2023 in Japanese music
The year 2023 in Japanese music. Debuts

Debuting groups 
 Billlie
 
 Imp. Kiss Kiss
 Le Sserafim
 MiSaMo
 NCT Tokyo
 Purple Kiss
 Secret Number

Debuting soloists 
 Ayaka Fukuhara
 Himika Akaneya
 Kaori Maeda
 
 Mayu Mineda
 Mayu Sagara
 Nako Misaki
 Naomi Payton
 
 
 Shiori Tamai

Returning from hiatus

Returning groups

Returning soloists

Number-ones 

 Oricon number-one albums
 Oricon number-one singles
 Billboard Japan number-one albums
 Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles

Awards 
 65th Japan Record Awards
 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Albums released

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Disbanding and retiring artists

Disbanding 

 
 Bish
 Boysgroup
 B.O.L.T
 For Tracy Hyde

Retiring

Going on hiatus 
 Haruka Yamazaki

References 

2023 in Japanese music