B Zone
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Native name | 株式会社ビーイング (until 2023) 株式会社ビーゾーン (since 2023) |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Bīizōn |
Company type | Private kabushiki gaisha |
Industry | Music, artist development, record production, marketing, audio engineering |
Genre | Various |
Founded | November 1, 1978 |
Founder | Daiko Nagato |
Headquarters | Thomas Building, 5-2-2 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
Key people | Toshinori Masuda (President & CEO) Daiko Nagato (Major shareholder, Authorizer), Chiaki Nagato (Major Shareholder) |
Revenue | 1,000,000 yen |
Total assets | 757,2 billion yen |
Number of employees | Non-consolidated: 192 Consolidated 1097(as of 2023, including part-time workers and contracts) |
Subsidiaries | Vermillion Records Zain Records B.Gram-Records Giza Studio Northern Music O-TOWN Jazz Weedz D-Go B-Zone Crimson NiM Records Kaikyō Record Asistobe |
Website | BZONE.co.jp |
B ZONE Incorporated (aka B ZONE Group),[2] formerly known as Being Incorporated (aka Being Giza Group), is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by music producer Daiko Nagato.[1] The company and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of theme music for the anime series Detective Conan.[3] As of May 2023, over 100 theme songs have been supplied to the anime television series and movies by the B ZONE Group.[4] On 4 April 2023, Being changed company name to B Zone. [2]
Labels
Nowadays production-based record company are no longer a rare thing, however the B ZONE Group has established a dedicated record company and label system in quick succession since 1991. Label companies under the label companies that are part of the group are also subsequently owned by the holding company. It includes indies labels as well.[5]
Major labels
- Vermillion Records[6] (1990, previously named as BMG ROOMS) - formerly a joint venture with BMG Japan (now Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
- Zain Records[7] (1991) - previously named as B.Jin)
- B.Gram-Records[8] (1993) - formerly a joint venture with Nippon PolyGram (now Universal Music Japan)
- Giza Studio[9] (1999-)
- NORTHERN MUSIC[10] (2007-)
- O-TOWN Jazz (2012, previously named as Giza Jazz)
- D-Go[11] (2012-)
- B-Zone (2012-, until 2023 names ad Being)
- CRIMZON (2014-)
- NiM Records (2019-)
- Kaikyō Record (2019-)
- Asistobe (2020-)
Indies labels
- Tent House(1999)[12]
- zazzy(2005)
- magnifique(2008)
Former labels
- B-Vision (1993-2007)
- Amemura-O-Town Record (1997)
- BERG (1999)
- pure:infinity (2009-2014)[13]
- Styling Records (2003)
- DAY TRACK (2003)
- White Cafe (2015)
- Honey Bee Records (2016)
Artists
Other subsidiaries
The B ZONE Group owns the acting agent and talent management company White Dream.[14][failed verification]
Controversy
In June 2001, the company (then named Being) and its subsidiary B+U+M[15] (now merged into Vermillion Records) was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income.[16] They were acquitted after the investigation.[15]
Creators
A large number of songwriters, composers and arrangers have enrolled at the company. The B ZONE Group official website has listed in alphabetical order its "Music Creators".[17]
Songwriters
- Azuki Nana (ex.Garnet Crow)
- Uesugi Show (ex.Wands)
- Koshi Inaba (B'z)
- Maki Ohguro
- U-ka Saegusa (ex.U-ka Saegusa in dB)
- Miho Komatsu
- Izumi Sakai (Zard)
- Daria Kawashima
- Nobuteru Maeda (TUBE)
- ROCKAKU (the creator of Being Inc., Daikou Nagato, using a pseudonym)
- Mami Miyoshi (Rumania Montevideo)
Composers
- Hiroshi Asai (ex. The Tambourines, Sensation)
- Miho Komatsu
- Koshi Inaba (B'z)
- Maki Ohguro
- Naoki Uzumoto (ex. DEEN)
- Hitoshi Okamoto (ex. Garnet Crow)
- Aika Ohno
- Shinichirou Ohta (doa)
- Daria Kawashima
- Masazumi Ozawa (ex. Pamelah)
- Kouji Gotou (Zyyg)
- Seiichirou Kuribayashi
- Tetsurō Oda
- Akihito Tokunaga (doa)
- Yoshio Tatano
- Hiroshi Terao
- Tak Matsumoto (B'z)
- Yuri Nakamura (ex. Garnet Crow)
- Makoto Miyoshi (Rumania Montevideo)
- Ikurō Fujiwara
Arrangers
- Hirohito Furui (ex. Garnet Crow)
- Hitoshi Okamoto (ex.Garnet Crow)
- Yoshinobu Ohga (Sensation)
- Akihito Tokunaga (doa (Japanese band))
- Masazumi Ozawa (ex.Pamelah)
- Masao Akashi
- Daisuke Ikeda (arranger)
- Takeshi Hayama
- Satoru Kobayashi
- Koji Gotou
References
- ^ a b "B ZONE Inc. "About us"". B ZONE Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "B'z/倉木麻衣/ZARD/WANDSら所属、BeingがB ZONEに社名変更" [B'z/Mai Kuraki/ZARD/WANDS agency, Being changed company name to B ZONE]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link Corporation under license from Billboard Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation. April 4, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "Detective Conan theme music" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ "名探偵コナン OP-ED". Music Tower JP. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Being labels (in Japanese) http://www.beinggiza.com/en/label.html
- ^ records, vermillion. "B'z Official Website".
- ^ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
- ^ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
- ^ "GIZA studio : 株式会社ギザ".
- ^ "NORTHERN MUSIC WEB SITE".
- ^ "D-GO - ディーゴ".
- ^ Indies labels (in Japanese) http://www.beinggiza.com/indies.html
- ^ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
- ^ "White Dream links" (in Japanese). White Dream. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "B'z production company failed to declare 840 mil. yen income". The Free Library. 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "Entertainment Firm in Tax Evasion Tangle". The Japan Times. 2001-08-29. Retrieved 2012-08-28. "This incident comes just two months after the Tokyo-based production firm behind pop music duo B'z was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income."
- ^ Being Creators list (in Japanese) http://beingcreators.net/