Minoru Kihara

At the end of October 2017, he bore serious cervical spine injuries, and was undergoing surgery, in which he reported on his blog on 24 November. He was later discharged on 22 March 2018, and on 26 March, he returned to news every. for the first time in about five months.

In 2016, he was ranked first in Oricon's "12th Favourite Weather Caster & Weather Forecasting Ranking."

In 2010, he was later inaugurated as the Cabinet Office "supporter of national campaign to alleviate disaster damage."

He passed the Weather Foreman Examination in 1995. In 1997, he participated in the Weather Summit in Paris, and started acting as a full-fledged weather forecaster. Later in 1998, he became independent, and established the Minoru Kihara Jimusho. In 2004, he obtained disaster prevention qualification. In 2005, he was inaugurated as a permanent secretary of the Japan Disaster Reduction Association.

He took rakugo during his early childhood, and started a theatre during his high school years. After graduating from Atsugi High School in Kanagawa Prefecture, in 1986, he graduated from the Department of Drama, of the Nihon University College of Art. He entered Akira Kamiya's office and start entertainment activities as a voice actor and reporter. Later in 1987, Kihara, Yukikazu Kano, Eisuke Sasai and others from the Hanagumi Shibai started and joined The Sumidagawa.

Minoru Kihara (木原 実 , Kihara Minoru, born 17 July 1960) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and weather forecaster (637th)–disaster prevention officer, who is the Director of Disaster Education Promotion Association of General Foundation, and a representative of the yūgen gaisha, Minoru Kihara Jimusho. Born in Tokyo and raised in Kanagawa Prefecture, he currently lives in Nakano-ku, Tokyo.