# 2022 in Japanese television

Below is a list of events affecting Japanese television in 2022.

## Events

| Date | Event |
| January 16 | TV anime World Trigger postponed its third-season finale to next weekend due to a tsunami warning. It was replaced by a special regarding the tsunami. |
| January 21 | Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle voice actor and Kamen Rider Revice actor Subaru Kimura photobombs a selfie of Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. |
| January 26 | A musical stage play based on Galaxy Express 999 has been adjusted and ticket sales were postponed due to Sayaka Kanda's death. |
| January 31 | Nickelodeon's Japanese channel closes. |
| February 4 - February 20 | The 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China. |
| February 27 | Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro voice actress Sumire Uesaka was criticized due to her love for Russia. |
| March 4 | Pokémon voice actors Rica Matsumoto and Daiki Yamashita perform the fourth version of the anime's "1・2・3" opening, starting with the 2019 (Journeys) instalment's 100th episode. |
| March 4 - March 13 | The 2022 Winter Paralympics was held in Beijing, China. |
| March 23 | Former The IDOLM@STER voice actress Yurika announced that she might lose her home. |
| April 9 | Following the end of its broadcast on March 24, TV anime Norimono Man Mobile Land no Car-kun moved its initial timeslot from Thursdays to Saturdays. |
| April 10 | Bittomo × Heroine Kirameki Powers! changed its new episode length from 30 minutes to 15 minutes, making room for the new tokusatsu TV drama series RizSta -Top of Artists!-. |
| April 22 | Pokémon☆Sunday variety star Shoko Nakagawa fails her astronaut application. |
| April 30 | Pop Team Epic creator Bkub Okawa got married. |
| May 4 | Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger actor Yosuke Ito announces marriage with the partner he met on a dating app. |
| May 8 | Naoto Takenaka appears in a special program for Digimon Ghost Game. |
| June 12 | Former Hanamaru Kindergarten voice actress Maho Matsunaga becomes wheelchair-reliant after breaking her spinal cord during a suicide attempt. |
| June 26 | The tokusatsu Girls × Heroine Series ended after its 5th instalment, Bittomo × Heroine Kirameki Powers!, aired its final episode. RizSta -Top of Artists!-, a tokusatsu series related to the Girls × Heroine Series franchise, expands its episode length to 30 minutes, starting in the following week. (July 3) |
| July 5 | After 1 year and 4 months, NHK's Utacon broadcast again from NHK Hall. |
| July 8 | Following Shinzo Abe's assassination early that day, the second episode of the anime series Teppen—!!! broadcast had to be canceled with no new air date until August 2022 when it was set to be rescheduled to air on September 10, 2022. |
| August 30 | Due to her "bad behavior", Kamen Rider Revice actress Yui Asakura was fired from her agency. |
| September 25 | The 2022 MotoGP World Championship will be held at 2022 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix. |
| October 9 | The 2022 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. |
| October 24 | Hidekazu Tanaka, composer of the Aikatsu! and The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and two versions of the Pokémon anime's 'Journeys' instalment's "1・2・3" opening, was arrested for an attempted sexual assault. |
| November 1 | Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- voice actress Marika Kōno limits her activities after being diagnosed with adjustment disorder. |
| November 11 | Pokémon anime's debut protagonist Ash Ketchum has been congratulated for winning the Master's Eight tournament in the anime. |
| November 20 - December 18 | Ahead of Christmas 2022, the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament was held in Qatar. It was won by Argentina. |
| December 20 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya voice actress Aya Hirano claims that she's still receiving death threats from the fans. |

