2018

**2018** (**Heisei 30** in the Japanese calendar) was a year in the 21st Century.

## DATES

* February 1: Natsumi Haruse joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yu Akiba joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actor.
* April 1: Takuhiro Eda joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Issei Furuta joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Aya Gomazuru joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Sachiko Honma joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yusuke Hoshino joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Hikaru Ikuta joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Koichi Kamiki joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actor.
* April 1: Ai Kaneta joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Noriaki Kanze joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Mayuko Kazama joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Madoka Kido joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Saki Kobari joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Erisa Kuon joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Keisuke Misaizu joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Chiyuki Miura joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kazuki Miyagi joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Satsuki Miyahara joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Saiko Moriya joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yurika Moriyama joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Mikoto Nakai joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Genta Nakamura joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Yuko Natsuyoshi joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Mikina Niitsu joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yuna Ogata joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yuki Otani joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Yuki Sakakihara joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Mei Shibata joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Rinka Shibata joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Taichi Takeda joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Shuichiro Umeda joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Yuri Usui joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Shotaro Uzawa joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Kaho Watanuki joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Saana Yoshida joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* May 1: Misaki Inoue joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* May 1: Kousuke Okamoto joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* May 1: Riho Sugiyama joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* May 1: Katsumi Suzuki joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* May 9: *Miitomo (IOS)* and *Miitomo (AND)* are shut down by Nintendo.
* June 1: Reiko Yamada joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* June 3: Noriko Ohara joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* September 1: Marin Mitsunobu joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* September 1: Nozomi Nishida joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.

## GAME RELEASES

* January 22: *Alice Gear Aegis*; iOS, Android, PC.
* February 15: *A Certain Magical Virtual-On*; PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita.
* March 23: *Ash of Gods: Redemption*; iOS, Android, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
* June 6: *Active Shooter*, PC.
* August 23: *7 Billion Humans*; PC.
* October 25: *7 Billion Humans*; Nintendo Switch.
* November 9: *11-11 Memories Retold*; PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
* December 6: *7 Billion Humans*; iOS.
* December 7: *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*; Nintendo Switch.

## DEATHS

* January 1: Milt Jamin, American voice actor, 78, stroke.
* January 7: Doug Young, American voice actor, 98, unknown causes.
* January 26: Junji Yayoshi, Japanese musician, 49, unknown illness.
* April 8: Chuck McCann, American voice actor, 83, congestive heart failure.
* April 19: Pepe Mediavilla, Spanish voice actor and voice director, 77, unknown health problem.
* May 15: José Lavat, Mexican voice actor, 69, unknown causes.
* May 25: Sergio Graziani, Italian voice actor, 87, unknown causes.
* June 1: Egon Hoegen, German voice actor, 89, unknown causes.
* July 19: Jon Schnepp, American voice actor, 51, stroke.
* August 13: Unsho Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor, 67, colon infection.
* August 25: Miyoko Aso, Japanese voice actress, 92, dementia.
* October 1: Koji Tsujitani, Japanese voice actor, 56, stroke.
* October 19: Takanobu Hozumi, Japanese voice actor, 87, gallbladder cancer.
* November 6: Tetsuo Goto, Japanese voice actor, 68, esophageal cancer.
* November 14: Masahiro Sayama, Japanese pianist, 64, unknown causes.
* November 27: Mahito Tsujimura, Japanese voice actor, 88, unknown causes.
* December 28: Toshiko Fujita, Chinese-Japanese voice actress, 68, breast cancer.