Alejandro Ilagan Atienza, known professionally as Kim Atienza or Kuya Kim, is a Filipino television host, actor, weather anchor and a former politician. He is currently a resident weather anchor in ABS-CBN's TV Patrols segment, "Weather-Weather Lang". Atienza served as councilor of the 5th District of Manila for three terms. He is known for his famous trivia stints on TV and radio, especially in his own show, Matanglawin. Atienza is the eldest son of former Mayor of Manila and Buhay Party-List RepresentativeLito Atienza and the brother of Ali Atienza.
Career
Political career
Atienza has been in politics for twelve years. From 1995 to 2004, he served as councilor of the 5th district of Manila for three terms. One of his notable resolutions that he filed to the city council is the resolution in 1998 declaring actress Claire Danes as persona non grata and banning her films after Danes criticized the state of Manila's cleanliness. In 2004, he ran as representative of the 5th District of Manila but lost to Joey Hizon. His father, former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, asked him in 2007 to run as Mayor of Manila but he declined and then he retired thinking that politics are scary.
Radio and television career
He started his broadcasting career in the early 1990s, as the anchor of "Mata ng Agila", an early morning newscast of DZEC Radyo Agila 1062, together with Onin Miranda. Atienza started his stint on TV when he began hosting Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas' Animalandia as well as voice acting in the 90's. He is also best known for voicing Takeru which is portrayed by Japanese Sentai actor Ryousuke Kaizu from the Super Sentai series, Hikari Sentai Maskman and he also references this in later years when he was being interviewed by fellow celebrity hosts. He then became ABS-CBN's weather tracker for TV Patrol until he became the show's resident weatherman when Ernie Baron died of myocardial infarction. He left the early morning show, Umagang Kay Ganda in 2009 to host the late morning variety showIt's Showtime. He began hosting Matanglawin on March 24, 2008. He returns to radio for the 2nd time overall and also for the 1st time on DZMM via Sakto with Amy Perez-Castillo replaces original host Marc Logan who left the show and replaces him as a new host of the show, it also aired both on DZMM & DZMM TeleRadyo in 2018.
Personal life
Family
Kim Atienza is married to Felicia Hung, and they have three children: Jose III, Eliana, and Emman. Atienza is the President and Founding Member of Chinese International School Manila. Kim Atienza is an avid marathoner, triathlete and cyclist. Politician Lito Atienza is Atienza's father while another politician, Ali Atienza, is his brother.
Health and Recovery
Atienza had a stroke in 2010, In 2013 was diagnosed to have Guillain–Barré syndrome, a rare disease that attacks the nervous system. Atienza totally recovered and has since finished several marathons, 70.3 Ironman and full Ironman races. He continues to compete and lead his age group to this day