## 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 Tokyo ||||||
| Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | Anime | TV Tokyo | April 5, 2017 | Heisei |
| Yo-kai Watch Music Note | Anime | TV Tokyo | April 9, 2021 | Reiwa |
| 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 |
| Police in a Pod (TV anime) | Tokyo MX | January 5, 2022 | March 30, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Orient | TV Tokyo | January 6, 2022 | March 24, 2022 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Tokyo 24th Ward | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2022 | April 7, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Ninjala | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2022 | Currently Airing | Continues 2023 |
| CUE! | TBS | January 8, 2022 | June 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department | TV Asahi | January 9, 2022 | April 3, 2022 | Series Ended |
| The 13 Lords of the Shogun | NHK | January 9, 2022 | December 18, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Attack on Titan: The Final Season (part 2) | NHK | January 10, 2022 | April 4, 2022 | Season Ended Renewed for Final Season part 3 |
| On Air Dekinai! | TV Tokyo | January 10, 2022 | March 28, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Tribe Nine | Tokyo MX | January 10, 2022 | March 28, 2022 | Series Ended |
| GaruGaku II: Lucky Stars | TV Tokyo | January 10, 2022 | March 18, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Fantasia Sango | BS12 | January 11, 2022 | March 29, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Sabikui Bisco | Tokyo MX | January 11, 2022 | March 29, 2022 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout | TV Tokyo | January 12, 2022 | March 30, 2022 | Series Ended |
| I'm Kodama Kawashiri | Fuji TV | January 14, 2022 | August 12, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Rokuhōdō Yotsuiro Biyori (Live-action series) | TV Asahi | January 15, 2022 | March 19, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Ultraman Chronicle D | TV Tokyo | January 29, 2022 | June 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Salaryman's Club | TV Asahi | January 30, 2022 | April 17, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Sweat and Soap | MBS | February 3, 2022 | April 1, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Hairpin Double | BS-Fuji | February 4, 2022 | February 4, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Delicious Party Pretty Cure | TV Asahi | February 6, 2022 | January 29, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Love is Blind: Japan | Netflix | February 8, 2022 | February 22, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Short Program | Amazon Prime Video | March 1, 2022 | March 14, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Avataro Sentai Donbrothers | TV Asahi | March 6, 2022 | February 26, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die | Wowow | March 18, 2022 | May 20, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Shadowverse Flame | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2022 | Currently Airing | Continues 2023 |
| Love All Play | Nippon TV | April 2, 2022 | September 24, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Aharen-san wa Hakarenai | TBS | April 2, 2022 | June 18, 2022 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall | Tokyo MX | April 3, 2022 | June 19, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Where are we going with Pokémon?! | TV Tokyo | April 3, 2022 | Currently Airing | Continues 2023 |
| Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX | TV Osaka | April 3, 2022 | March 26, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! | TV Tokyo | April 3, 2022 | Currently Airing | Continues 2023 |
| Magia Record: Dawn of a Shallow Dream | Tokyo MX | April 3, 2022 | April 3, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs | Tokyo MX | April 3, 2022 | June 19, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Healer Girl | Tokyo MX | April 4, 2022 | June 20, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Ya Boy Kongming! | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2022 | June 21, 2022 | Series Ended |
| I'm Quitting Heroing | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2022 | June 21, 2022 | Series Ended |
| RPG Real Estate | Tokyo MX | April 6, 2022 | June 22, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Deaimon | Tokyo MX | April 6, 2022 | June 22, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Murai no Koi | TBS | April 6, 2022 | May 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Heroine Tarumono! | Tokyo MX | April 7, 2022 | June 23, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost | Tokyo MX | April 7, 2022 | June 23, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Komi Can't Communicate (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2022 | June 23, 2022 | Series Ended |
| The Dawn of the Witch | TBS | April 8, 2022 | July 1, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Love After World Domination | Tokyo MX | April 8, 2022 | June 24, 2022 | Series Ended |
| The Demon Girl Next Door 2-Chōme | TBS | April 8, 2022 | July 1, 2022 | Series Ended |
| AKB48 Sayonara Mōri-san | Nippon TV | April 8, 2022 | March 23, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Spy × Family | TV Tokyo | April 9, 2022 | June 25, 2022 | Season Ended Part 2 to debut later |
| Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic- | Tokyo MX | April 9, 2022 | June 25, 2022 | Season Ended |
