Naoko Kubota

Okay, so when I hear "TV announcer" I picture someone polished, crisp, all buttoned-up professionalism, and honestly that's not quite Naoko Kubota to me. She's got this loose, unhurried energy, a sort of pleasantly off-kilter timing that drifts right off the screen and makes you exhale a little. There's something disarming about a small 159cm person just ambling through a studio like she's got nowhere to be, and it weirdly relaxes everyone watching. In a sea of perfectly mannered presenters, one genuinely natural temperature like hers makes TV feel human again. I'm into it, honestly.

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Naoko Kubota is a Japanese TV announcer and television host born on September 28, 1981, in Machida, Tokyo. She graduated from Rikkyo University and has built a career in broadcasting. She is an announcer at TV Asahi. She is known for a relaxed, personable on-screen presence that sets her apart from more formal broadcast personalities.

Name (English)

Naoko Kubota

Name (Japanese)

久保田直子

Reading

くぼた なおこ

Born

September 28, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Height

159 cm

Occupation

Announcer / Television Host

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Blood type

A

Active years

2005 -

University

Rikkyo University

Works summary

Appearances

71 (2005–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2005: 3, 2006: 3, 2007: 3, 2008: 1, 2009: 4, 2010: 2, 2011: 3, 2012: 3, 2013: 2, 2014: 2, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 10, 2024: 6, 2025: 6, 2026: 4, year unknown: 4

Debut work

速報!甲子園への道

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/naoko_kubota_ex/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%85%E4%BF%9D%E7%94%B0%E7%9B%B4%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11369103

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Announcer
• Television Host

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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