Amuse Inc.
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| Company type | Public (TYO: 4301) |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | October 16, 1978 |
| Founder | Yokichi Osato |
| Headquarters | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Asia[1] |
Key people | Tatsuro Hatanaka (Director) & (President) [2] |
Number of employees | 184 (as of 2 Feb 2009)[3] |
| Subsidiaries | Amuse Soft Entertainment Taishita Label Music (Joint Venture with Victor Entertainment) A-Sketch (Joint Venture with KDDI) Amuse Edutainment Geishin Creative Tokyo Ayers Inc. J-Feel Brussels Co., Ltd. Kirei Inc (U.S.A.) Amuse Korea Beijing Geishin Theatrical Art Production Geishin Creative Shanghai |
| Website | Amuse.co.jp |
Amuse, Inc. (株式会社 アミューズ, Kabushikigaisha Amyūzu)[3][4] is a Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services. The artists include gravure idols,[5] musicians, and so on. Amuse also produces TV & radio programs, commercial films, and movies; other interests are in publication, music software, and patent agent businesses.
To raise money for Japan's disaster relief efforts, more than 50 talents from Amuse collaborated to form a singing unit "Team Amuse".[6]
Roster
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- Ayaka Komatsu
- Begin
- Cross Gene
- Eri Murakawa
- Flow
- Flumpool
- Hiroi Oji
- Juri Ueno
- Kamiki Ryunosuke
- Keisuke Koide
- Kaku Kento
- Masaharu Fukuyama
- Miura Haruma
- One OK Rock
- Perfume
- Porno Graffitti
- Ryoji Morimoto
- Sakura Gakuin
- Ogata Reina
- Southern All Stars
- Satou Takeru
- Terada Takuya
- Tsuyoshi Hayashi
- Totani Kimito
- Watanabe Shu
- WEAVER
- Yasuko Tomita
- Yoshinori Okada
- Yūta Hiraoka
- Yoshitaka Yuriko
References
- ^ Herskovitz, Jon (2000-12-26). "J-Pop Takes Off / Japanese music, movies, TV shows enthrall Asian nations". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-05. [dead link]
- ^ "Company President Profile". Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Amuse: IR News and Corporate Profile". Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Kageyama, Yuri (2005-08-10). "Musicians try to join Apple's iTunes in Japan". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ "アミューズモデルス". Retrieved 2009-02-05.
{{cite web}}: Text "Amuse.co.jp" ignored (help) - ^ "Amuse creates disaster relief unit with 50+ members". Asia Pacific Arts. 04/07/2011.
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