| RizSta -Top of Artists!- | TV Tokyo | April 10, 2022 | December 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Chimudondon | NHK | April 11, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Onipan! | TV Tokyo | April 11, 2022 | July 1, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo | TBS | April 13, 2022 | June 29, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Kaginado (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | April 13, 2022 | June 29, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Summer Time Rendering | Tokyo MX | April 15, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Koi ni Mudaguchi | TV Asahi | April 17, 2022 | June 19, 2022 | Series Ended |
| He's Expecting | Netflix | April 21, 2022 | April 21, 2022 | Season Ended |
| Double | Wowow | June 4, 2022 | August 6, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Phantom of the Idol | TV Tokyo | July 1, 2022 | September 3, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Lycoris Recoil | Tokyo MX | July 2, 2022 | September 24, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Teppen—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til you Cry | Tokyo MX | July 2, 2022 | September 24, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Iii Icecrin 2 | TV Tokyo | July 2, 2022 | September 17, 2022 | Season Ended |
| Rent-A-Girlfriend (Live-action series) | TV Asahi | July 3, 2022 | September 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Kinsō no Vermeil | Tokyo MX | July 5, 2022 | September 20, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Tokyo Mew Mew New | TV Tokyo | July 6, 2022 | September 21, 2022 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Dropkick on My Devil! X | TV Tokyo | July 6, 2022 | September 21, 2022 | Season Ended |
| Made in Abyss: The Sun Blazes Upon the Golden City | Tokyo MX | July 6, 2022 | September 28, 2022 | Season Ended |
| Call of the Night | Fuji TV | July 8, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | Season Ended |
| Shine On! Bakumatsu Boys | Tokyo MX | July 8, 2022 | September 23, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Ultraman Decker | TV Tokyo | July 9, 2022 | January 21, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer | TBS | July 9, 2022 | December 24, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Prima Doll | Tokyo MX | July 9, 2022 | September 24, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Parallel World Pharmacy | Tokyo MX | July 10, 2022 | September 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Extreme Hearts | Tokyo MX | July 10, 2022 | September 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Orient (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | July 12, 2022 | September 27, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Shine Post | NTV | July 13, 2022 | October 19, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Love Live! Superstar!! (Season 2) | NHK-E | July 17, 2022 | October 9, 2022 | Season Ended |
| The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious | TV Asahi | July 24, 2022 | October 9, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Fuuto PI | Tokyo MX | August 8, 2022 | October 17, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure | Netflix | August 25, 2022 | August 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Kamen Rider Geats | TV Asahi | September 4, 2022 | Currently Airing | Continues 2023 |
| Duel Masters Win | TV Tokyo | September 4, 2022 | March 26, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Spy × Family (Part 2) | TV Tokyo | October 1, 2022 | December 24, 2022 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss | Tokyo MX | October 1, 2022 | December 17, 2022 | Series Ended |
| My Hero Academia (Season 6) | Nippon TV | October 1, 2022 | March 25, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Beast Tamer | Tokyo MX | October 2, 2022 | December 25, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Maiagare! | NHK | October 3, 2022 | March 31, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit | Tokyo MX | October 4, 2022 | December 21, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Reincarnated as a Sword | Tokyo MX | October 5, 2022 | December 21, 2022 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
| Do It Yourself!! | TV Tokyo | October 5, 2022 | December 22, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Uncle from Another World | AT-X | October 6, 2022 | March 8, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Megaton Musashi (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | October 7, 2022 | March 3, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Blue Lock | TV Asahi | October 8, 2022 | March 26, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (3rd season) | NHK-E | October 8, 2022 | March 4, 2023 | Ending 2023 |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | TV Tokyo | October 11, 2022 | Currently Airing | Continues 2023 |
| Chainsaw Man | TV Tokyo | October 12, 2022 | December 28, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Love Flops | Tokyo MX | October 12, 2022 | December 28, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Urusei Yatsura (2022 series) | Fuji TV | October 14, 2022 | March 24, 2023 | Ending 2023 Renewed for Season 2 in 2024 |
| To Your Eternity (Season 2) | NHK | October 23, 2022 | March 12, 2023 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 3 |
| Arknights: Prelude to Dawn | TV Tokyo | October 28, 2022 | December 17, 2022 | Season Ended |
| Takahashi from the Bike Shop | TV Tokyo | November 3, 2022 | December 22, 2022 | Series Ended |
| Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love! | Tokyo MX | November 7, 2022 | December 26, 2022 | Season Ended |
| Alice in Borderland (Season 2) | Netflix | December 22, 2022 | December 22, 2022 | Season Ended |

