# 2023 in Japanese television

Below is a list of events affecting Japanese television in 2023.

## Events

| Date | Event |
| March 7 | Johnny Kitagawa, who died in July 9, 2019, has been posthumously exposed for abuse but still revered. |
| March 13 | Serving as sequels to Yes! PreCure 5 and Witchy PreCure!, the Pretty Cure franchise announced 2 spin-off anime shows for older viewers as part of their 20th anniversary celebration with Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ premiering on NHK-E this year in October and Mahō Tsukai Precure! 2 premiering late-night on TV Asahi next year. |
| March 15 | The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls music composer Hidekazu Tanaka admitted to obscenity charges in court following his arrest on October 24, 2022. |
| April 1 | During the Sakura Fes event on April 1 (April Fools' Day), a sequel to the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card anime has been announced. |
| September 24 | The 2023 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2023 Japanese Grand Prix. |
| July and September 2023 | Original Naruto anime celebrates its 20th anniversary with a rerun of earlier episodes in July and an airing of 4 brand new episodes in September. |
| October 1 | The 2023 MotoGP World Championship was held at 2023 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix. |
| October 30 | As announced by talent agency BaRu, voice actor Junya Ikeda had been arrested in connection with a scam and had been released from his contract with the company as of October 27. Ikeda's character, Oz in The Kingdoms of Ruin anime, is yet to have his voice actor replaced. |

## Ongoing

| Show | Type | Channel | First aired/Japanese period | First aired/Japanese period |
| NHK ||||||
| NHK Amateur Song Contest | Talent show | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | March 15, 1953 (TV) | Showa |
| With Mother | Kids | E-TV, NHK World Premium | October 5, 1959 | Showa |
| Nintama Rantarō | Anime | NHK | April 10, 1993 | Heisei |
| Ojarumaru | Anime | NHK | October 5, 1998 | Heisei |
| Utacon | Music | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | April 12, 2016 | Heisei |
| Nippon Television Network System ||||||
| Shōten | Comedy | Nippon Television | May 15, 1966 | Showa |
| Soreike! Anpanman | Anime | Nippon Television | October 3, 1988 | Showa |
| Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! | Game show | Nippon Television | October 3, 1989 | Heisei |
| Detective Conan | Anime | NNS | January 8, 1996 | Heisei |
| Fuji Network System ||||||
| Music Fair | Music | Fuji TV | August 31, 1964 | Showa |
| Sazae-san | Anime | Fuji TV | October 5, 1969 | Showa |
| FNS Music Festival | Music | FNS | July 2, 1974 | Showa |
| Chibi Maruko-chan | Anime | Fuji TV | January 8, 1995 | Heisei |
| One Piece | Anime | Fuji TV | October 20, 1999 | Heisei |
| TV Asahi ||||||
| Super Hero Time | Tokusatsu | TV Asahi | September 28, 2003 | Heisei |
| Crayon Shin-chan | Anime | TV Asahi | April 13, 1992 | Heisei |
| Doraemon | Anime | TV Asahi | April 15, 2005 | Heisei |
| Music Station | Music | TV Asahi | October 24, 1986 | Showa |
| Tokyo Broadcasting System ||||||
| SASUKE | Sports | Tokyo Broadcasting System | September 26, 1997 | Heisei |
| Count Down TV | Music | Tokyo Broadcasting System | April 7, 1993 | Heisei |

