Kim Atienza
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Atienza in April 2011
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Alejandro Ilagan Atienza January 24, 1967 Malate, Manila, Philippines |
| Other names | Kuya Kim |
| Citizenship | Filipino |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines |
| Occupation | Weatherman, TV host, actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1987-present |
| Spouse(s) | Felicia Hung |
| Children | Jose III Hung Atienza Eliana Hung Atienza Emmanuelle Hung Atienza |
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| Member of the Manila City Council from the 5th district | |
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In office 30 June 1995 – 30 June 2004 |
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| Political party | Liberal Party |
Alejandro Ilagan "Kim" Atienza (born January 24, 1967), popularly known as Kim Atienza or simply Kuya Kim, is a Filipino TV host, actor, voice actor, weather anchor and a former politician. He is currently a resident weather anchor in ABS-CBN's TV Patrol's segment, "Weather-Weather Lang." After being in politics for twelve years, Atienza served as councilor of the 5th District of Manila for three terms.
Atienza is the eldest son of former Manila Mayor and Buhay Party-List Representative Lito Atienza and the brother of Ali Atienza.
Atienza has been in politics for twelve years. From 1995 to 2004, he served as councilor of the 5th district of Manila for three terms. One of his notable resolutions that he filed to the city council is the resolution in 1998 declaring actress Claire Danes as persona non grata and banning her films after Danes criticized the state of Manila's cleanliness. In 2004, he ran as representative of the 5th District of Manila but lost to Joey Hizon. His father, former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, asked him in 2007 to run as Mayor of Manila but he declined and then he retired thinking that politics is scary.
He started his broadcasting career in the early 1990s, as the anchor of "Mata ng Agila", a early morning newscast of DZEC Radyo Agila 1062, together with Onin Miranda.
Atienza started his stint on TV when he began hosting Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas's Animalandia as well as voice acting in the 90's. He is also best known for voicing Takeru (renamed as Michael Joe) which is portrayed by Japanese Sentai actor Ryousuke Kaizu from the Super Sentai series, Hikari Sentai Maskman and he also references this in later years when he was being interviewed by fellow celebrity hosts.
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