How to say "commentator" in Japanese

• コメンテーターCommon
  nounCovers the commentator in the media sense: someone invited on television or radio to give opinions on news and current events. This is the natural word for a talking-head panel commentator.
• 評論家ひょうろんかCommon
  nounLiterally a critic; it covers a commentator whose commentary is a profession, someone who publishes reviews or critical essays on politics, literature, or the arts. For a mere TV commentator it usually sounds too weighty.
  あらゆる芸術げいじゅつ評論家ひょうろんか達たちは無能むのうであり危険きけんな存在そんざいである。↗

  Regard all art critics as useless and dangerous.

Use 「コメンテーター」 for a commentator who offers remarks on TV or other media, and 評論家 for a critic or commentator whose commentary is a professional occupation or body of published criticism.

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• コメンテーターcommentator
• 評論家ひょうろんかcritic
• 解説者かいせつしゃcommentator
• 注釈者ちゅうしゃくしゃannotator
• 実況者じっきょうしゃ(sports) commentator