What is "Sorajiro"?

"Sorajiro(そらジロー)" is a mascot of weather reports of NTV(日本テレビ). Some people regard him as a kind of "yuru-kyara(ゆるキャラ)".

"Sorajiro" is a combination of two words: "Sora" means sky in Japanese, and "jiro" is a common boy's name, which is given to a second son in Japan.

He appears on weather reports of NTV with a weather forecaster. For example, Sorajiro appears on the weather report of "news every.（ニュース・エブリィ）", a evening news program of NTV, with Minoru Kihara(木原実), a weather forecaster.

Here is a video of Sorajiro and Minoru Kihara delivering a weather forecast.


Here is a video of Sorajiro having an accident.


[Link]
Sorajiro's facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/sorajiro

Sorajiro on twitter
https://twitter.com/ntvsorajiro

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Who is Minoru Kihara?

Minoru Kihara(木原実) is a Japanese weather forecaster, actor and voice actor.

He is well known for Japanese people as a weathercaster rather than an actor, because he has been the weathercaster for the evening news programs of NTV(日本テレビ) for more than 20 years.

Here is a video of Miroru Kihara's photo collection.


木原実1960-2012 投稿者 dm_50b1688b3f2a0

[Link]
Minoru Kihara's facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/kiharasan
Minoru Kihara on twitter
https://twitter.com/kihara77

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