Events in 2018 in Japanese television.
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| January 30 | Nickelodeon's Japanese channel launches for the second time. | |
| April 8 | AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot on BS Premium from Saturday 23:45 JST to Sunday 23:00 JST. | |
| May 3 | changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Wednesday 17:55 JST to Thursday 19:25 JST.[1] | |
| September 2 | AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot once again in BS Premium and starts 10 minutes earlier, at Sunday 22:50 JST. | |
| October 7 | changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 19:25 JST to Sunday 17:30 JST. | |
| Pokémon Sun & Moon changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 18:55 JST to Sunday 18:00 JST.[2] | ||
| The 2018 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese Grand Prix. | ||
| October 21 | The 2018 MotoGP World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix. |
| Show | Type | Channel | First aired | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKB48 Show! | Variety Show, Music | BS Premium, NHK World Premium | |||
| AKBingo! | Variety Show | Nippon Television | |||
| Black Clover | Anime | TV Tokyo | |||
| Anime | TV Tokyo | ||||
| Chibi Maruko-chan | Anime | Fuji Television | |||
| Count Down TV | Music | Tokyo Broadcasting System | |||
| Crayon Shin-chan | Anime | TV Asahi | |||
| Detective Conan | Anime | NNS | |||
| Doraemon | Anime | TV Asahi | |||
| Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! | Game-Show | Nippon Television | |||
| FNS Music Festival | Music | Fuji Television | |||
| Music Fair | Music | Fuji Television | |||
| Music Station | Music | TV Asahi | |||
| NHK Amateur Song Contest | Talent Show | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | |||
| Nintama Rantarō | Anime | NHK | |||
| Ojarumaru | Anime | NHK | |||
| One Piece | Anime | Fuji Television | |||
| Panel Quiz Attack 25 | Game-Show | TV Asahi | |||
| Pokémon Sun & Moon | Anime | TV Tokyo | |||
| Sasuke | Sports | Tokyo Broadcasting System | |||
| Sazae-san | Anime | Fuji Television | |||
| Soreike! Anpanman | Anime | Nippon Television | |||
| Super Hero Time | Tokusatsu | TV Asahi | |||
| Utacon | Music | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | |||
| With Mother | Kids | E-TV, NHK World Premium | |||
| Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS | Anime | TV Tokyo |
| Airdate | Sports | Network | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 7 | 2018 Formula One World Championship | Fuji TV Next | ||
| October 21 | 2018 MotoGP World Championship | G+ |
| Airdate | Show | Network | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 7th AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen | BS Sky Perfect | ||
| NHK Nodojiman: Champion Taikai 2018 | NHK | ||
| Masashi Sada Midnight Special: SadaFes 2018 | NHK | ||
| TV Tokyo | |||
| CDTV 25th Anniversary Celebration Special | Tokyo Broadcasting System | ||
| NNS | |||
| Nippon Television | |||
| FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri 2018 | Fuji Television | ||
| Miitsuketa! – The Stage Show | NHK-E & World Premium | ||
| 50th Melody of Memories | NHK-G & World Premium | ||
| Teacher Itsuki's School of Songs: The Midsummer Special Lesson | NHK-G & World Premium | ||
| & 26 | 24 Hour Television 2018 | Nippon Television | |
| & 9 | FNS 27 Hour TV | Fuji Television | |
| Music Station Ultra Fes 2018 | TV Asahi | ||
| BS Premium | |||
| NHK | |||
| Fuji Television | |||
| BS Fuji | |||
| Fuji Television | |||
| BS Fuji | |||
| BS Fuji | |||
| Music Station Super Live 2018 | TV Asahi | ||
| The 60th Japan Record Awards | Tokyo Broadcasting System | ||
| 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK | ||
| Johnny's Countdown 2018-19 | Fuji Television |
| Date | Name | Aged | Notable Works | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Voice actress; aortic dissection. | ||||
| 66 | Supporting actor; cast of and . | ||||
| 82 | Director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Studio Ghibli | [4] [5] | |||
| 63 | Singer and songwriter, participated 18 times on annual NHK's Kouhaku Utagassen. | ||||
| 90 | Original co-creator of Marvel's Spider-Man, a character that had a Japanese live-action series in 1978, and also a protagonic role in on 2014. | ||||
| 22 | Performer and member from LDH's FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE. | ||||
| 78 | Actor, film director and critic; Heart failure. | [6] | |||
| 92 | Actress, noctable for the role of the mother-in-law of the protagonist in NHK's Taiga drama series Inochi; Heart failure. | [7] | |||
| 67 | Actor, voice actor and director, most notably by providing the voice from Professor Oak in Pokémon, Monarca La Deus in Flashman and Heihachi Mishima in Tekken Series. | [8] [9] | |||
| 50 | Animator, most notably for Gundam Series. | ||||
| 53 | Manga artist, most notably for Chibi Maruko-chan. | [10] [11] | |||
| 83 | Narrator from Super Sentai Series. | ||||
| 87 | Voice actor. | ||||
| 56 | Voice actor, most notably for InuYasha and Yu Yu Hakusho. | ||||
| 68 | Voice actor, most notably for One Piece and Dragon Ball Super. | [12] [13] | |||
| 95 | Original co-creator of many Marvel Comics characters that were adapted on many Japanese TV shows (both anime and tokusatsu). | ||||
| 73 | Singer most notably for Denshi Sentai Denziman and Cyborg 009. |