Junichi Masuda left Game Freak to join The Pokémon Company as Chief Creative Fellow. This marked a significant shift in his career, moving from a development-focused role to a more creative and strategic position within the larger Pokémon organization.

Junichi Masuda stated that Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! would likely be his final time serving as director for the main series Pokémon games.

Junichi Masuda revealed that during the early years of developing Pokémon games, "game data was nearly lost in a computer crash".

Birth of Junichi Masuda's daughter, Kiri. He named a character in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire after her.

Release date of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan. This marked the beginning of the Pokémon franchise, which Junichi Masuda was heavily involved in.

Junichi Masuda joined Game Freak, marking the beginning of his professional career in video game development. He was one of the founding members of the company alongside Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori and has been involved in nearly every title that Game Freak has produced since then.

Junichi Masuda was born on January 12, 1968, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is a Japanese video game composer, director, designer, producer, singer, programmer and trombonist, best known for his work in the Pokémon franchise.