Kazuo Tokumitsu

Okay, Kazuo Tokumitsu is the guy who will absolutely out-cry everyone in the room, and honestly I find it kind of wonderful. Here's a man who trained as a broadcaster, so his delivery is crisp and pro, and yet his tear ducts apparently never got the memo about composure. Born in Tokyo back in 1941, Rikkyo grad, decades parked right in the middle of Japanese television, and still he comes across less like an untouchable veteran and more like the soft-hearted uncle who weeps at every little thing. I love that he gets visibly boyish the second horse racing comes up. There's a warmth to him that you can't fake, and the fact that he's still showing up to the microphone at his age is genuinely the kind of stubborn vitality that makes me root for the guy.

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Kazuo Tokumitsu is a veteran Japanese television announcer and personality born on March 10, 1941, in Meguro, Tokyo. He graduated from Rikkyo University and built a long career at the forefront of Japanese broadcast television. Known for his polished delivery as a trained announcer and his openly emotional on-air demeanor, he remains a recognizable figure in Japanese media. He was still active as of 2024.

Name (English)

Kazuo Tokumitsu

Name (Japanese)

徳光和夫

Reading

とくみつ かずお

Born

March 10, 1941 (age 85)

Origin

Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Height

163 cm

Occupation

Announcer / Television Personality

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Blood type

B

Active years

1963 -

University

Rikkyo University

Works summary

Appearances

173 (1966–2024)

By year (titles with a known year)

1966: 1, 1967: 1, 1969: 1, 1972: 1, 1974: 3, 1975: 2, 1976: 1, 1977: 2, 1978: 1, 1979: 4, 1980: 1, 1982: 1, 1983: 1, 1984: 2, 1987: 4, 1988: 1, 1989: 1, 1990: 3, 1991: 3, 1992: 2, 1993: 3, 1994: 2, 1995: 1, 1996: 2, 1997: 1, 1998: 1, 2000: 3, 2001: 2, 2002: 1, 2003: 2, 2004: 2, 2005: 1, 2006: 4, 2007: 4, 2008: 3, 2009: 3, 2010: 10, 2011: 8, 2012: 6, 2013: 8, 2014: 3, 2015: 6, 2016: 4, 2017: 5, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, year unknown: 45

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B3%E5%85%89%E5%92%8C%E5%A4%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6381674

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Announcer
• Television Personality

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.