Occupation News Reporter Parents Nao Takasugi Role Reporter | Name Tricia Takasugi Grandparents Judy Takasugi | |
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Full Name Tricia Ann Takasugi Residence Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States | ||
Tricia Ann Takasugi (born March 2, 1961 in Oxnard, California) is a Japanese-American general assignment reporter for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles.
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Biography
Takasugi was born in Oxnard, California, one of five children born to the late Nao Takasugi and his wife Judy. She graduated from UCLA in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish.
Takasugi began her broadcasting career as a general assignment reporter at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the mid-1990s, Takasugi began working for KTTV FOX 11 as a general assignment reporter. After FOX purchased local station KCOP-TV, Takasugi began reporting for both stations.
Family Guy
The female Asian reporter from Fox's "Family Guy," Tricia Takanawa, is believed to be a parody of her, or possibly former KCBS-TV anchor Tritia Toyota.