## New series and returning shows

| Show | Network | Premiere | Finale | Status |
| Tomo-chan Is a Girl! | Tokyo MX | January 5, 2023 | March 30, 2023 | Series Ended |
| He's Expecting (TV Tokyo broadcast) | TV Tokyo | January 5, 2023 | February 23, 2023 | Season Ended |
| Sugar Apple Fairy Tale | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2023 | March 24, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Nijiyon Animation | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2023 | March 24, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte | TBS | January 7, 2023 | March 25, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Buddy Daddies | Tokyo MX | January 7, 2023 | April 1, 2023 | Series Ended |
| What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | NHK | January 8, 2023 | December 17, 2023 | Series Ended |
| RizSta Selection | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2023 | March 26, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack | Tokyo MX | January 8, 2023 | March 26, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Tokyo Revengers (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2023 | April 2, 2023 | Season Ended |
| Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari | Tokyo MX | January 10, 2023 | July 1, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill | TV Tokyo | January 11, 2023 | March 29, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Pokémon: Mezase Pokémon Master | TV Tokyo | January 13, 2023 | March 24, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Chaos in Urbanrama | Tokyo MX | January 18, 2023 | March 29, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for the 4th season |
| Ultraman New Generation Stars | TV Tokyo | January 28, 2023 | June 24, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure | TV Asahi | February 5, 2023 | January 28, 2024 | Ending 2024 |
| Attack on Titan: The Final Season (part 3) | NHK | March 4, 2023 | November 5, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger | TV Asahi | March 5, 2023 | February 25, 2024 | Ending 2024 |
| Bakugan: Legends | YouTube | March 31, 2023 | June 23, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Mix (2nd season) | Nippon TV | April 1, 2023 | September 23, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Edens Zero (Season 2) | Nippon TV | April 1, 2023 | October 1, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Run for Money: The Great Mission | Fuji TV | April 2, 2023 | Currently airing | Continues 2024 |
| The Dangers in My Heart | TV Asahi | April 2, 2023 | June 18, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Duel Masters Win Duel Wars | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2023 | March 31, 2024 | Ending 2024 Next Duel Masters series due to premiere in 2024 |
| Go! Go! Biikuruzuu | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2023 | December 24, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Adventure Continent: Ania Kingdom | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2023 | December 24, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Ranman | NHK | April 3, 2023 | September 29, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Tokyo Mew Mew New (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | April 5, 2023 | June 21, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Dr. Stone: New World | Tokyo MX | April 6, 2023 | December 21, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Final Season |
| Too Cute Crisis | Tokyo MX | April 7, 2023 | June 23, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Otaku Elf | TBS | April 8, 2023 | June 24, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Magical Destroyers | TBS | April 8, 2023 | June 24, 2023 | Series Ended |
| The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses | TBS | April 8, 2023 | June 24, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Season 3) | Fuji TV | April 9, 2023 | June 18, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 4 |
| Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Sanctuary Arc | Tokyo MX | April 12, 2023 | June 28, 2023 | Series Ended |
| The Marginal Service | NTV | April 12, 2023 | June 28, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Oshi no Ko | Tokyo MX | April 12, 2023 | June 28, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Pokémon Horizons: The Series | TV Tokyo | April 14, 2023 | Currently airing | Continues 2024 |
| Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage | Fuji TV | April 14, 2023 | June 16, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts | Tokyo MX | April 20, 2023 | September 28, 2023 | Series Ended |
| My Tiny Senpai | TV Asahi | July 2, 2023 | October 1, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Sweet Reincarnation | TV Tokyo | July 4, 2023 | September 19, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | July 4, 2023 | September 19, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Fe~Renzai -Daily Life of the Gods- | TV Tokyo | July 5, 2023 | September 27, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Part 2) | Tokyo MX | July 7, 2023 | September 22, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Rurouni Kenshin (2023 series) | Fuji TV | July 7, 2023 | December 15, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Ultraman Blazar | TV Tokyo | July 8, 2023 | January 20, 2024 | Ending 2024 |
| The Gene of AI | TBS | July 8, 2023 | September 30, 2023 | Series Ended |
| The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today | TBS | July 8, 2023 | September 30, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Part 2) | TV Tokyo | July 8, 2023 | September 30, 2023 | Season Ended |
| Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | TBS | July 9, 2023 | September 24, 2023 | Series Ended Episodes 10 to 12 due to air on December 25 |
| Lighthouse | Netflix | August 22, 2023 | August 22, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Kamen Rider Gotchard | TV Asahi | September 3, 2023 | Currently airing | Continues 2024 |
| Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange | Nippon TV | September 30, 2023 | March 23, 2024 | Ending 2024 |
| Shangri-La Frontier | TBS | October 1, 2023 | March 31, 2023 | Ending 2024 |
| Boogie Woogie | NHK | October 2, 2023 | March 29, 2024 | Ending 2024 |
| The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy | TV Tokyo | October 3, 2023 | December 19, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Shy | TV Tokyo | October 3, 2023 | December 19, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Tokyo Revengers (Season 3) | TV Tokyo | October 4, 2023 | December 27, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyōdai | Tokyo MX | October 5, 2023 | December 21, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Beyblade X | TV Tokyo | October 6, 2023 | Currently airing | Continues 2024 |
| Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ | NHK-E | October 7, 2023 | December 23, 2023 | Series Ended |
| The Kingdoms of Ruin | TBS | October 7, 2023 | December 23, 2023 | Series Ended |
| Spy × Family (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | October 7, 2023 | December 23, 2023 | Season Ended |
| Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Season 2) | TBS | October 7, 2023 | December 23, 2023 | Series Ended |
| The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse | TBS | October 8, 2023 | March 31, 2024 | Ending 2024 Renewed for Season 2 |
| Protocol: Rain | TV Asahi | October 8, 2023 | December 24, 2023 | Series Ended |
| PokeTsume: Cram Adventures Into a Pocket | TV Tokyo | October 19, 2023 | December 22, 2023 | Series Ended |
| The Apothecary Diaries | Nippon TV | October 22, 2023 | March 24, 2024 | Ending 2024 Renewed for Season 2 in 2025 |
| Sexy Tanaka-san | Nippon TV | October 22, 2023 | December 24, 2023 | Series Ended |

