Monta Mino (みの もんた, Mino Monta), born Norio Minorikawa (御法川 法男, Minorikawa Norio, born 22 August 1944), is a Japanese television presenter.
[3] After a short stint in the conservative newspaper Sankei Shimbun, he was transferred to sister company Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in 1967, where he worked as a radio announcer reading the news, covering baseball games, and hosting the late-night program Sei!
The name Mino Monta originated in the opening to another NCB program he hosted, "All Japan Pop 20".
He presents the morning news show Mino Monta no Asa Zuba!
Mino also hosted the long-running afternoon television programme Omoikkiri TV (おもいっきりテレビ) in which he dispensed lifestyle and health advice; it was discontinued in 2007.