2023 in Japanese television

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List of years in Japanese television

Below is a list of events affecting Japanese television in 2023.

Events

Date Event Source
March 7 Johnny Kitagawa, who died in July 9, 2019, has been posthumously exposed for abuse but still revered. [1]
March 13 Serving as sequels to Yes! PreCure 5 and Witchy PreCure!, the Pretty Cure franchise announced 2 spin-off anime shows for older viewers as part of their 20th anniversary celebration with Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ premiering on NHK-E this year in October and Mahō Tsukai Precure! 2 premiering late-night on TV Asahi next year. [2]
March 15 The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls music composer Hidekazu Tanaka admitted to obscenity charges in court following his arrest on October 24, 2022. [3]
April 1 During the Sakura Fes event on April 1 (April Fools' Day), a sequel to the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card anime has been announced. [4]
September 24 The 2023 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2023 Japanese Grand Prix.
July and September 2023 Original Naruto anime celebrates its 20th anniversary with a rerun of earlier episodes in July and an airing of 4 brand new episodes in September. [5]
October 1 The 2023 MotoGP World Championship was held at 2023 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix.
October 30 As announced by talent agency BaRu, voice actor Junya Ikeda had been arrested in connection with a scam and had been released from his contract with the company as of October 27. Ikeda's charcter, Oz in The Kingdoms of Ruin anime, is yet to have his voice actor replaced. [6][7]

Ongoing

Show Type Channel First aired/Japanese period Source
50px 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
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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
50px 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
50px 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
50px 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 Source
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! Tokyo MX January 5, 2023 March 30, 2023 Series Ended [8]
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Tokyo MX January 6, 2023 March 24, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
[9]
Nijiyon Animation Tokyo MX January 6, 2023 March 24, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte TBS January 7, 2023 March 25, 2023 Series Ended [10]
Buddy Daddies Tokyo MX January 7, 2023 April 1, 2023 Series Ended [11]
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? NHK January 8, 2023 December 17, 2023 Series Ended [12]
RizSta Selection[Notes 1] TV Tokyo January 8, 2023 March 26, 2023 Series Ended
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack Tokyo MX January 8, 2023 March 26, 2023 Series Ended [13]
Tokyo Revengers (Season 2) TV Tokyo January 8, 2023 April 2, 2023 Season Ended [14]
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Tokyo MX January 10, 2023 July 1, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
[15]
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill TV Tokyo January 11, 2023 March 29, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
[16]
Pokémon: Mezase Pokémon Master TV Tokyo January 13, 2023 March 24, 2023 Series Ended [17]
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Chaos in Urbanrama Tokyo MX January 18, 2023 March 29, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for the 4th season
[18]
Ultraman New Generation Stars TV Tokyo January 28, 2023 June 24, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
[19]
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure TV Asahi February 5, 2023 January 28, 2024 Ending 2024 [20]
Attack on Titan: The Final Season (part 3) NHK March 4, 2023 November 5, 2023 Series Ended [21]
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger TV Asahi March 5, 2023 February 25, 2024 Ending 2024 [22]
Bakugan: Legends YouTube March 31, 2023 June 23, 2023 Series Ended [23]
Mix (2nd season) ytv April 1, 2023 September 23, 2023 Series Ended [24]
Edens Zero (Season 2) Nippon TV April 1, 2023 October 1, 2023 Series Ended [25]
Run for Money: The Great Mission Fuji TV April 2, 2023 Currently airing Continues 2024 [26]
The Dangers in My Heart TV Asahi April 2, 2023 June 18, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
[27]
Ranman NHK April 3, 2023 September 29, 2023 Series Ended [28]
Tokyo Mew Mew New (Season 2) TV Tokyo April 5, 2023 June 21, 2023 Series Ended [29]
Dr. Stone: New World Tokyo MX April 6, 2023 December 21, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Final Season
[30]
Too Cute Crisis Tokyo MX April 7, 2023 June 23, 2023 Series Ended [31]
Otaku Elf TBS April 8, 2023 June 24, 2023 Series Ended [32]
Magical Destroyers TBS April 8, 2023 June 24, 2023 Series Ended [33]
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Sanctuary Arc Tokyo MX April 12, 2023 June 28, 2023 Series Ended [34]
The Marginal Service NTV April 12, 2023 June 28, 2023 Series Ended [35]
Oshi no Ko Tokyo MX April 12, 2023 June 28, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
[36]
Pokémon Horizons: The Series TV Tokyo April 14, 2023 Currently airing Continues 2024 [37]
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Tokyo MX April 20, 2023 September 28, 2023 Series Ended [38]
My Tiny Senpai TV Asahi July 2, 2023 October 1, 2023 Series Ended [39]
Sweet Reincarnation TV Tokyo July 4, 2023 September 19, 2023 Series Ended [40]
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari (Season 2) Tokyo MX July 4, 2023 September 19, 2023 Series Ended [41]
Fe~Renzai -Daily Life of the Gods- TV Tokyo July 5, 2023 September 27, 2023 Series Ended [42]
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Part 2) Tokyo MX July 7, 2023 September 22, 2023 Series Ended [43]
Ultraman Blazar TV Tokyo July 8, 2023 January 20, 2024 Ending 2024 [44]
The Gene of AI TBS July 8, 2023 September 30, 2023 Series Ended [45]
The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today TBS July 8, 2023 September 30, 2023 Series Ended [46]
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Part 2) TV Tokyo July 8, 2023 September 30, 2023 Season Ended [47]
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead TBS July 9, 2023 September 24, 2023 Series Ended
Episodes 10 to 12 due to air on December 25
[48]
Lighthouse Netflix August 22, 2023 August 22, 2023 Series Ended [49]
Kamen Rider Gotchard TV Asahi September 3, 2023 Currently airing Continues 2024
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange ytv September 30, 2023 March 30, 2024 Ending 2024 [50]
Shangri-La Frontier TBS October 1, 2023 Ongoing [51]
Boogie Woogie NHK October 2, 2023 Ongoing [52]
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy TV Tokyo October 3, 2023 December 19, 2023 Series Ended [53]
Shy TV Tokyo October 3, 2023 December 19, 2023 Season Ended
Renewed for Season 2
[54]
Tokyo Revengers (Season 3) TV Tokyo October 4, 2023 December 27, 2023 Series Ended [55]
Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyōdai Tokyo MX October 5, 2023 December 21, 2023 Series Ended [56]
Beyblade X TV Tokyo October 6, 2023 Currently airing Continues 2024 [57]
Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ NHK-E October 7, 2023 December 23, 2023 Series Ended [58]
The Kingdoms of Ruin TBS October 7, 2023 December 23, 2023 Series Ended [59]
Spy × Family (Season 2) TV Tokyo October 7, 2023 December 23, 2023 Season Ended [60]
Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Season 2) TBS October 7, 2023 December 23, 2023 Series Ended [61]
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse TBS October 8, 2023 Ongoing [62]
Protocol: Rain TV Asahi October 8, 2023 December 24, 2023 Series Ended [63]
PokeTsume: Cram Adventures Into a Pocket TV Tokyo October 19, 2023 December 22, 2023 Series Ended [64]
The Apothecary Diaries Nippon TV October 22, 2023 Currently airing Continues 2024 [65]

