Mezamashi TV


Mezamashi TV is a Japanese news magazine show broadcast every weekday on Fuji TV from 4:55 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Mezamashi is a form of the Japanese verb mezamasu.
Mezamashi TV has several spin-off shows such as , which is aired before Mezamashi TV for viewers in the Kanto region starting at 4:00 am which ended in March 2018 and Mezamashi Saturday, the Saturday supplement of Mezamashi TV which airs at a later time between 6:00 and 8:30 am.

Broadcast times

In the first half of the 1990s, several news magazine shows of Fuji TV in the morning were discontinued after a short period because of low television ratings. The new show featured two presenters, Norikazu Otsuka and Akiko Yagi. Otsuka was a freelance presenter who had been a presenter at NHK. Mezamashi TV was first broadcast on April 1, 1994.
In 1997, Natsuko Kojima was appointed as an additional main newscaster. In 2003, Aya Takashima was appointed as a new main newscaster.

Main parts

Kyo no Uranai CountDown!

Kyo no Uranai CountDown! is a fortune-telling segment. This segment has continued since the beginning of Mezamashi TV.

Kyo no Wanko

Kyo no Wanko is a segment that shows interesting dogs in Japan. This segment has been continuing since 1994. This part is narrated by Kikue Nishiyama.

Main presenters