Mariko Oe

Mariko Ooe (大江 麻理子, Ōe Mariko, born 21 October 1978) is a newsroom announcer for TV Tokyo. She was born in Buzen, Fukuoka. She graduated from East Chikushi Gakuen High School Teruikan Junior High School and Ferris University Department of Literature Japanese literature. She is proficient in Chinese because she experienced studying abroad at Tsinghua University (in Beijing, China) while studying the Chinese language at university. In addition, she experienced dorm life in her high school days. During her college years, she lived in Jiyūgaoka except for her period of studying abroad.

She joined TV Tokyo as an announcer in 2001 after graduating from university. She joined along with Masaru Akahira (who later turned to a freelance announcer from 2009).

After joining TV Tokyo, she appeared in various genres such as news, information and variety. In the crown programme of journalist Akira Ikegami that is broadcast on an irregular occasion as a special programme, she often serves as a studio assistant, or goes to the coverage alone or in collaboration with Ikegami. On the other hand, she appeared in various kinds of information and variety shows such as Shutsubotsu! Ado Machikku Tengoku and Complicated Summers2 and had various characters (Mariko Ooe#Episodes in regular showsas described later). With such an activity also, now she is getting popular enough to be always in the top in "Favorite Female Announcer Ranking".

For one year from April 2013, she was appointed to the New York branch of the Tokyo office as an affiliate of TV Tokyo and handed it to TV Tokyo, United States (succeeding Rikako Suetake). In addition to regularly reporting from New York City on news programmes such as World Business Satellite, she was in charge of overseas interviews with Future Century Zipangu and special programmes.

She returned to Japan as a press caster since she finished her appointment to the New York Branch in March 2014. From the 31st of the same month, she serve as the main caster of World Business Satellite as a successor to Maoko Kotani. On 17 September of the same year, she married Ooki Matsumoto President of Monex, Inc.She co-starred with Sayamao in Complicated Summers2: Thanks 10th Anniversary "Members of the Championship Members' Large Assembly" 3 and a Half Hours SP in April 2017 for the first time in four years.