Mona Yamamoto

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Mona Yamamoto
山本 モナ
Mona Yamamoto at Ohi Racecourse, on July 9, 2008
Born (1976-02-11) February 11, 1976 (age 49)
NationalityNorway (Until the age of six), Japan(the current)
OccupationTelevision host/presenter
Years active2000–2011, 2013–present
Notable workAsahi Broadcasting Corporation, Fuji Television
Children3

Mona Yamamoto (山本 モナ, Yamamoto Mona, born February 11, 1976,

Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese TV announcer and presenter. Her father is Norwegian and she became a naturalized Japanese citizen
at the age of 6.

After graduating from

Tokyo Broadcasting System news program News23 before stepping down due to a love affair with married Democratic Party of Japan executive Goshi Hosono
.

Returning to television in 2008 as an anchor for Fuji Television News, she lost her job after visiting a love hotel with married sportsman Tomohiro Nioka of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.[1]

In 2010 she married the president of a real estate investment company. She briefly returned to entertainment in 2011[2] before announcing her retirement from public life.[3] In September 2012, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter.

However in March 2013, she returned to entertainment industry.

References

  1. ^ Brasor, Philip (20 July 2008). "All this fuss over just a little drink at a . . . love hotel". The Japan Times. The Japan Times Ltd. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Mona Nakanishi makes her return to showbiz - for 3rd time". Japan Today. GPlusMedia Co Ltd. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ Betros, Chris (10 February 2010). "Mona Yamamoto". Metropolis Magazine. Japan Partnership Inc.

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