Yūko Andō (news anchor)

Yūko Andō

Yuko Ando with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in March 2005
Native name 安藤 優子
Born (1958-11-19) 19 November 1958
Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Occupation News anchor
Notable credit(s) Super News
Spouse(s) Koichi Tsutsumi (married 2006present)

Yūko Andō (安藤 優子 Andō Yūko, born 19 November 1958, in Ichikawa, Chiba) is a Japanese TV presenter and news anchor. She has headed Fuji Television's Super News evening news programme alongside Tetsuo Suda since April 2000.

Career

As a newscaster, Ando has presented the following Fuji TV evening news programmes since 1987.[1]

During her career, she has interviewed many heads of state, including Philippine President Corazon Aquino, US President Bill Clinton, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Polish President Lech Walesa.[1]

Personal life

Ando first married in December 1989, to an advertising agency employee, but divorced in March 1993.[2] She remarried on 26 December 2006, to Koichi Tsutsumi (堤 康一), a Fuji TV producer with whom she had been in a relationship since 1996.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Yuko Ando newscaster profile" (in Japanese). Japan: Fuji Television. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 安藤優子キャスター「入籍でけじめ」 [Newscaster Yuko Ando "makes a decision by getting married"]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Japan: Sports Nippon Newspapers. 27 December 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

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