Mona Yamamoto

{{short description|Japanese television announcer and presenter}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mona Yamamoto

| image = Yamamoto Mona.jpg

| caption = Mona Yamamoto at Ohi Racecourse, on July 9, 2008

| native_name = 山本 モナ

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|2|11}}

| birth_place = Onomichi, Japan

| nationality = Norway (Until the age of six), Japan(the current)

| occupation = Television host/presenter

| years_active = 2000–2011, 2013–present

| notable_works = Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Fuji Television

| spouse =

| children = 3

}}

{{nihongo|Mona Yamamoto|山本 モナ|Yamamoto Mona|extra=born February 11, 1976, Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan}} is a Japanese TV announcer and presenter. Her father is Norwegian and she became a naturalized Japanese citizen at the age of 6.

After graduating from Gakushuin University, Mona joined the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation as an announcer. She presented the TV series Jackass in Japan. In September 2006 she worked for five days on the Tokyo Broadcasting System news program News23 before stepping down due to a love affair with married Democratic Party of Japan executive Goshi Hosono.

Returning to television in 2008 as an anchor for Fuji Television News, she lost her job after visiting a love hotel with married sportsman Tomohiro Nioka of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.{{cite web|last1=Brasor|first1=Philip|title=All this fuss over just a little drink at a . . . love hotel|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/20/national/media-national/all-this-fuss-over-just-a-little-drink-at-a-love-hotel/|website=The Japan Times|date=20 July 2008 |publisher=The Japan Times Ltd|accessdate=22 April 2016}}

In 2010 she married the president of a real estate investment company. She briefly returned to entertainment in 2011{{cite web|title=Mona Nakanishi makes her return to showbiz - for 3rd time|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/mona-nakanishi-makes-her-return-to-showbiz-for-3rd-time|website=Japan Today|date=26 April 2013 |publisher=GPlusMedia Co Ltd|accessdate=22 April 2016}} before announcing her retirement from public life.{{cite web|last1=Betros|first1=Chris|title=Mona Yamamoto|url=http://metropolis.co.jp/features/upfront2/tarento-watch/mona-yamamoto-2/|website=Metropolis Magazine|date=10 February 2010 |publisher=Japan Partnership Inc}} In September 2012, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter.

However in March 2013, she returned to entertainment industry.