## Ending

| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Replaced by |
| January 22 | Ultraman Trigger | TV Tokyo | July 10, 2021 | Ultraman Chronicle D |
| January 23 | Who Is Princess? | NTV | October 5, 2021 | TBA |
| January 30 | Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure | TV Asahi | February 28, 2021 | Delicious Party Pretty Cure |
| February 27 | Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger | TV Asahi | March 7, 2021 | Avataro Sentai Donbrothers |
| March 18 | Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z | TV Tokyo | April 9, 2021 | Big Hunter |
| March 18 | Beyblade Burst Dynamite Battle | YouTube | April 2, 2021 | N/A |
| March 19 | Shibuya Note | NHK | April 24, 2016 | Venue101 |
| March 24 | Norimono Man Mobile Land no Car-kun | NHK-E | April 2, 2020 | TBA |
| March 25 | Platinum End | TBS | October 8, 2021 | The Demon Girl Next Door 2-Chōme |
| March 25 | Ranking of Kings | Fuji TV | October 15, 2021 | Tatami Time Machine Blues |
| March 26 | Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon | Nippon TV | October 3, 2020 | Love All Play |
| March 27 | Meet Up at the Pokémon House? | TV Tokyo | October 4, 2015 | Where are we going with Pokémon?! |
| March 27 | Mazica Party | TV Osaka | April 4, 2021 | Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX |
| March 27 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens | TV Tokyo | April 4, 2020 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! |
| March 27 | Mewkledreamy Mix! | TV Tokyo | April 11, 2021 | Golf no Kizune |
| April 8 | Come Come Everybody | NHK | November 1, 2021 | Chimudondon |
| April 21 | Shaman King (2021 series) | TV Tokyo | April 1, 2021 | Memory Investigation 2-Shinjuku East Office Case File- (rerun) |
| June 25 | Cue! | TBS | January 8, 2022 | Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer |
| June 25 | Ultraman Chronicle D | TV Tokyo | January 29, 2022 | Ultraman Decker |
| June 26 | Bittomo × Heroine Kirameki Powers! | TV Tokyo | July 11, 2021 | RizSta -Top of Artists!- Expanded to 30 minutes |
| August 28 | Kamen Rider Revice | TV Asahi | September 5, 2021 | Kamen Rider Geats |
| September 24 | Love All Play | Nippon TV | April 2, 2022 | My Hero Academia (Season 6) |
| September 30 | Chimudondon | NHK | April 11, 2022 | Maiagare! |
| September 30 | Call of the Night | Fuji TV | July 8, 2022 | Urusei Yatsura (2022 series) |
| October 9 | Waccha PriMagi! | TV Tokyo | October 3, 2021 | Strawberry Prince: Here! We! GO!! |
| October 22 | Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai | TV Tokyo | October 3, 2020 | Shadowverse Flame |
| December 16 | Pokémon ('Journeys' series) | TV Tokyo | November 17, 2019 | Pokémon: Mezase Pokémon Master |
| December 18 | The 13 Lords of the Shogun | NHK | January 9, 2022 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? |
| December 24 | Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer | TBS | July 9, 2022 | Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte |
| December 25 | RizSta -Top of Artists!- | TV Tokyo | April 10, 2022 | RizSta Selection |

## Sports

| Airdate | Sports | Network |
| February 4 - February 20 | 2022 Winter Olympics | NHK |
| September 25 | 2022 MotoGP World Championship | G+ |
| October 9 | 2022 Formula One World Championship | Fuji TV Next |
| November 20 - December 18 | 2022 FIFA World Cup | Abema TV, Fuji TV, TV Asahi, NHK |

