2023

2023 (Reiwa 5 in the Japanese calendar) was a year in the 21st Century.

AUDIO STAFF STATUS UPDATES[]

JANUARY[]

January 1: Misuzu Fuurin leaves Atelier Peach to go freelance.
January 1: Yumiri Hanamori moves to Tomorrow Jam from m&i.
January 1: Sakurako Kishiro returns to Ken Production.
January 1: Yuma Uchida moves to Intention from I'm Enterprise.
January 1: Misaki Yoshioka leaves m&i to go freelance and changes her stage name to Yuka Hiiragi.
January 5: Rea Sato leaves E-sprinG to go freelance.
January 9: Haruki Iwata moves to Fennec from Mirai Production.
January 20: Yoko Hikasa leaves I’m Enterprise to go freelance.
January ?: Shoya Chiba joins Toy's Factory from Sigma Seven.
January ?: Chihiro Kawakami joins DoubleArrow from Spacecraft Entertainment.
January ?: Haruna Momono partners with Remax.
January ?: Mina Takakawa? joins V-Fork.
January ?: Yu? Wakui? joins Mitt Management.

FEBRUARY[]

February 1: Anji Iwata joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
February 1: Ayumu Okada retires from voice acting for unknown reasons.

MARCH[]

March 1: Azusa Iwakura joins Sony Music Artists.
March 31: Maria Ayase leaves Office Anemone.
March 31: China Kitahara leaves First Wind Production.
March 31: Serina Nagano leaves Office Anemone.
March 31: Ryota Suzuki leaves VIMS.
March ?

APRIL[]

April 1: Yuma Aoki joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
April 1: Mirai Ayase joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
April 1: Miu Fujita joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
April 1: Yuki Furuoka joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 1: Risa Hanafusa joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
April 1: Chiaki Hara joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
April 1: Ryoma Harimoto changes his stage name to HallyMAN.
April 1: Sakura Harumi joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Tsuduri Hinata joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Yuna Izumi joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
April 1: Yoshikuni Kakita joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
April 1: Rika Kanaya joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
April 1: Ryuya Kanzaki joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
April 1: Marina Kato joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Yukine Kawamoto joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
April 1: Kaoru Kinebuchi joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Ran Koba joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
April 1: Sayuri Kusumi joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Yui Mito joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
April 1: Fuka Miyako joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
April 1: Kaito Nakamura joins E-sprinG as a voice actor.
April 1: Juri Natsukawa joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Eri Ninomiya joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
April 1: Yuto Okamine joins Air Agency as a voice actor.
April 1: Tamon Okubo joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 1: Cocoro Omori joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
April 1: Yui Sakuraba joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Haruki Sakuradai joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 1: Naoki Sasamoto joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 1: Kiko Shigeeda joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
April 1: Momoko Shiina joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
April 1: Kento Shimoe joins Air Agency as a voice actor.
April 1: Akina Tachibana joins Air Agency as a voice actress.
April 1: Taiga Takano joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 1: Tomohito Takatsuka joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
April 1: Yuto Takenaka joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
April 1: Michiya Tanaka joins Air Agency as a voice actor.
April 1: Yuusuke Tsuchiike joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 1: Momoka Tsuji joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
April 1: Shusaku Tsuyama joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
April 1: Yuichiro Washizaki joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 1: Hinami Yamamiya joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
April 1: Syu Yamamoto joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
April 1: Kota Yasuhara joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
April 30: Haruka Miyake leaves I’m Enterprise.
April 30: Ayumu Murase leaves VIMS.

MAY[]

May 1: Maria Ayase joins Green Note as a voice actress.
May 8: Kouta Suzuki joins Amuleto as a voice actor.

JULY[]

July 1: Kumika Imai moves from Sigma Seven-e to Sigma Seven.
July 1: Sayaka Kamitani joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
July 1: Yuna Kouzaki joins Sigma Seven-e as a voice actress.
July 1: Sumika Mimura joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
July 1: Tatsuo Mizushima moves from Sigma Seven-e to Sigma Seven.
July 1: Yu-ri Yoshida moves from Sigma Seven-e to Sigma Seven.
July 31: Risa Kubota quits voice acting for reasons unknown.

AUGUST[]

August 1: Yuki Asley joins Office Anemone as a voice actress.
August 1: Anjo Fukuhara joins Aoni Production as a voice actor.
August 4: Hiroshi Yanaka joins Apte Pro as a voice actor.
August 31: Takatsugu Awazu quits voice acting for reasons unknown.
August 31: Nozomi Chikamura quits voice acting due to her declining health.

SEPTEMBER[]

September 11: Chisato Komatsu joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
September 15: Yuuhi Asagiri joins Apte Pro as a voice actor.
September 30: Natsuko Kuwatani leaves I’m Enterprise to go freelance.

OCTOBER[]

October 1: Chikahiro Kobayashi joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
October 1: Minori Suzuki joins Aoni Production as a voice actress.
October 31: Tatsuhisa Suzuki leaves I'm Enterprise to go freelance.

NOTABLE DATES[]

June 16: It is announced that Azuki Shibuya will begin an indefinite hiatus from voice acting on December 31 of the same year.
August 21: It is announced that Charles Martinet has ended his tenure of over three decades as the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, and multiple other Super Mario characters.
October 4: It is announced that online services for the Wii U and 3DS would be shut down in April 2024 for reasons unknown.
October 13: It is announced that Kevin Afghani would succeed Charles Martinet as the voice actor for Mario and Luigi, effective from the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

GAME RELEASES[]

October 20: Super Mario Bros. Wonder (NSW) (global).

DEATHS[]

January 5: Earl Boen, American voice actor, 81, lung cancer.
February 5: Takako Sasuga, Japanese voice actress, 87, unknown causes.
February 14: Akira Tsuneoka, Japanese drummer, 51, unknown illness.
February 15: Shozo Iizuka, Japanese voice actor, 89, heart failure.
February 23: Mitsuo Senda, Japanese voice actor, 82, heart failure.
March 28: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, 71, rectal cancer.
April 1: Yasumichi Kushida, Japanese voice actor, 46, unknown causes.
August 6: Jun Irie, Japanese actress and voice actress, 53, cancer.
October 1: Shuhei Mogaki, Japanese voice actor, 34, unknown illness.
October 20: Yohsuke Naka, Japanese voice actor, 93, unknown causes.
October 24: Miyuki Ichijo, Japanese singer and voice actress, 76, multiple organ failure.
October 26: Richard Moll, American voice actor, 80, unknown causes.
November 2: Haruko Kitahama, Japanese voice actress, 85, chronic lung disease.
November 19: Mizuho Suzuki, Chinese-Japanese voice actor, 96, heart failure.

NAVIGATION[]

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