2020

**2020** (**Reiwa 2** in the Japanese calendar) is a year in the 21st century.

## DATES

* February 1: Chado Horii joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Maria Abo joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Arisa Aihara joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Junna Amako joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Tooru Arizumi joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Aoi Funatsumaru joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ayasa Goto joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Hayata Hamaguchi joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Shiori Hanaoka joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Misa Hartle joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kurumi Hirokawa joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ayaka Kamimoto joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Reina Kawamura joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kousuke Kiminarita joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actor.
* April 1: Zenki Kitajima joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Koseki Kogure joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Kei Komiya joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Mana Koshirakawa joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Koji Marunaka joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Haruna Mikawa joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ami Mizuno joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ayato Morinaga joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Ryo Mukaiyama joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Anna Nagase joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Riina Nobutsugi joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Eriko Ogita joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Saaya Okutomo joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Nanoko Ota joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Minami Ozawa joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Aina Rutou joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Taisei Shibayama joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Akihiro Shinohara joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Saho Shirasu joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kayu Shu joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actor.
* April 1: Taichi Sugiyama joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Mami Suzuki joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ai Tagami joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Saki Takahashi joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Atsushi Tamaru joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Konomi Tamura joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Seitaro Taniguchi joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Rio Toyosu joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yui Tsukada joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Akane Yabushima joins I'm Enterprise as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kouhei Yanagi joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* June 30: Kazuha Yajima leaves I'm Enterprise and goes freelance.
* July 1: Yuko Mori joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* September 1: Yusuke Kasahara joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* October 1: Hayato Kaneko joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* October 1: Suzuka Morita joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* October 30: Akiko Iijima leaves I'm Enterprise.

## DEATHS

* January 4: Junko Hirotani, Japanese singer, 63, breast cancer.
* January 10: Brice Armstrong, American voice actor, 84, unknown causes.
* January 29: Michiyo Azusa, Japanese singer, 76, heart attack.
* February 13: Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Japanese voice actor, 80, unknown causes.
* February 21: Hisashi Katsuta, Japanese voice actor, 92, unknown causes.
* February 22: Kazuhiko Kishino, Japanese voice actor, 96, acute heart failure.
* February 29: Luis Alfonso Mendoza, Mexican voice actor, 55, murdered.
* March 14: Tamaki Nakanishi, Japanese voice actress, 44, unknown causes.
* March 21: Atsushi Ii, Japanese voice actor, 81, unknown causes.
* March 21: Hiroshi Matsuoka, Japanese voice actor, 83, rectal cancer.
* March 24: William Dufris, American voice actor, 62, cancer.
* March 28: Salvador Vices, Spanish voice actor, 77, COVID-19.
* April 8: Rick May, Canadian-American voice actor, 79, COVID-19.
* April 10: Carlo Sabatini, Italian voice actor, 88, unknown causes.
* April 12: Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor and founder of Air Agency, 55, cancer.
* April 13: Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese musician, 73, unknown causes.
* April 26: Otto Mellies, German voice actor, 89, unknown causes.
* June 11: Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer, 83, unknown causes.
* July 11: Susumu Mameda, Japanese composer, unknown age, unknown causes.
* July 14: Dina Hinz, German voice actress, 86, unknown illness.
* July 24: Roberto Draghetti, Italian voice actor, 59, heart attack.
* August 31: Norman Spencer, Canadian voice actor, 62, unknown causes.
* September 27: Kosei Tomita, Japanese voice actor, 84, stroke.
* October 7: Kyohei Tsutsumi, Japanese composer, 80, pneumonia.
* November 18: Kirby Morrow, Canadian voice actor, 47, alcohol abuse.
* December 22: Shinichi Namiki, Japanese voice actor, 50, unknown causes.