## Special events and milestone episodes

| Airdate | Show | Episode | Network |
| January 1 | Animelo Summer Live 2021: Colors | Animelo Summer Live 2021: Colors | BS Fuji |
| January 21 - January 28 | Pokémon | Pokémon: Arceus, the One Called a God (4-parter) | Amazon Prime Video |
| March 4 | Pokémon | 2019 (Journeys) series #100 "A Full Coverage of Dande's Special Training!!" | TV Tokyo |
| April 1 | Pokémon | Double episode 25th Anniversary special | TV Tokyo |
| May 1 | Chibi Maruko-chan | Episode #1500 | Fuji TV |
| May 8 | Digimon Ghost Game | Digimon Ghost Game Special: The Mysterious World Talked by Naoto Takenaka | Fuji TV |
| June 3 | Pokémon | Episode 1200: ""The Last Mission! Catch Regieleki and Regidorago!!"" | TV Tokyo |
| June 11 | Geinin Anime Kantoku | Geinin Anime Kantoku | Fuji TV |
| July 10 | Dr. Stone | Dr. Stone: Ryusui | Tokyo MX |
| September 3 | Teppen—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til you Cry | Funded special episode | Tokyo MX |
| September 10 | Teppen—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til you Cry | Rescheduled broadcast of 2nd episode ("The Cattle Chapter") | Tokyo MX |
| October 22 | Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai | #100 (Series Finale) "Farewell! The Beloved Earth" | TV Tokyo |
| December 31 | 73rd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | 73rd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK |
| December 31 | Johnny's Countdown 2022-2023 | Johnny's Countdown 2022-2023 | Fuji Television |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Notable Works |
| January 9 | Akira Inore | 93 | Director (Nemuri Kyōshirō) |
| January 10 | Shinji Mizushima | 82 | Original creator (Dokaben) |
| January 20 | Hideo Onchi | 88 | Director (Kizu darake no tenshi) |
| February 6 | Saki Nitta | 31 | Voice actress (Kill la Kill, D.Gray-man Hallow) |
| February 8 | Toshiya Ueda | 88 | Voice actor (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Pokémon, The Adventures of Pepero) |
| February 20 | Teruhiko Saigō | 75 | Actor (Shadow Warriors) |
| February 26 | Yūsuke Kawazu | 86 | Actor (G-Men '75, Wild 7 (1972 TV series)) |
| February 28 | Norihiro Inoue | 63 | Voice actor (Code Geass, Negima!?) |
| March 3 | Kyotaro Nishimura | 91 | Original creator (Inspector Totsugawa) |
| March 7 | Mia Ikumi | 42 | Original creator (Super Doll Licca-chan, Tokyo Mew Mew) |
| March 14 | Tsunanori Sakaguchi | 86 | Calligrapher (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) |
| March 14 | Akira Takarada | 87 | Actor (Watashi no Aozora, Carnation), dubbing actor (Disney's House of Mouse) |
| March 21 | Shinji Aoyama | 57 | Director, screenwriter (Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku) |
| March 31 | Kei Yamamoto | 81 | Actor (Hitotsu Yane no Shita, Yae's Sakura) |
| April 5 | Fujiko Fujio A | 88 | Original creator (The Laughing Salesman, Ninja Hattori-kun), co-creator (Doraemon) |
| April 8 | Minori Matsushima | 81 | Voice actress (Ranma ½, Candy Candy, Maison Ikkoku) |
| April 16 | Mio Murao | 69 | Character designer (Seishun Anime Zenshu) |
| April 18 | Shirō Sasaki | 83 | Anime producer (Noir) |
| May 3 | Hiroyuki Watanabe | 66 | Actor (GARO, Ultraman Gaia, Aoi) |
| May 11 | Ryuhei Ueshima | 61 | Comedian (Dachō Club), actor |
| June 8 | Kousuke Takeuchi | 45 | Voice actor (The Prince of Tennis, Eyeshield 21, Duel Masters Victory) |
| June 11 | Kumiko Takizawa | 69 | Voice actress (Ojamajo Doremi, Wedding Peach), dubbing actress (Grey's Anatomy) |
| June 23 | Chumei Watanabe | 96 | Composer (Transformers: Victory, Getter Robo Go, Mazinger Z) |
| June 27 | Teruyoshi Nakano | 86 | Special effects director (Zone Fighter) |
| July 4 | Kazuki Takahashi | 60 | Original creator (Yu-Gi-Oh!) |
| July 8 | Shinzo Abe | 67 | Former prime minister |
| July 25 | Yoko Shimada | 69 | Actress (Kamen Rider, Oka no Ue no Himawari) |
| July 30 | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | 89 | Voice actor (Space Cobra, Death Note) |
| August 1 | Hiroshi Ōtake | 90 | Voice actor (Pāman, Pokémon, Hunter × Hunter (2011)), actor (Robot Detective, Gekisō Sentai Carranger) |
| August 7 | Yoshifumi Ushima | 55 | Theme song performer (Mobile Fighter G Gundam, H2) |
| August 17 | Motomu Kiyokawa | 87 | Voice actor (Pokémon, Restaurant to Another World, Cardcaptor Sakura), actor (Battle Fever J), dubbing actor (Twin Peaks) |
| August 25 | Shichirō Kobayashi | 89 | Animation art director (Ashita no Joe 2, Nodame Cantabile, Ganso Tensai Bakabon) |
| September 5 | Sizzle Ohtaka | 69 | Theme song performer (Hotarubi no Mori e, I'm Gonna Be An Angel!) |
| September 12 | Ryuji Mizuno | 70 | Voice actor (Naruto, Zombie Land Saga Revenge, B't X) |
| October 5 | Shinsuke Chikaishi | 91 | Voice actor (Wonder Three, Sazae-san, Osomatsu-kun) |
| October 13 | Yoshitaka Kohno | ?? | Animator (Magical Canan (TV series), Magical Project S, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Bleach), character designer |
| December 6 | Ichiro Mizuki | 74 | Singer and founder member of JAM Project (Spielvan, Metalder, Mazinger Z) |
| December 12 | Gosaku Ota | 74 | Original creator (Groizer X) |
| December 18 | Hitomi Suzuki | 26 | Idol and voice actress, former member of Fuwafuwa and NOW ON AIR |
| December 25 | Yuji Nunokawa | 75 | Founder of Studio Pierrot (Yū Yū Hakusho, Osomatsu-kun, Black Clover) |