Yurie Omi

She was famous for being the co-host of NHK's morning talk show Asaichi as well as its geological television series Bura Tamori.

They faxed presentation papers to parties, made appointments with the people they needed to interview to get necessary information, and wrote whole stories about what they investigated.

During her membership, she interviewed Japanese tennis pro Kimiko Date and members of Shiki Theatre Company, one of Japan's most prominent musical troupes.

[6] Her university friends said that she was, far from a shallow wannabe anchorwoman, at the top of PPRS consisting of such students that were hoping to be big-name company employees or top-notch consultants.

On January 17, 2015, Omi made a trip to Tokyo to be an occasional anchor for that day's NHK News Ohayō Nippon.

She appeared in place of its main anchor Mayuko Wakuda, who was in Kobe for reporting the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

Before filming the "Hiraizumi" episode (aired on December 10, 2016), Omi injured her chin and got stitches on it because she accidentally fell on the street.

Before leaving it, she wrapped up her work in NHK Weekly Stera magazine, saying that this program had changed her a lot.

"[14] In April 2016, she was appointed as a general assignment navigator for a corner on NHK News Ohayō Nippon.

She served one year as a navigator for the "Machikado Jōhōshitsu (Street Information Room)" segment, where she introduced inventions that helped make people's life more convenient.

Neither she nor any other on-air staff members noticed the mistake at that time, but after the broadcast was over, one viewer pointed it out on Twitter and it was spread out online.

[15] On April 10, 2017, Omi became a weekday newscaster for NHK News Ohayō Nippon (hosted by Kozo Takase and Mayuko Wakuda).

From September 19 through 29, 2017, and from January 29 through February 2, 2018, she hosted this program as an occasional main anchor from 6 am to 8 am in place of Wakuda, who took leave in that period.

In the midnight of January 1, 2018, Omi appeared on TV as a correspondent at Kawasaki Daishi in Yukutoshi Kurutoshi, NHK's annual New Year's Eve television special, with Takase and Wakuda.

Hikyo x Tetsudo, as well as some episodes of Sawayaka Shizen Hyakkei, the documentaries with factual content involving nature of a particular place in Japan.

Omi visited Sicily, Italy as a one-time navigator to film her six-day walk of the ancient Sicilian footpath from San Leone to Sutera for the last episode of documentary Ippon-no-Michi aired on NHK BS Premium on March 20, 2018.

In April, she became the co-host of Asaichi, a live infotainment morning talk show, with comedians Hanamaru-Daikichi Hakata, taking over from Yumiko Udo, Yoshihiko Inohara and Hideo Yanagisawa.

[22] At the same time, she conducted a panel discussion by people with a developmental disability as one of the main hosts of NHK's special program with Hideyuki Nakayama, which aired on April 30, 2018.

[23][24] On July 19, 2019, Omi and Hakatas conducted a live interview with Hiroshi Kume, legendary radio personality and former anchor for News Station in TV Asahi who had been critical of NHK.

Kume praised her polite and sincere attitude and said in his program, "She has impressed me favorably since she appeared in Bura Tamori.

On the website encouraging viewers to write down on a hearing sheet some of their characteristics that bother them in their daily lives and that they want to share with others to ask for help, she was filmed filling in the form.

[27] On August 31, 2019, Omi made a presentation at NHK Culture Center in Tokyo to the viewers of Asaichi.

[29] Her last live appearance on TV was the interview with Muro Tsuyoshi on the "Premium Talk" segment of Asaichi, which aired on March 5, 2021.

I'm sure these experiences will help contribute to creating good cities in return for people's kindness.Satoru Masagaki, NHK's Executive Director of Broadcasting, referred to Omi in NHK's regular press conference on March 24, saying: Her plain, well-disposed character has aroused viewers' sympathy and contributed to expanding the range of programs.

She said that it was because if she said so, the conversation would stop immediately since he or she would have no more words to say, and it was a significant loss of a chance to hear further interesting information from the expert.

[2] She says that her favorites are eating gummy candies and starch syrup, playing the electric organ, Tahitian dance, and collecting iron sand with a magnet.

Daily Shincho reported on May 20, 2020, that Omi had registered her marriage on May 1, 2019, with a producer of NHK who was 15 years her senior.