# Kozo Takase

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**Kozo Takase** (高瀬 耕造, *Takase Kōzō*, born December 26, 1975) is a Japanese announcer and [news anchor](/source/News_presenter) for [NHK](/source/NHK).

## Early years

Born and raised in [Kakogawa](/source/Kakogawa), [Hyogo Prefecture](/source/Hyogo_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan), Takase graduated from [Waseda University](/source/Waseda_University). He belonged to a glee club as an undergraduate.

## Career

Takase was hired by NHK in April 1999, and started his career at NHK Niigata Branch.

In April 2008, Takase was moved to Tokyo Announcement Room and appointed as a biweekly newscaster of NHK's morning news show *[NHK News Ohayō Nippon](/source/NHK_News_Ohay%C5%8D_Nippon)*, where he starred from 4:30 to 5:55 am until March 2010. He also hosted *Gekkan Toretate My Video* from April 2009 to March 2010. From April 2010 to March 2011, he was involved in reporting from Diet.

In April 2011, Takase joined *[NHK News 7](/source/NHK_News_7)* as an assistant newscaster, starring on weekends until April 2012.[1] He then became a newsreader for the news program aired at noon. In May 2015, he also presented at *News Shibu Goji* as a newsreader. From April 2016 to April 2017, he was an anchor of *NHK News 7* for the weekend.

In April 2017, Takase was appointed the main presenter for *NHK News Ohayō Nippon*, where he anchored with [Mayuko Wakuda](/source/Mayuko_Wakuda) and [Maho Kuwako](/source/Maho_Kuwako).

On February 9, 2022, NHK announced that Takase was supposed to step down from the job of the anchor of *NHK News Ohayō Nippon* together with Kuwako in April. He will host the evening program *News Live! Yu Goji* from April. [2]

## Personal life

When Takase worked for NHK Niigata Branch, he met and married Misaki Kawano around December 2003, who was an announcer for [Television Niigata Network](/source/Television_Niigata_Network).[3]

## References

1. [平成23年度 番組キャスター（抜粋）](http://www.nhk.or.jp/pr/keiei/otherpress/pdf/20110201.pdf)

1. ["2022年度番組主な新キャスター"](https://www.nhk.or.jp/info/pr/toptalk/assets/pdf/soukyoku/2022/02/004.pdf). Retrieved March 29, 2022.

1. ["半年で４５２番組 日本一ＴＶ出演多い高瀬耕造アナって？｜日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL"](http://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/geino/151916). *日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL*. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

## External links

- [Kozo Takase, Tokyo Announcement Room](http://www6.nhk.or.jp/a-room/search/detail.html?i=283)
- [Takase Kozo](https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/en/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200901095128639275)

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