Naoko Funayama (Olympics)
Biathlon Reporter
Naoko Funayama returns for her fourth Olympic assignment with NBCUniversal as a biathlon reporter. Funayama most recently served as a SportsDesk reporter during 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and made her NBCU debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
She is also a sideline reporter for Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution. Funayama previously spent five seasons as rink-side and beat reporter for Boston Bruins telecasts on NESN, where she covered the team’s trips to Prague and Belfast. She also reported on Boston Red Sox games at the Tokyo Dome. Funayama lived in Tokyo for a time and speaks Japanese and French.
Fast Facts
- Second Olympics with NBCU.
- Sideline reporter for MLS’s New England Revolution.
- Multilingual (speaks English, Japanese & French).
- Graduate of Williams College and the Boston University College of Communications.
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