Kumi Taguchi (journalist)

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Kumi Taguchi
田口久実
Born
Taguchi Kumi
田口久実

(1975-08-17) 17 August 1975 (age 48)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Journalist, broadcaster, presenter
Years active1997–present
Notable credit(s)ABC News (2014–2020)
Compass (2017–2020)
Stargazing Live (2017)
Spouses
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(m. 2005; div. 2006)​
Mark Dando
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(m. 2014, div. 2021.)​

Kumi Taguchi (田口久実, Taguchi Kumi, born 17 August 1975[citation needed]) is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and presenter living in Sydney.

Taguchi is currently host of Insight on SBS.

Early life[edit]

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to her Japanese father, Akira Taguchi and Australian mother. Taguchi grew up in rural New South Wales learning classical violin from the age of five, and won a scholarship to study music at the University of Wollongong.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Working at ABC Local Radio she pursued her passions for writing and film.[citation needed]

Returning to Australia in 2010, Taguchi worked at both the ABC and SBS before settling at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[citation needed]

In 2013, Taguchi completed a series of adventurous assignments, including reporting on the experience of running her first marathon near Uluru, reporting on the Blue Mountains bush fires and sailing on a 70-foot yacht in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.[3][4]

In 2014, she spent two weeks documenting the experience of those being treated in a hospital for those suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.[5][6] Taguchi has also been an ambassador for mental health awareness.[7]

In 2014, she was appointed presenter of ABC News Afternoons on ABC News.[8][9] Taguchi remained presenter of ABC News Afternoons until December 2017. She moved into a new role in 2018 focusing more on Compass and hosting other programs across ABC TV.

In 2015, Taguchi filled in as the host of the Drive radio show on 702 ABC Sydney.[10] She has also backfilled as co-anchor of ABC News Breakfast with Michael Rowland,[11][12] and Virginia Trioli.[13][14]

In March 2017, Taguchi was appointed host of Compass, replacing Geraldine Doogue.[15]

In April 2017, Taguchi presented segments during Star Gazing Live hosted by Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro at Australia's Siding Spring Observatory.[16]

In January 2018, she filled in as the host of 7.30, the show that she had first worked on 20 years earlier at the start of her career.[17] On 25 April 2018, she hosted 7.30 again. She also announced she had been signed on by Simon & Schuster to write a memoir that would be published the following year.[18]

In October 2018, Taguchi hosted the Invictus Games opening and closing ceremonies in Sydney which were broadcast around the world.[19] She shared the stage with the athletes and Invictus patron Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.[20]

For Christmas 2019, Taguchi became part of an effort to write Christmas music appropriate to Australia, resulting in a 59 minute documentary Christmas Sounds Better This Year[21] aired and repeated in the weeks before Christmas. Five individuals and groups, Luke O'Shea (composer), Phoenix Voices of Youth (choir), The Soldiers Wife (choir and creative group), Moorambilla Voices (an indigenous singing group), and Keys of Life, were engaged to create music. Taguchi was an active part of the creative process, including rehearsing for and playing the violin for one of the resulting concerts where the music was premiered.

In November 2020, SBS announced that Taguchi would be the new host for their current affair program Insight.[22]

She works as a facilitator with her husband Mark Dando at consultancy Rabbit and Lion.[23]

Personal life[edit]

Taguchi was married to fellow journalist Hugh Riminton between 2005 and 2006. They share custody of their daughter Coco who was born in November 2005.[24] She married Mark Dando in 2014.[25][26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UOW Open Day Panel with Kumi Taguchi". YouTube. University of Wollongong. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ Kumi Taguchi: daughter and journalist Conversations Retrieved March 18, 2017
  3. ^ "Kumi Taguchi". ABC. Australia Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ "From seasickness to sailing: Reflecting on Clipper yacht life". ABC News. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ^ "PTSD treatment: The battle after the war - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Building Trust In A Melbourne Mental Ward | Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma". dartcenter.org. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Mental As - Ambassadors". ABC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  8. ^ "About ABC News 24". ABC News 24. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Kumi Taguchi". The Entertainers. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  10. ^ "702 ABC Sydney (cache)". ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 May 2014.[dead link]
  11. ^ "ABC News Breakfast". Twitter. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  12. ^ "News 24 Program Guide". ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Australia woke up this morning to two very smart women anchoring morning TV". Mamamia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Women host TV breakfast shows. Joint is not destroyed. - mUmBRELLA". mUmBRELLA. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Kumi Taguchi to take over from Geraldine Doogue as host of ABC's Compass program". Daily Telegraph. News Corp. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  16. ^ "ABC presents Stargazing Live". ABC. Australia Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Kumi Taguchi presents the most detailed nightly current affairs from an Australian perspective. Includes exclusive investigations and revealing interviews plus political commentary". ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Excited to be joining the @SimonSchusterAU stable. Memoir and first book to be published early 2019". Twitter. @kumitaguchi. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Invictus Games host Kumi Taguchi reveals what went on behind the scenes at the Opening Ceremony". ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Meghan Markle Effect Takes the Invictus Games! See How Host Channeled the Duchess with Her Ring". People. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  21. ^ Christmas Sounds Better This Year, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, first aired 2019-12-17, accessed 2019-12-24
  22. ^ Carmody, Broede (22 November 2020). "SBS unveils new Insight host after Jenny Brockie steps down". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  23. ^ "Kumi Taguchi TV/Radio Host Writer Speaker MC". www.rabbitandlion.com/. Rabbit and Lion. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  24. ^ "To help others open up, Insight host Kumi Taguchi had to face her family history". SMH. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  25. ^ "Aw thank you to the hubby for these #IWD2016 @MarkDando". Twitter. @kumitaguchi. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  26. ^ "Thanks for the flowers @kumitaguchi and @markdando. It was an honour to MC your wedding reception". Twitter. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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