# Marie Yanaka

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{{short description|Japanese beauty pageant winner (born 1990)}}
{{nihongo|'''Marie Yanaka'''|谷中 麻里衣|extra=born August 30, 1990 in Tokyo}} is a Japanese news caster, commentator,  journalist and the 2011 winner of the [Miss Nippon](/source/Miss_Nippon) ("Miss Japan" in Japanese) beauty pageant.<ref name=20min2011-01-25/> She graduated from the faculty of law at [Keio University](/source/Keio_University).

== Biography ==
Yanaka spent much of her youth with her family posted in other countries.<ref name=livedoor2011-01-25/> She spent four years in [Singapore](/source/Singapore), and another four years in the [United States](/source/United_States). Her father was working near the [World Trade Center](/source/World_Trade_Center_(1973%E2%80%932001)) on September 11, 2001. She says following the news, that day, while waiting to learn if her father was safe, was what inspired her to become a newscaster.

She was hired as one of the host's of business oriented television show in September 2011.<ref name=sponichi2011-09-29/>

French jeweller [Louis Golay International](/source/Louis_Golay_International) designed Yanaka's tiara.<ref name=20min2011-01-25/>

She is also a television journalist, and currently anchors at [CNBC](/source/CNBC) Japan (known as [Nikkei CNBC](/source/Nikkei_CNBC) in Japan). She later started working at [NHK World](/source/NHK_World) as well.

On April 1, 2014, Yanaka, and two other women, were named as brand ambassadors for a line of women's apparel.<ref name=mantan2014-04-01/> Yanaka and the two other women, were anchorwomen, and the line of clothing was designed to appeal to women who wanted to look like anchorwomen.

== Notes ==
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<ref name=sponichi2011-09-29>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2011/09/29/kiji/K20110929001718770.html             
| title       = ＴＯＥＩＣ満点の美女 ミス日本・谷中麻里衣 ＴＢＳ日替わりキャスターに
| language    = Japanese
| trans-title = TOEIC perfect score Miss Nippon, Marie Yanaka TBS daily caster
| work        = [Sponichi](/source/Sponichi)
| date        = 2011-09-29
| archiveurl  = 
| archivedate = 
| accessdate  = 2021-01-16
| quote       = 米金融・経済情報サービス「ブルームバーグ」とタッグを組み、世界の金融・経済情報を伝える同番組は、０９年４月にスタート。１０月３日からのリニューアルで、水曜担当だったタレントの吉永実夏（２２）が木曜に移るほか、谷中ら４人が新たに加わった。
}}
</ref>

<ref name=livedoor2011-01-25>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/5295118/
| title       = ミス日本、驚異の英語力 TOEIC990点の現役慶大生
| work        = [Livedoor](/source/Livedoor)
| date        = 2011-01-25
| language    = Japanese
| trans-title = Miss Nippon, an active Keidai student with an amazing English ability TOEIC 990 points
| archiveurl  = 
| archivedate = 
| accessdate  = 2021-01-16
| quote       = 特筆するべきは英語力だ。英検1級を持っており、TOEICが最高点の990点、TOEFLiBTも120点中116点。東京外国語大学主催の英語弁論大会「小川杯争奪英語弁論大会」でも優勝経験がある。
}}
</ref>

<ref name=20min2011-01-25>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/un-joaillier-vaudois-couronne-miss-japon-360855722916
| title       = Un joaillier vaudois couronne Miss Japon
| work        = [20 minutes](/source/20_minutes_(Switzerland))
| date        = 2011-01-25
| language    = French
| trans-title = A Vaud jeweler crowns Miss Japan
| archiveurl  = 
| archivedate = 
| accessdate  = 2021-01-16
| quote       = Miss Japon, avec sa couronne, sera présente, fin mars, sur le stand Louis Golay lors de Baselworld 2011, selon «Le Matin Dimanche».
}}
</ref>

<ref name=mantan2014-04-01>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://mantan-web.jp/article/20140401dog00m200035000c.html
| title       = 皆藤愛子：松本あゆ美、谷中麻里衣とスーツブランド新キャラに
| work        = [Mantan web](/source/Mantan_web)
| date        = 2014-04-01
| language    = Japanese
| trans-title = Aiko Kaito: Ayumi Matsumoto, Marie Yanaka and new suit brand characters
| archiveurl  = 
| archivedate = 
| accessdate  = 2021-01-16
| quote       = タレントの皆藤愛子さん、松本あゆ美さん、谷中麻里衣さんが「洋服の青山」のレディースブランド「ANCHOR WOMAN（アンカーウーマン）」の新キャラクターに起用されたことが1日、明らかになった。
}}
</ref>

</references>

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Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
Category:Models from Tokyo
Category:Miss Nippon
Category:Japanese beauty pageant winners
Category:Japanese television journalists
Category:Women television journalists
Category:Keio University alumni
Category:Japanese expatriates in Singapore
Category:Japanese expatriates in the United States
Category:NHK
Category:CNBC people

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