Victor Entertainment
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| Type | Subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC) |
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| Founded | Yokohama, Japan (April 25,1972) |
| Headquarters | Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Yuichi Kaito, President Toshiaki Shibutani, Managing Director |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Products | Audio, visual and computer software media products |
| Revenue | 6.31 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005) |
| Employees | 600 (as of March 31, 2005) |
| Website | Victor Entertainment |
Victor Entertainment (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社 Bikutā Entateinmento Kabushiki Kaisha) is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC) that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as Victor Music Industries (ビクター音楽産業 Bikutā Ongaku Kangyō).
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[edit] History
- April 1972 — Victor Music Industries, Inc. (ビクター音楽産業株式会社 Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō Kabushiki Kaisha) spun off as subsidiary of JVC
- February 1984 — Sales and marketing department of JVC spun off as Nihon AVC, Inc. (日本エイ・ブイ・シー株式会社 Nihon Ei・Bui・Shī Kabushiki Kaisha)
- October 1987 — Victor Music Industries striked a deal with BMG Japan after RCA Records sold its interests to BMG
- April 1993 — Nihon AVC and Victor Music Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment
- March 1999 — Moved main office
- October 1999 — Transferred deal to BMG Funhouse
- October 2005 — Transferred deal back to BMG Japan
- January 2009 — Sony Music Entertainment Japan bought BMG Japan
[edit] Labels
[edit] Records
- 3 Views
- Aosis Records
- BabeStar
- Cypress Showers
- Globe Roots
- Happy House
- Hihirecords (for babies and kids)
- Invitation
- JVC Entertainment (Production and Artist Managements)
- Flying Dog (Animation Related Products)
- JVC Jazz
- JVC World Sounds
- Mob Squad
- Nafin
- Speedstar International
- Speedstar Records
- Taishita (Southern All Stars Private Label)
- Victor
- Victory (defunct; not same as US label)
[edit] Distribution
- Bad News
- Daipro-X
- Marquee, Inc.
- Substance
- Teichiku Entertainment (Subsidiary of Victor Entertainment.)
- BAIDIS
- Be-tam-ing
- Continental
- Imperial Records
- Imperial International
- KIDSDOM (Animation Related Label)
- MONAD (Haruomi Hosono Private Label)
- Non-Standard(Haruomi Hosono Produce Label)
- Overseas Records
- PROGRAM (Katsumi Tanaka Private Label ~2000)
- TOHO Records (Master Rights Only)
- Takumi Note
- Teichiku Records
- TMC Music
- 246 Records
- Union Records
- Union Black Records
[edit] Video
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- GAGA Communications
- MediaNet Pictures
- SPO Entertainment
- TBS Video
[edit] Major artists
Listed alphabetically by group or family name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).
- AKINO from bless4 (flying DOG)
- Anthem
- Alesha
- ALI PROJECT (flying DOG)
- Akino Arai (flying DOG)
- Angra
- Mika Arisaka
- The Back Horn
- Blessed By A Broken Heart
- Steve Barakatt
- Chocolate & Akito
- Cocco
- The Cobra Sisters
- cymbals
- Daigo☆Stardust
- Death from Above 1979 (Japanese distribution rights)
- Leah Dizon
- Dragon Ash
- FictionJunction (flying DOG)
- FictionJunction Yuuka (flying DOG)
- Full of Harmony
- Fūmidō
- Gari
- Going Under Ground
- Guniw Tools
- 80★PAN!
- Impellitteri
- Jero
- Kazuyoshi Saito
- Miho Hatori
- Chiaki Ishikawa (flying DOG)
- Yoko Kanno (flying DOG)
- Yuki Kajiura (flying DOG)
- Kigurumi
- Kei (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.)
- Miki (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.)
- Rena
- Kigurumichiko
- Rena (Kigurumi)
- Michiko Shimizu
- Kiko Loureiro
- Kiroro
- Kokia
- Kyōko Koizumi
- Lisa Komine (flying DOG)
- Love Psychedelico
- Lunkhead
- Masumi
- Matt Bianco
- May'n (flying DOG)
- Merry
- Minmi
- Miz
- The Morning After
- Megumi Nakajima (flying DOG)
- Takeshi Nakatsuka
- Rimi Natsukawa
- Aina Ōgi
- Kiyofumi Ōno
- Oozekitaku
- Paris Match
- PIG
- Quruli
- Remioromen
- ROUND TABLE featuring Nino (flying DOG)
- Sakanaction
- Shinichi Mori
- Noriko Sakai
- Maaya Sakamoto(flying DOG)
- savage genius (flying DOG)
- See-Saw (flying DOG)
- Shunsuke Kiyokiba (former EXILE vocalist that was signed under Avex)
- Shōnen Kamikaze
- Singer Songer
- SMAP
- Goro Inagaki (also goes by &G)
- Shingo Katori
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
- Masahiro Nakai
- Source
- Southern All Stars
- Sweet Vacation
- Yuko Hara (solo and duet releases with SMAP member Shingo Katori)
- Keisuke Kuwata/Kuwata Band
- Hiroshi Matsuda
- Hideyuki Nozawa
- Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
- Toshihiko Tahara (transferred from Pony Canyon)(Management Only)
- Mariko Takahashi
- Tokyo Ethmusica
- UA
- Aimi Yuguchi
- Yukio Hashi
- Sayuri Yoshinaga
- Yui Makino
[edit] Distribution managments
- BMG Japan (1987-1999), (2005-2008)
- BMG Funhouse (1999-2005)
- Sony Music Entertainment Japan (2009-present)
Note that Victor Music Industries was self distributing from 1972 to 1987.
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Victor Entertainment
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