Mona Yamamoto (山本 モナ, Yamamoto Mona, born February 11, 1976, Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese TV announcer and presenter.
After graduating from Gakushuin University, Mona joined the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation as an announcer.
In September 2006 she worked for five days on the 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.
She briefly returned to entertainment in 2011[2] before announcing her retirement from public life.