Tokudane!

*Tokudane!*
Tokudane!
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
Production
Running time	110 minutes
Original release
Network	Fuji TV
Release	April 1, 1999 –; March 26, 2021

Tokudane! (とくダネ！) was a weekday morning news program airing on Fuji TV in Japan. It was first broadcast on April 1, 1999, and currently airs from 08:00 to 09:50 Mondays to Fridays. Air time of this program previously was from 8:00 to 9:55 until March 29, 2013. The program ended on March 26, 2021, and was replaced by Mezamashi 8 by the following week.^[2]^[3]

Presenters

Main presenters

Anchor

Tomoaki Ogura (April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021)

Main assistants

Shinsuke Kasai (April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021)
Yaeko Umezu (March 24, 2014 – March 31, 2019)
Yuka Ebihara (October 2, 2017 – March 31, 2019)

Sub-assistants

Shotaro Kinoshita (March 24, 2014 – March 26, 2021)
Sayaka Morimoto (October 2, 2006 – March 26, 2021)
Ayako Yamanaka (March 24, 2014 – March 26, 2021)

Show-biz reporter

Chumei Maeda (April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021)

Weather

Takeshi Amatatsu (October 3, 2005 – March 26, 2021)

Past presenters

Main assistants

Kyoko Sasaki (April 1, 1999 – March 27, 2009)
Minako Nakano (March 30, 2009 – June 29, 2012)
Rei Kikukawa (July 2, 2012 – September 29, 2017)

Sub-assistants

Yutaka Hasegawa (April 2, 2001 – September 24, 2010)
Daiki Tanaka (September 27, 2010 – March 21, 2014)
Yumi Kasuga (April 1, 1999 – September 29, 2006)
Reina Uchida (March 24, 2014 – September 18, 2015)

Former regular commentators

Dave Spector (Wednesday)
Hiroko Mita (Wednesday)
Seiko Niizuma (Thursday)
Tetsuya Bessho (Friday)
Manami Hashimoto (Friday)

Notable past commentators

Theme music

Opening and ending theme: "Good One" (Kay, until March 2021)

Past

April 1999 to March 2003: "Veronica" (Elvis Costello)
April 2003 to September 2005: "Shout to the Top!" (opening) / "My Ever Changing Moods" (ending) (The Style Council)
October 2005 to September 2007: "Don't Get Me Wrong" (The Pretenders)
October 2007 to March 2009: "We Built This City" (Starship)
April 2009 to March 2011: "Invisible Touch" (Genesis)
April 2011 to March 2012: "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Belinda Carlisle)
April 2012 to September 2012: "Tell Her About It" (Billy Joel)
October 2012 to March 2014: "Tubthumping" (Chumbawamba)
March 2014 to March 2018: "Morning Cheers" (pal@pop)
April 2018 to March 2019: "Rainbow" (Kay)
March to September 2019: "Tap Knock DaNce" (Yuta Mori)
September 2019 to March 2021: "Good One" (Kay)

References

^ "『とくダネ！』3月末で22年の歴史に幕小倉智昭「席を譲る時が来たようです」". ORICON NEWS. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^ "『とくダネ！』3月末で22年の歴史に幕小倉智昭「席を譲る時が来たようです」". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^ "「とくダネ！」後継番組ＭＣに谷原章介＆永島優美アナ３・２９から生情報番組「めざまし８」". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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[1] "『とくダネ！』3月末で22年の歴史に幕小倉智昭「席を譲る時が来たようです」". ORICON NEWS. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

[2] "『とくダネ！』3月末で22年の歴史に幕小倉智昭「席を譲る時が来たようです」". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

[3] "「とくダネ！」後継番組ＭＣに谷原章介＆永島優美アナ３・２９から生情報番組「めざまし８」". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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