Victor Entertainment
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | Yokohama, Japan (April 25, 1972) |
| Headquarters | Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Yuichi Kaito (President) Toshiaki Shibutani (Managing Director) |
| Products | Audio, visual and computer software media products |
| Revenue | 6.31 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005) |
| Owner | JVC Kenwood |
Number of employees | 600 (as of March 31, 2005) |
| Parent | JVC |
| Website | http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp |
JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation (株式会社JVCケンウッド・ビクターエンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Jei・bui・shī Ken'uddo Bikutā Entateinmento), formerly Victor Entertainment, Inc. (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社, Bikutā Entateinmento Kabushiki-gaisha) and Victor Music Industries (ビクター音楽産業, Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō), is a subsidiary of JVC Kenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RCA Victor label.
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)
- April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Music Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment, Inc.
- March 1999: Moved main office
- April 2014: Changed corporate name to JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation.
Labels
Records
- 3 Views
- AB-Victor France
- Aosis Records
- CJ Victor Entertainment (joint venture with CJ E&M of South Korea)
- Cypress Showers
- ELA Music (Kaela Kimura's label)
- Getting Better
- Globe Roots
- Happy House
- Hihirecords (for babies and kids)
- Invitation
- JVC Entertainment (production, artist managements, and overseas products)
- Flying Dog (animation-related products)
- FlyingStar Records (formerly BabeStar Label)
- rookiestar
- JVC Jazz
- JVC World Sounds
- Mob Squad (Dragon Ash Private Label)
- Nafin
- Speedstar International
- Speedstar Records
- Taishita (Southern All Stars Private Label, joint venture with Amuse, Inc.)
- Victor
Distribution
- 3CG Records
- AI Entertainment (a division of Mnet Media's FNC Music, co-distributed with Warner Music Japan)
- Bad News
- D-topia Entertainment
- Daipro-X
- Marquee, Inc.
- Milan Records
- Revolver Music
- 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
- WHD Entertainment Inc. (joint venture between WOWOW, Horipro and Disk Garage)
Video
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- GAGA Communications
- MediaNet Pictures
- SPO Entertainment
- TBS Video
Major artists
Listed alphabetically by group or first name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).
- 9nine (2009–2010)
- Alexandra Stan
- Akino Arai (flying DOG)
- AKINO from bless4 (flying DOG)
- Anthem
- Alesha Dixon
- ALI PROJECT (flying DOG)
- Amorphis
- Angra
- The Back Horn
- The Bawdies (Victor/Getting Better)
- Blessed By A Broken Heart
- Chiaki Ishikawa (flying DOG)
- CN Blue (AI Ent./Victor) - left Victor for Warner
- Cocco
- cymbals
- D (CJ Victor)
- Daigo☆Stardust
- Death from Above 1979 (Japanese distribution rights)
- Dew
- Dragon Ash (Mob Squad/Victor)
- FictionJunction (flying DOG)
- FictionJunction YUUKA (flying DOG)
- Gari
- Going Under Ground
- Guniw Tools
- Hanson (Japan only)
- Maia Hirasawa (Japan only)
- Impellitteri
- Hiromi Iwasaki
- Jero
- Junko Sakurada
- Kaela Kimura (2013–present)
- Kigurumi
- Kei (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.)
- Miki (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.)
- Rena
- Kelly Sweet
- Kigurumichiko
- Rena (Kigurumi)
- Michiko Shimizu
- Kiko Loureiro
- Kiroro
- Kokia
- Kyōko Koizumi
- Kyūso Nekokami
- Leah Dizon
- Lisa Komine (flying DOG)
- Liv Moon
- Love Psychedelico
- Lunkhead
- Maaya Sakamoto (flying DOG)
- Mariko Takahashi
- Masumi
- Matt Bianco
- May'n (flying DOG)
- Megumi Nakajima (flying DOG)
- Merry
- Miho Hatori
- Mika Arisaka
- Miki Matsubara (1987—1989)
- Minmi
- Miz
- Nano (flying DOG)
- Nicole (CJ Victor)
- Noriko Sakai
- Orange Range (2012—, Spice Records/Super Echo Label/Speedstar Records)
- Paris Match
- PIG
- Pink Lady (1976-1981)
- Plastic Tree (CJ Victor)
- Quruli
- Remioromen
- Rimi Natsukawa
- Rio ((Tina Yuzuki))
- ROMEO (Park Jung Min | SS501)
- ROUND TABLE featuring Nino (flying DOG)
- Rurika Yokoyama (CJ Victor)
- Sakanaction
- savage genius (flying DOG)
- Sayuri Yoshinaga
- See-Saw (flying DOG)
- Shinichi Mori
- Shunsuke Kiyokiba (former EXILE vocalist that was signed under Avex)
- SikTh - Japan Only
- Silent Descent
- SMAP
- Masahiro Nakai
- Kimura Takuya
- Goro Inagaki (also goes by &G)
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
- Shingo Katori
- Southern All Stars
- Steve Barakatt
- Supergroupies
- Sweet Vacation
- Yuko Hara (solo and duet releases with SMAP member Shingo Katori)
- Keisuke Kuwata/Kuwata Band
- Hiroshi Matsuda
- Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
- UA
- VIXX (CJ Victor)
- Yoko Kanno (flying DOG)
- Yuki Kajiura (flying DOG)
- Yukio Hashi
Distribution managements
- BMG Japan (1988–1991)