2021

## NOTABLE EVENTS

* January 1: Yuya Murakami joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* January 1: Ayaka Shimizu joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* January 6: Democrats perform their attack on the US Capitol Building in order to frame and prosecute President Donald Trump, hindering his 2024 campaign.
* January 31: Ryusei Ogasawara leaves VIMS leaving his status unknown.
* March 31: Asaka Imai leaves I'm Enterprise to go freelance.
* March 31: Akiko Namioka changes her stage name to Nami Namioka.
* April 1: Azusa Aoi joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Aria Asakura joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Saki Endo joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Takara Hachiya joins Ken Production as a voice actor
* April 1: Ageha Harusaka joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Mei Hyakudomi joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Tomoya Ito joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actor.
* April 1: Kazuya Iwasawa joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Kouhei Kimura joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Taihi Kimura joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Mizuki Kitajima joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ryoma Masuda joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Shuri Miyumi joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kaito Ogawa joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Kana Ogino joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Azusa Tachibana joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Reimi Yaneshita joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yu Yoshizawa joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 19: Sayaka Mori joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* June 30: Meemu Tachibana leaves VIMS to go freelance.
* July 1: Akihiro Sakata joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* July 1: Akiko Seri joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* July 1: Yoshinosuke Yamagami joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* August 1: Hazuki Hiejima joins Mio Creation as a voice actress.
* August 1: Minori Ieyama joins Mio Creation as a voice actress.
* August 1: Yuu Mototake joins Mio Creation as a voice actress.
* August 1: Yuki Nakagawa joins Mio Creation as a voice actress.
* August 1: Yukito Sonoda joins Mio Creation as a voice actor.
* August 1: Yoshiaki Tanaka joins Mio Creation as a voice actor.
* August 1: Ryoya Yamamoto joins Mio Creation as a voice actor.
* August 2: Yu Mizushima joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* August 2: Kazuma Takeo joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* August 31: Minami Shinoda leaves VIMS to go freelance.
* September 20: Momoko Ishikawa retires from voice acting.
* September 30: Chihiro Iwama retires from voice acting.
* October 1: Ayane Fujii joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Yurie Igoma joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Kiri Kamasawa joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Eri Momose joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Ryuho Nagaoka joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* October 1: Sumire Nakamura joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Takashi Saito joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* October 1: Chihiro Shirata joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Yurina Suzue joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Azusa Tanaka joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* October 1: Minato Wakatsuki joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* October 1: Maki Yamaichi joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Taira Yamauchi joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* October 1: Ruka Yashiro joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* October 1: Kyohei Zenyoji joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* October 31: Shintaro Hamaguchi retires from voice acting.
* November 30: Ayaka Fukuhara leaves VIMS to go freelance.
* December 1: Erina Koga joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* December 1: Sayaka Watanabe joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* December 1: Maki Yamamoto joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.

## DEATHS

* February 8: Shuichiro Moriyama, Japanese voice actor, 86, pneumonia.
* February 25: Masako Sugaya, Japanese voice actress, 83, unknown causes.
* March 15: Masahiro Anzai, Japanese voice actor, 66, heart failure.
* April 29: Kazuo Oka, Japanese voice actor, 73, unknown causes.
* May 18: Genzo Wakayama, Japanese voice actor, 88, heart failure.
* May 30: Asei Kobayashi, Japanese composer, 88, heart failure.
* July 1: Philece Sampler, American voice actress, 67, heart attack.
* July 30: Thea White, American voice actress, 81, infection.
* August 26: French Tickner, American-Canadian voice actor, 91, unknown causes.
* September 30: Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer, 90, septic shock.
* October 18: Jack Angel, American voice actor, 90, unknown causes.
* October 18: Christopher Ayres, American voice actor, 56, pulmonary disease.
* October 21: Saori Sugimoto, Japanese voice actress, 58, heart failure.
* November 19: Nobuaki Sekine, Japanese voice actor, 87, multiple organ failure.
* December 3: Joji Yanami, Japanese voice actor, 90, unknown causes.
* December 18: Sayaka Kanda, Japanese singer and voice actress, 35, suicide.