Ending

End date Show Channel First aired Replaced by Source
January 21 Ultraman Decker TV Tokyo July 9, 2022 Ultraman New Generation Stars
January 29 Delicious Party Pretty Cure TV Asahi February 6, 2022 Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
February 26 Avataro Sentai Donbrothers TV Asahi March 6, 2022 Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
March 8 Uncle from Another World AT-X July 6, 2022[Notes 2] TBA
March 23 AKB48 Sayonara Mōri-san Nippon TV April 8, 2022 OUT OF 48
March 24 Pokémon: Mezase Pokémon Master TV Tokyo January 13, 2023 Pokémon Horizons: The Series
March 25 My Hero Academia (Season 6) ytv October 1, 2022 Mix (2nd season)
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte TBS January 7, 2023 Magical Destroyers
March 26 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations TV Tokyo April 5, 2017 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War[Notes 3] [66]
Digimon Ghost Game Fuji TV October 3, 2021 Run for Money: The Great Mission [67]
Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX TV Osaka April 3, 2022 SNS Discovery Adventure Foromi & Tadami
Blue Lock TV Asahi October 8, 2022 The Dangers in My Heart
RizSta Selection[Notes 4] TV Tokyo January 8, 2023 Beast Wars: Transformers[Notes 5]
March 31 Maiagare! NHK October 3, 2022 Ranman
Yo-kai Watch Music Note TV Tokyo April 9, 2021 Spy × Family (Season 1)[Notes 6]
April 1 Tamori Club TV Asahi October 8, 1982 Kazushige Degawa Horan☆Fushigi no Kai [68]
June 18 The Dangers in My Heart (Season 1) TV Asahi April 2, 2023 My Tiny Senpai
June 21 Tokyo Mew Mew New TV Tokyo July 6, 2022 Fe~Renzai -Daily Life of the Gods-
June 24 Ultraman New Generation Stars TV Tokyo January 28, 2023 Ultraman Blazar
Magical Destroyers TBS April 8, 2023 The Gene of AI
Otaku Elf TBS April 8, 2023 The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today
August 27 Kamen Rider Geats TV Asahi September 4, 2022 Kamen Rider Gotchard
September 23 Mix (2nd season) ytv April 1, 2023 Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
September 24 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead TBS July 9, 2023 Shangri-La Frontier
September 27 Fe~Renzai -Daily Life of the Gods- TV Tokyo July 5, 2023 Tokyo Revengers (Season 3)
September 29 Ranman NHK April 3, 2023 Boogie Woogie
September 30 The Gene of AI TBS July 8, 2023 The Kingdoms of Ruin
The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today TBS July 8, 2023 Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Season 2)
October 1 Edens Zero Nippon TV April 11, 2021 The Apothecary Diaries
My Tiny Senpai TV Asahi July 2, 2023 Protocol: Rain
November 5 Attack on Titan MBS