## Ending

| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Replaced by |
| January 21 | Ultraman Decker | TV Tokyo | July 9, 2022 | Ultraman New Generation Stars |
| January 29 | Delicious Party Pretty Cure | TV Asahi | February 6, 2022 | Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure |
| February 26 | Avataro Sentai Donbrothers | TV Asahi | March 6, 2022 | Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger |
| March 8 | Uncle from Another World | AT-X | July 6, 2022 | TBA |
| March 23 | AKB48 Sayonara Mōri-san | Nippon TV | April 8, 2022 | OUT OF 48 |
| March 24 | Pokémon: Mezase Pokémon Master | TV Tokyo | January 13, 2023 | Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
| March 25 | My Hero Academia (Season 6) | Nippon TV | October 1, 2022 | Mix (2nd season) |
| March 25 | Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte | TBS | January 7, 2023 | Magical Destroyers |
| March 26 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | TV Tokyo | April 5, 2017 | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War |
| March 26 | Digimon Ghost Game | Fuji TV | October 3, 2021 | Run for Money: The Great Mission |
| March 26 | Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX | TV Osaka | April 3, 2022 | SNS Discovery Adventure Foromi & Tadami |
| March 26 | Blue Lock | TV Asahi | October 8, 2022 | The Dangers in My Heart |
| March 26 | RizSta Selection | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2023 | Beast Wars: Transformers |
| March 26 | RizSta Selection | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2023 | Go! Go! Biikuruzuu |
| March 26 | RizSta Selection | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2023 | Adventure Continent: Ania Kingdom |
| March 31 | Maiagare! | NHK | October 3, 2022 | Ranman |
| March 31 | Yo-kai Watch Music Note | TV Tokyo | April 9, 2021 | Spy × Family (Season 1) |
| April 1 | Tamori Club | TV Asahi | October 8, 1982 | Kazushige Degawa Horan☆Fushigi no Kai |
| June 18 | The Dangers in My Heart (Season 1) | TV Asahi | April 2, 2023 | My Tiny Senpai |
| June 21 | Tokyo Mew Mew New | TV Tokyo | July 6, 2022 | Fe~Renzai -Daily Life of the Gods- |
| June 24 | Ultraman New Generation Stars | TV Tokyo | January 28, 2023 | Ultraman Blazar |
| June 24 | Magical Destroyers | TBS | April 8, 2023 | The Gene of AI |
| June 24 | Otaku Elf | TBS | April 8, 2023 | The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today |
| August 27 | Kamen Rider Geats | TV Asahi | September 4, 2022 | Kamen Rider Gotchard |
| September 23 | Mix (2nd season) | Nippon TV | April 1, 2023 | Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange |
| September 24 | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | TBS | July 9, 2023 | Shangri-La Frontier |
| September 27 | Fe~Renzai -Daily Life of the Gods- | TV Tokyo | July 5, 2023 | Tokyo Revengers (Season 3) |
| September 29 | Ranman | NHK | April 3, 2023 | Boogie Woogie |
| September 30 | The Gene of AI | TBS | July 8, 2023 | The Kingdoms of Ruin |
| September 30 | The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today | TBS | July 8, 2023 | Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Season 2) |
| October 1 | Edens Zero | Nippon TV | April 11, 2021 | The Apothecary Diaries |
| October 1 | My Tiny Senpai | TV Asahi | July 2, 2023 | Protocol: Rain |
| November 5 | Attack on Titan | MBS NHK | April 7, 2013 | Document 20min. |
| December 17 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | NHK | January 8, 2023 | Dear Radiance |
| December 23 | Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ | NHK | October 7, 2023 | A Place Further than the Universe |
| December 23 | The Kingdoms of Ruin | TBS | October 7, 2023 | Pon no Michi |
| December 23 | Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Season 2) | TBS | October 7, 2023 | Haikyu!! |
| December 24 | Protocol: Rain | TV Asahi | October 8, 2023 | The Dangers in My Heart (Season 2) |
| December 27 | Tokyo Revengers | TV Tokyo | April 11, 2021 | Shaman King: Flowers |

