Norio Minorikawa
Norio Minorikawa ( Japanese 御 法 川 法 男 , Minorikawa Norio ; born August 22, 1944 in Setagaya ), better known by his stage name Monta Mino ( み の も ん た , Mino Monta ), is a Japanese television presenter.
Norio Minorikawa comes from Setagaya in Tokyo and attended and finished Rikkyō University after completing Rikkyō High School . After a short time at the conservative Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun , he moved to sister company Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (NCB) in 1967 , where he hosted the news of the baseball games and the evening program Seil Young .
His stage name Monta Mino comes from the NBC radio show All Japan Pop 20 , which Minorikawa also hosted. In 1979, Minorikawa left NBC to work for his father's company in Aichi Prefecture . Minorikawa continued to read messages for Aichi Broadcasting .
He presented u. a. the 3-hour morning magazine Mino Monta no Asa Zuba ' every working day ! ( み の も ん た の 朝 ズ バ ッ! ) And the 2-hour lunch magazine Omoikkiri ii! TV ( お も い ッ き り イ イ !! テ レ ビ ), in which Mino gave advice on lifestyle, health and other things, and every Saturday the radio show Mino Monta no Weekend o Tsukamaeru ( み の も ん た の ウ ィ ー ク エ ン ド ま え つ か ).
From 2000 to 2007 he was also the host of Quiz $ Millionaire ( ク イ ズ $ ミ リ オ ネ ア , Kuizu $ Mirionea ), the Japanese version of the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (German version is Wer wird Millionär? ).
On November 28, 2006, Minorikawa set a Guinness World Record for the longest weekly live television presentation ever held. His best time is 21 hours and 42 minutes. Mino Monta currently lives in Kamakura ( Kanagawa Prefecture ).
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| SURNAME | Minorikawa, Norio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 御 法 川 法 男 (Japanese); Mino Monta (stage name); み の も ん た (Japanese, stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese television presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Setagaya |