Kyoko KATAYAMA
Presenter
Date of Birth
18 July 19__ (but I thought you only looked 21 not 119)
Birth place
Sanriku town, in Ofunato city, which is situated on the Sanriku Coast National Park in Iwate prefecture
When did I move to Adelaide?
1995, January
Started J-Talk
1997, with Reiko Lee Guerin and others
Why did I join J-Talk team?
The main reason was that, when I heard about it, I thought that being a presenter of a radio show in Australia, would use more English, and that would be perfect for my English practice. However I didn’t expect that J-Talk would continue for such a long time as 12 years.（＾―＾）
My jobs in J-Talk are:
Writing scripts for show
Finding and Coordinating guests
Interviewing the guests
Researching events information in Adelaide or Australia
Operating the panel = but only when no one is there (^_^),
Why? only when there is no one there, that’s because I am not good at mechanics.
However, I want to do it more often so that my skills will be better.
My current professional job
*Interpreter/Translator
*Tour guide (Australian National qualified driver guide)
My other enjoyment - being a Vice president (n_n)
of the Australia Japan Association of SA (AJASA)
www.ajaofsa.asn.au
AJA is the mother association of J-Talk.
Nick Name = Poh chan
Poh comes from Poh tto shiteiru = Honwaka shite iru
Means gentle soul, that gives you a warm and comfortable feeling, and relaxed person as in
Chan is a word for cute or dear and used for nick names
（=＾。＾=）
Blog
pohchankyoko.com.au