## Sports

| Airdate | Sports | Network |
| September 24 | 2023 Formula One World Championship | Fuji TV Next |
| October 1 | 2023 MotoGP World Championship | G+ |
| July 20 – August 20 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | NHK |

## Special events and milestone episodes

| Airdate | Show | Episode | Network |
| March 31 | Pokémon Anime Music Festival | Pokémon Anime Music Festival | TV Tokyo |
| April 7 | – Pokémon – Pokémon Investigation Team | – Pokémon – Pokémon Investigation Team | TV Tokyo |
| December 25 | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | Episodes 10 to 12 | TBS |
| December 31 | 74th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | 74th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK |
| December 31 | CDTV Live! Live! Toshikoshi Special 2023→2024 | CDTV Live! Live! Toshikoshi Special 2023→2024 | TBS |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Notable Works |
| January 1 | Tetsuo Hasegawa | 84 | Actor (Kinpachi-sensei) |
| February 5 | Takako Sasuga | 87 | Voice actress (Astro Boy, The Genie Family, Danganronpa: The Animation) |
| February 13 | Leiji Matsumoto | 85 | Original creator (Galaxy Express 999, Space Pirate Captain Harlock) |
| February 15 | Shōzō Iizuka | 89 | Voice actor (Tomorrow's Joe, Detective Conan, Pokémon) |
| February 25 | Mitsuo Senda | 82 | Voice actor (Time Bokan, Maho Girls PreCure!, Beyblade Burst) |
| March 5 | Takahiro Kimura | 58 | Character designer (Betterman, Code Geass) |
| March 22 | Jirō Dan | 74 | Actor (The Return of Ultraman, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger) |
| March 23 | Tomoko Naraoka | 93 | Actress (Gō, Nankyoku Tairiku) |
| April 1 | Yasumichi Kushida | 46 | Voice actor (The Aquatope on White Sand, Bleach, Naruto), dubbing actor (Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.) |
| June 3 | Manabu Ishikawa | ?? | Scriptwriter (Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~, Fullmetal Alchemist) |
| July 1 | Ippei Kuri | 83 | Animation director (Speed Racer), producer (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Kyatto Ninden Teyandee/Samurai Pizza Cats), co-founder and CEO of Tatsunoko Production |
| July 12 | Ryuchell | 27 | Television personality |
| July 16 | Naoto Asahara | 38 | Original creator (Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru) |
| August 5 | Nami Sano | 36 | Original creator (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto) |
| August 6 | Jun Irie | 53 | Actress (Papa Survival, Good Luck), voice actress (Overman King Gainer) |
| September 8 | Buichi Terasawa | 68 | Original creator (Cobra the Animation) |
| October 8 | Shinji Tanimura | 74 | Theme song performer (Turn A Gundam, Heaven's Lost Property) |
| October 12 | Hisaya Nakajo | 50 | Original creator (Hana-Kimi, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) |
| October 19 | Atsushi Sakurai | 57 | Lead singer of Buck-Tick, theme song performer (xxxHolic, GeGeGe no Kitarō) |
| October 24 | Miyuki Ichijo | 76 | Voice actress (Case Closed, Project ARMS) |
| November 2 | Haruko Kitahama | 86 | Voice actress (Obake no Q-Tarō, The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, Osomatsu-kun) |
| November 16 | Hajime Kikuchi | 44 | Music composer (True Tears, Konohana Kitan) |
| December 30 | Satoshi Iwataki | 60 | Animator, character designer (Ghost Hunt, Dororo) |