャスター」岡副麻希、沖縄でまぶしい笑顔". ORICON STYLE. Oricon. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "「黒すぎる女子アナ」岡副麻希のストレッチ写真が衝撃すぎて話題に 「驚きの柔らかさ!」「シュールww」". AOL News. AOL. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "「黒すぎる女子アナ」岡副麻希が美脚でスゴすぎる開脚を披露して話題に". AOL News. AOL. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "岡副麻希が「フニャン投法」を披露も大暴投!". 産経フォト. Sankei Shimbun. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Maki Okazoe (8 March 2017). "岡副麻希が愛される理由 – どんなに多忙でも欠かさない感謝の形「すごくお世話になってるから」 (3) 憧れは松岡修造と小林麻耶" (Interview). Interviewed by Yu Nakajima. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "指原莉乃 "黒すぎる女子アナ"岡副麻希に「絶対モテてムカつく」". DWANGO.JP NEWS. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "岡副麻希アナ、秘めた熱い思い 大阪桐蔭の後輩たちへ「心の底からありがとう」". Sports Nippon. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "岡副麻希、新境地に「ワクワク、ドキドキ」 ４月から自動車番組リポーター". Sponichi Annex. Sports Nippon. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "JOGIN Station Girl". DJ PROFILE. FM FUJI. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "高橋ユウ、磯村勇斗、丸山桂里奈ら今年の顔が登場！『AbemaTV AWARDS』12・30生放送｜TVLIFE web – テレビがもっと楽しくなる！". TV LIFE (in Japanese). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "「プロ野球スピリッツA」，週ごとに順位を競う"プロスピグランプリ"が開幕". 4Gamer.net. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "岡副麻希、1st写真集でビキニ姿を初披露 グラビアの聖地・ハワイで撮影". ORICON NEWS. oricon ME. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
External links
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
