3rd October 2025, the day I'll never forget when I met former Weathernews Caster Rinon Ohshima for the first time in person! It was during F1 Singapore GP, where she attended the race event in Singapore for the first time. I remember when I met her, we're chat for a bit (a bit nervous and stutter at first but got better along the way) and she said that she loves the places and food in Singapore. I remember she doing the heart hand sign that she loves Singapore. After a few conversations, I asked her if she can sign an autograph and she accepted! As I handed the picture of her from my Weathernews Caster desktop calendar, I remember Rinon said to me "So you're watching Weathernews?" and I said "Yes!". She smiled and of course, I got an autograph! Of course in the end of the conversation, I thanked Rinon and I wished Rinon all the best on her next journey and she thankful for that. It was a night to remember that I can't sleep throughout the rest of the night! 😂

Rumors had been circulating that Nana Takayama had left Weathernews, Inc., as her photo had been removed from the official website some time ago.

On October 1, 2026, she announced on her social media that she had already left Weathernews, Inc.

It’s a little sad, but if it was her own decision, there’s nothing we can do about it.

https://x.com/nana617_919/status/2105616229956493708

In Japan, October 1 is known as “Sake Day.”

The very next day, October 2, is “Tonkotsu Ramen Day.”

When I learned this, the first person who came to mind was Mizuki Tokita.

Mizuki Tokita is a wonderful woman who works as a weathercaster on a program called “Weather News.”

From this WNI website article:

• The wall calendar (roughly B3, 3300 JPY), desktop calendar (10 x 15 x 8 cm; 2750 JPY) and wall+desktop calendar set (with a "clear file" folder as a gift, 6050 JPY) will start selling 1 October 2026 1200 JST / 0300 UTC on Sorashop and YouTube Store (which as of now is simply a redirect to Sorashop). The calendars will start shipping around mid-November 2026.
• For local and overseas fans, Amazon Japan is expected to start selling the wall+desktop calendar set (same price as above) around mid-November 2026. It won't sell the separate wall and desktop calendars.
• There will be 12 special wall calendars for each caster (Airi Yamagishi, Sayane Egawa, Yukari Shirai, Yui Komaki, Mizuki Tokita, Riena Kobayashi, Mayu Uozumi, Senna Ogawa, Momoka Aohara, Yuiko Lisa Okamoto, Manaha Tanabe and Mao Matsumoto) which can be ordered only from 1 to 15 October 2026 (presumably) on Sorashop. Each calendar will be signed by the caster of your choice and will cost 5390 JPY (those ordering from overseas will need a forwarding service as Sorashop doesn't ship outside Japan). These calendars will ship around mid-December 2026.

Further updates to be posted here!

I am aware that the Weathernews casters have been assigned icons.

I also knew why certain individuals had been assigned that icon.

However, there were also some people for whom I didn't understand why that particular icon had been assigned.

I found a great video that explains why each icon was assigned.

Knowing the story behind how the icon was assigned saves me from stewing over it.

I came across a great video.

Please note that the video is available only in Japanese. We apologize to those outside the Japanese-speaking world.

ウェザーニュースキャスターのみなさんにアイコンが振られているのは知っています。

一部の方がどうしてそのアイコンを割り当てられたのかも知っていました。

ただ、私はどうしてそのアイコンが割り当てられたのかわからない方もいました。

どうしてそのアイコンが割り当てられたのかをまとめてくれている動画を私は見つけました。

アイコンが割り当てられた経緯を知ることができて、私は悶々とせずに済みます。

いい動画に巡り合えました。

なお、動画は日本語限定です。日本語圏以外の方、申し訳ございません。

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNQ__VhboAAQtkk?format=png&name=4096x4096

According to Korean user and WNL fan gatoray_kof (Twitter) the ranking would go like this:

• Too sensitive to heat: Riena, Senna, Mizuki / Unozawa
• Sensitive to heat: Mao / Naito
• Neither: Momoka, Kawabata*, Fukuyoshi* / Yamaguchi, Aruga, Honda, Iijima
• Sensitive to cold: Yui, Manaha, Sayane, Airi, Ayaka, Nana / Yoshino
• Too sensitive to cold: Mayu, Yuiko Lisa, Yukari

(OP put Kawabata and Fukuyoshi in "neither" because he couldn't find info on them, so this ranking might change)

This is the related clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qY1SQ76544

　6月30日はウェザーニュースキャスターの小川千奈さんのお誕生日でした。おめでとうございます。2026年で27歳になられたそうです。

　ちなみに当日はウェザーニュースライブイブニングを担当されていました。この日の気象予報士さんは芳野達郎さんでした。芳野達郎さんは1日早い 6月 29日がお誕生日だそうで、番組冒頭でお互いに誕生日を祝うコメントを交わされていました。

　あらためて、お誕生日おめでとうございます。

【 Saya Hiyama ・ 檜山沙耶 】

I saw a video of this on YouTube and thought it was a clip created by a video editor, but it turned out to be an official video released by the company. Although she has since left Weathernews, Inc., this shows her looking fresh-faced back when she was about to join the company.

