25-year-old TBS announcer Yuko Aoki is leaving the network, it was learned on Thursday. The "Sunday Japon" regular has already submitted her letter of resignation, though it has not yet been officially accepted. The decision seems to be triggered by a magazine article that will run next week, speculated to be some sort of scandal.

Aoki graduated from Keio University and joined TBS in 2005. In early 2006, she was caught having an affair with one of the "Sunday Japon" directors, who was 32 at the time. The man was subsequently removed from the show. This past May, it was discovered that she is going out with another TV director, which may or may not be related to this next scandal.

In any case, Aoki has made the decision to withdraw in advance, which seems to be influenced by the recent scandals of announcers Mona Yamamoto and Kazuhiro Watanabe.