NHK

April 7, 2013 Document 20min. [69]
December 17 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? NHK January 8, 2023 Dear Radiance
December 23 Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ NHK October 7, 2023 A Place Further than the Universe[Notes 7]
The Kingdoms of Ruin TBS October 7, 2023 Pon no Michi
Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Season 2) TBS October 7, 2023 Haikyu!![Notes 8]
December 24 Protocol: Rain TV Asahi October 8, 2023 The Dangers in My Heart (Season 2)
December 27 Tokyo Revengers TV Tokyo April 11, 2021 TBA

Sports

Airdate Sports Network Source
September 24 2023 Formula One World Championship Fuji TV Next
October 1 2023 MotoGP World Championship G+
July 20 – August 20 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup NHK

Special events and milestone episodes

Airdate Show Episode Network Source
March 31 Pokémon Anime Music Festival TV Tokyo [70]
April 7 – Pokémon – Pokémon Investigation Team TV Tokyo [70]
December 25 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Episodes 10 to 12 TBS [71]
December 31 74th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen NHK
CDTV Live! Live! Toshikoshi Special 2023→2024 TBS

Deaths

Date Name Age Notable Works Source
January 1 Tetsuo Hasegawa 84 Actor (Kinpachi-sensei) [72]
February 5 Takako Sasuga 87 Voice actress (Astro Boy, The Genie Family, Danganronpa: The Animation) [73]
February 13 Leiji Matsumoto 85 Original creator (Galaxy Express 999, Space Pirate Captain Harlock) [74]
February 15 Shōzō Iizuka 89 Voice actor (Tomorrow's Joe, Detective Conan, Pokémon) [75]
February 25 Mitsuo Senda 82 Voice actor (Time Bokan, Maho Girls PreCure!, Beyblade Burst) [76]
March 5 Takahiro Kimura 58 Character designer (Betterman, Code Geass) [77]
March 22 Jirō Dan 74 Actor (The Return of Ultraman, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger) [78]
March 23 Tomoko Naraoka 93 Actress (, Nankyoku Tairiku) [79]
April 1 Yasumichi Kushida 46 Voice actor (The Aquatope on White Sand, Bleach, Naruto), dubbing actor (Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.) [80]
June 3 Manabu Ishikawa ?? Scriptwriter (Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~, Fullmetal Alchemist) [81]
July 1 Ippei Kuri 83 Animation director (Speed Racer), producer (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Kyatto Ninden Teyandee/Samurai Pizza Cats), co-founder and CEO of Tatsunoko Production [82]
July 12 Ryuchell 27 Television personality [83]
July 16 Naoto Asahara 38 Original creator (Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru) [84]
August 5 Nami Sano 36 Original creator (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto) [85]
August 6 Jun Irie 53 Actress (Papa Survival, Good Luck), voice actress (Overman King Gainer) [86]
September 8 Buichi Terasawa 68 Original creator (Cobra the Animation) [87]
October 8 Shinji Tanimura 74 Theme song performer (Turn A Gundam, Heaven's Lost Property) [88]
October 12 Hisaya Nakajo 50 Original creator (Hana-Kimi, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) [89]
October 19 Atsushi Sakurai 57 Lead singer of Buck-Tick, theme song performer (xxxHolic, GeGeGe no Kitarō) [90]
October 24 Miyuki Ichijou 76 Voice actress (Case Closed, Project ARMS) [91]
November 2 Haruko Kitahama 86 Voice actress (Obake no Q-Tarō, The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, Osomatsu-kun) [92]
November 16 Hajime Kikuchi 44 Music composer (True Tears, Konohana Kitan) [93]
December 30 Satoshi Iwataki 60 Animator, character designer (Ghost Hunt, Dororo) [94]

References

  1. Rerun series of 'RizSta -Top of Artists!-'
  2. Restarted broadcast on October 6, 2022
  3. This is a repeat of this anime series' first cour
  4. This is a rerun of some of the 'RizSta -Top of Artists!-' episodes
  5. This is a rerun of the 'Beast Wars: Transformers' Japanese dub
  6. This is a rerun of the Spy × Family anime's first season
  7. This is a rerun of a 2018 TV anime
  8. This is a Nekoma Selection rerun of the 'Haikyu!!' TV anime
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