Kensuke Ōkoshi

Okoshi is a University of Tokyo graduate who spent decades as one of NHK's most familiar news faces, then moved to a rival network's evening program at an age when most people slow down. That takes nerve: swapping an institution's credibility for your own. At the University of Tokyo he pitched for the baseball team and was picked for the Japan–US collegiate series. Anchors are meant to disappear behind the story.

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Name (English)

Kensuke Ōkoshi

Name (Japanese)

大越健介

Reading

おおこし けんすけ

Born

August 25, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

journalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

University

University of Tokyo

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%B6%8A%E5%81%A5%E4%BB%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11439260

Tags

• journalist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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