2023

## NOTABLE DATES

* January 5: Rea Sato leaves E-sprinG to go freelance.
* January 20: Yoko Hikasa leaves I’m Enterprise to go freelance.
* February 1: Anji Iwata joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
* February 1: Ayumu Okada retires from voice acting for unknown reasons.
* February 1: Noriko Shibasaki joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* March 31: Maria Ayase leaves Office Anemone.
* March 31: China Kitahara leaves First Wind Production.
* March 31: Serina Nagano leaves Office Anemone.
* March 31: Ryota Suzuki leaves VIMS.
* April 1: Yuma Aoki joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
* April 1: Mirai Ayase joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Miu Fujita joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yuki Furuoka joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Risa Hanafusa joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
* April 1: Chiaki Hara joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ryoma Harimoto changes his stage name to HallyMAN.
* April 1: Sakura Harumi joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Tsuduri Hinata joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yuna Izumi joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yoshikuni Kakita joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Rika Kanaya joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ryuya Kanzaki joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
* April 1: Marina Kato joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yukine Kawamoto joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kaoru Kinebuchi joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Ran Koba joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Sayuri Kusumi joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yui Mito joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
* April 1: Fuka Miyako joins Ken Production as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kaito Nakamura joins E-sprinG as a voice actor.
* April 1: Juri Natsukawa joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Eri Ninomiya joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yuto Okamine joins Air Agency as a voice actor.
* April 1: Tamon Okubo joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Cocoro Omori joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Yui Sakuraba joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Haruki Sakuradai joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Naoki Sasamoto joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Kiko Shigeeda joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* April 1: Momoko Shiina joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
* April 1: Kento Shimoe joins Air Agency as a voice actor.
* April 1: Akina Tachibana joins Air Agency as a voice actress.
* April 1: Taiga Takano joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Tomohito Takatsuka joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Yuto Takenaka joins Ken Production as a voice actor.
* April 1: Michiya Tanaka joins Air Agency as a voice actor.
* April 1: Yuusuke Tsuchiike joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Momoka Tsuji joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
* April 1: Shusaku Tsuyama joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
* April 1: Yuichiro Washizaki joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 1: Hinami Yamamiya joins E-sprinG as a voice actress.
* April 1: Syu Yamamoto joins Mausu Promotion as a voice actor.
* April 1: Kota Yasuhara joins 81 Produce as a voice actor.
* April 30: Haruka Miyake leaves I’m Enterprise.
* April 30: Ayumu Murase leaves VIMS.
* May 1: Maria Ayase joins Green Note as a voice actress.
* May 8: Kouta Suzuki joins Amuleto as a voice actor.
* June 16: It is announced that Azuki Shibuya will begin an indefinite hiatus from voice acting on December 31 of the same year.
* July 1: Kumika Imai moves from Sigma Seven-e to Sigma Seven.
* July 1: Sayaka Kamitani joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
* July 1: Yuna Kouzaki joins Sigma Seven-e as a voice actress.
* July 1: Sumika Mimura joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actress.
* July 1: Tatsuo Mizushima moves from Sigma Seven-e to Sigma Seven.
* July 1: Yu-ri Yoshida moves from Sigma Seven-e to Sigma Seven.
* July 31: Risa Kubota quits voice acting for reasons unknown.
* August 1: Yuki Asley joins Office Anemone as a voice actress.
* August 1: Anjo Fukuhara joins Aoni Production as a voice actor.
* August 4: Hiroshi Yanaka joins Apte Pro as a voice actor.
* August 21: It is announced that Charles Martinet has ended his tenure of over three decades as the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, and multiple other *Super Mario* characters.
* August 31: Takatsugu Awazu quits voice acting for reasons unknown.
* August 31: Nozomi Chikamura quits voice acting due to her declining health.
* September 11: Chisato Komatsu joins 81 Produce as a voice actress.
* September 15: Yuuhi Asagiri joins Apte Pro as a voice actor.
* September 30: Natsuko Kuwatani leaves I’m Enterprise to go freelance.
* October 1: Chikahiro Kobayashi joins Atomic Monkey as a voice actor.
* October 1: Minori Suzuki joins Aoni Production as a voice actress.
* October 4: It is announced that online services for the Wii U and 3DS would be shut down in April 2024 for reasons unknown.
* October 13: It is announced that Kevin Afghani would succeed Charles Martinet as the voice actor for Mario and Luigi, effective from the release of *Super Mario Bros. Wonder*.

## GAME RELEASES

* October 20: *Super Mario Bros. Wonder (NSW)* (global).

## DEATHS

* January 5: Earl Boen, American voice actor, 81, lung cancer.
* February 5: Takako Sasuga, Japanese voice actress, 87, unknown causes.
* February 14: Akira Tsuneoka, Japanese drummer, 51, unknown illness.
* February 15: Shozo Iizuka, Japanese voice actor, 89, heart failure.
* February 23: Mitsuo Senda, Japanese voice actor, 82, heart failure.
* March 28: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, 71, rectal cancer.
* April 1: Yasumichi Kushida, Japanese voice actor, 46, unknown causes.
* October 20: Yohsuke Naka, Japanese voice actor, 93, unknown causes.
* November 2: Haruko Kitahama, Japanese voice actress, 85, chronic lung disease.