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Mihara</b> (ロス・ミハラ<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja">Rosu Mihara</i></span>)</span>) is an American journalist. After working in broadcasting in Hawaii, he moved to Japan in 1994 where he became an English-language sumo commentator and news anchor for <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a>. </p><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ross Mihara</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1963</span><br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Los Angeles, California, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waseda_University" title="Waseda University">Waseda University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>News anchor</li> <li>news producer</li> <li>sports commentator</li> <li>radio host</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1986</span>–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employers</th><td class="infobox-data org"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KITV" title="KITV">KITV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KINE-FM" title="KINE-FM">KINE-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGMB" title="KGMB">KGMB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NHK_Newsline" title="NHK Newsline">NHK Newsline</a></i></li> <li><i>Grand Sumo Highlights</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" 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class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Mihara&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Mihara was born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1963</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Los Angeles, California.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1999_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1968</span> he moved with his family to <a href="/wiki/Aiea,_Hawaii" title="Aiea, Hawaii">Aiea</a>, Hawaii. He attended high school at the <a href="/wiki/%CA%BBIolani_School" title="ʻIolani School">ʻIolani School</a> and graduated in 1981. He subsequently majored in business administration at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a>. After graduation he worked for a bank in Seattle as a loan officer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although he had no prior experience, Mihara began to pursue a career in broadcasting <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1986</span>. He told the <i><a href="/wiki/Honolulu_Star-Advertiser" title="Honolulu Star-Advertiser">Honolulu Star-Advertiser</a></i> in 2012 that in his childhood he had admired anchorman Bob Sevey and realized his ideal job had been "right in front of [his] eyes". Mihara was hired as a desk assistant at <a href="/wiki/KOMO-TV" title="KOMO-TV">KOMO</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate in Seattle. After working there for a year, he aspired to work on-camera and began sending out his résumé to television stations across the United States. A news director at <a href="/wiki/KITV" title="KITV">KITV</a> in Honolulu responded with a job offer for assistant producer that was contingent on moving back to Hawaii; Mihara accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Mihara&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>While at KITV, Mihara also worked as a radio host for <a href="/wiki/KINE-FM" title="KINE-FM">KINE-FM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was hired by <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/KGMB" title="KGMB">KGMB</a> as a reporter in June 1989. The resignation of the station's weekday sports anchor led to Mihara's appointment as successor in the role.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Advertiser1994_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Advertiser1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later said that "it was a lot of fun to sit next to people [he] grew up watching".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to duties at KGMB, Mihara also volunteered to raise money for charitable causes. His charitable activities included playing on a softball team<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and auctioning himself off on a date at an event billed as "Bidding for Bachelors, A Ladies' Night Out".<sup id="cite_ref-buyadate_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buyadate-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter was held in 1993 at the <a href="/wiki/Ala_Moana_Hotel" title="Ala Moana Hotel">Ala Moana Hotel</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mark_DeCarlo" title="Mark DeCarlo">Mark DeCarlo</a>, then the host of the dating program <i><a href="/wiki/Studs_(game_show)" title="Studs (game show)">Studs</a></i>, was the master of ceremonies.<sup id="cite_ref-buyadate_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buyadate-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mihara left KGMB in January 1994. In an announcement made that month, Mihara said his decision was voluntary and motivated by feelings of burnout, as well as a desire to move on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Advertiser1994_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Advertiser1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A column published in 2000 in the <i><a href="/wiki/Honolulu_Star-Bulletin" title="Honolulu Star-Bulletin">Honolulu Star-Bulletin</a></i> said that he was fired by a newly-hired director, an outcome that Mihara was said to have considered the best thing that ever happened to him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Bulletin2000_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Bulletin2000-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> After working at KGMB, Mihara traveled to Tokyo. A former colleague at KITV introduced him to managerial staff at <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a>, who were looking for a commentator for <a href="/wiki/Sumo" title="Sumo">sumo</a> matches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He accepted the job, despite not being knowledgeable in the sport. "I didn't know a <i><a href="/wiki/Kimarite#Yorikiri" title="Kimarite">yorikiri</a></i> from <i><a href="/wiki/Seppuku" title="Seppuku">hara-kiri</a></i>", he said in a 1999 interview.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1999_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also had never taken a special interest in the Japanese language despite being a <i><a href="/wiki/Yonsei_(Japanese_diaspora)" title="Yonsei (Japanese diaspora)">yonsei</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1999_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I just wish I had studied harder during Japanese class when I was at the ʻIolani School", he said in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Bulletin2000_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Bulletin2000-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon being hired by NHK, he enrolled at <a href="/wiki/Waseda_University" title="Waseda University">Waseda University</a> to learn Japanese, "started studying [sumo] like crazy",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1999_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was coached on how to comment on sumo from Tom Quinn and Dave Wiggins, former colleagues at KGMB and <a href="/wiki/KHON-TV" title="KHON-TV">KHON</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quinn and Wiggins had preceded Mihara as sumo commentators for NHK.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigor%C5%8D" title="Takamiyama Daigorō">Takamiyama</a>, a Hawaiian-born former wrestler and <i><a href="/wiki/Oyakata" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyakata">oyakata</a></i>, praised the speed and thoroughness of Mihara's learning of sumo. "You can tell he does his homework", Takamiyama said. "He is very easy to work with and has become very knowledgeable about sumo in a short time". Mihara said that he personally visited <i><a href="/wiki/Heya_(sumo)" title="Heya (sumo)">heya</a></i> to meet with wrestlers and learn about their attributes. Each program takes about two or three hours' worth of research:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1999_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><blockquote><p>About 99 percent of what I say has to be ad-libbed, so you've really got to be prepared and know your stuff. It isn't like just reading the news.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1999_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>He is currently the longest-serving commentator on <i>Grand Sumo Highlights</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Mihara was appointed as one of the anchors of <i><a href="/wiki/NHK_Newsline" title="NHK Newsline">NHK Newsline</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as NHK's English-language speed skating commentator during the <a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">1998 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a> and baseball commentator.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also narrates voice-overs for commercials and corporate videos, including for <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Bulletin2000_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonolulu_Star-Bulletin2000-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Mihara&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Mihara lives in Japan, but regularly visits Hawaii. Notwithstanding the challenge of learning Japanese, he said in 2012 that adjusting to life in Japan was easy. He added that he has never felt homesick for Hawaii because of the immediate accessibility of aspects of Hawaiian culture in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcWhorter2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Mihara&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <div class="mw-heading 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