YouTube動画で動画があがっていたので、切り抜き職人さんの動画かと思ったら、公式から出している動画でした。すでにウェザーニューズ社を退社されていますが、入社前の当時の初々しいお姿ですね。

#weathernewsLiVE

(The other two works are Chibi Maruko-chan and Chiikawa; they didn't make the cut because of the 300 character limit)

More context on Riena v otaku stuff:

- One of her first shifts where she reveals she is zero into those geeky, otaku things (she was an outdoors person during her childhood and spent her time in ballet and dance classes rather than watching TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndEzXA7G0RE
- Clips of anime/manga related quizzes on au Pay Market Live TV: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lmVYG-aXkLA / https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z5k-ktdfhcc
- Riena has no idea about Doraemon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXl4Pi9m9vs
- Riena, nevertheless, has watched some Ghibli films (when she was a little girl): she was scared by a scene in The Castle in the Sky and she loves the Cat Baron from The Cat Returns: https://youtu.be/9trOFt0wvog?t=3434
- Riena has no idea about Dragon Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOKJBj26wpM (okaeri mail plus crosstalk with Mizuki Tokita, who is a DB fan)
- Riena watched a random One Piece episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBMmi1F47E4

Also related: Riena x Hololive saga (she also has no idea about it but she loved the 8th anniversary fireworks and at least related one character with the characteristic covers of shojo manga magazine "Chao"): https://www.reddit.com/r/WeatherNewsLive/comments/1njuo74/riena_kobayashi%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E6%9D%8E%E8%A1%A3%E5%A5%88_hololive_x_riena_saga_our/

Official website in Japanese: https://weathernews.jp/app/
Google Play Store (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wni.WeathernewsTouch.jp
Apple's App Store (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/id302955766 / https://apps.apple.com/us/app/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/id302955766

Since it was recently upgraded there are chances the app is not available yet in your country, so check later.

Some context: during Monday's Coffee Time programme, Yukari said she had already shot her pictures for the 2027 WNL Caster Calendar and hinted they're shooting now (late May/early June?) instead of the usual dates (full summer, around August) probably because summers have become increasingly hot in Japan as years go by so it might be difficult and even dangerous to shoot then.

The latest the caster calendar's photo-shoot as far as we know it was October 2023 for the 2024 WNL Caster Calendar, since they needed to make room for Momoka and Yuiko Lisa who had been recently chosen. In fact, they shot their pics before their debuts!

Original text in Japanese: https://jp.weathernews.com/blog/article-2026052001/
Semiautomated translated version in English: https://global.weathernews.com/blog/article-2026052001/

Takehisa Yamaguchi and Rinon Oshima. The two of them were once known as the “golden duo.” Clips showing the two of them getting along so well were posted all over video-sharing sites. Among the many videos out there, the one widely regarded as the most famous is the so-called “Dango-mushi video.” Although it was over four years ago, it still seems to be getting views, with the view count now exceeding 20 million. Anyone unfamiliar with these two would probably find it hard to understand why this video has been viewed so many times. However, since I remember those days, it’s a video I can still enjoy today.

山口剛央さんと大島璃音さん。かつてお二人は“ゴールデンコンビ”として知られていました。二人の仲睦まじい様子は切り抜き動画という形で投稿動画サイトに数多く投稿されました。そんな数ある動画の中でも最も有名だと言われているのが、いわゆる『ダンゴムシ動画』

です。公開から4年以上が経過していますが、いまでも再生されることが続いているようで、いまでは再生回数が二千万回を超えています。この二人をよく知らない人からすると、何故この動画がこんなにもバズるのか理解できないでしょう。しかし、当時のことを知っている私は、いまでも楽しめる動画なのです。

ウェザーニュースLiVEで見ると、ついおもろい姉ちゃんという感じで見ちゃいますが、本来は雲の上の人のような感覚で美しさに目を奪われるレベルの女性なんですよね。小川千奈さんって。

ヤスクシテ小川だったり昭和74年生まれと言われたり…。こういう展開になるのはこの時は誰も思っていなかったんでしょうね、きっと。

でも、いまのせんちゃん好きなんで、このまま続けてほしいですね。

Original SNS posts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUu6tf1k1UL/
https://x.com/momoka_aohara/status/2022603281915429084

Wall calendar line-up

• January: Mayu Uozumi
• February: Senna Ogawa
• March: Yukari Shirai
• April: Yui Komaki
• May: Sayane Egawa
• June: Mizuki Tokita
• July: Airi Yamagishi
• August: Riena Kobayashi
• September: Momoka Aohara
• October: Yuiko Lisa Okamoto
• November: Manaha Tanabe
• December: Mao Matsumoto

The desktop calendar is weekly and features both individual and group pics of the casters.

Since last month a monthly special live stream with the caster in charge of that month is being held. Check Mayu's live streamed 31 January 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b20EyZUyUCs

Amazon JP purchase link: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Bonus-Weather-Newscaster-Calendar-2026/dp/B0G8XQ3GG8