Victor Entertainment

Infobox_Company
company_name = Victor Entertainment, Incorporated
company_type = Subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC)
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foundation = Yokohama, Japan (1972)
location = Tokyo, Japan
key_people = Toshiaki Shibutani, Managing Director
num_employees = 600 (as of March 31, 2005)
revenue = 6.31 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005)
industry = Entertainment
products = Audio, visual and computer software media products
homepage = [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/ Victor Entertainment]

nihongo|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 nihongo|Victor Music Industries|ビクター音楽産業|Bikutā Ongaku Kangyō.

History

*April 1972 — nihongo|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 Nihongo|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
*March 1999 — Moved main office

Labels

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)

Distribution

*Bad News
*Daipro-X
*Marquee, Inc.
*Substance
* (Subsidiary of Victor Entertainment.)
**BAIDIS
**
**Continental
**Imperial Records
**Imperial International
**KIDSDOM (Animation Related Label)
** ( Private Label)
**( Produce Label)
**Overseas Records
**PROGRAM ( Private Label ~2000)
** (Master Rights Only)
**Takumi Note
**Teichiku Records
**TMC Music
***246 Records
**Union Records
***Union Black Records

Video

*20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
*GAGA Communications
*MediaNet Pictures
*SPO Entertainment
*TBS Video

Major artists

Listed alphabetically by group or family name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).

*Anthem
*Alesha
*Ayano Tsuji
*Mika Arisaka
*The Back Horn
*Steve Barakatt
*Chocolate & Akito
*The Cobra Sisters
*cymbals
*Daigo☆Stardust
*Death from Above 1979 (Japanese distribution rights)
*Leah Dizon
*Dragon Ash
*FictionJunction YUUKA
*Full of Harmony
*Fūmidō
*Gari
*Going Under Ground
*Guniw Tools
*80★PAN!
*Jero
*Miho Hatori
*Yuki Kajiura
*
**Kei (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7 2007.)
**Miki (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7 2007.)
**
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**Rena (Kigurumi)
**
*Kiroro
*Kokia
*Kyoko Koizumi
*Love Psychedelico
*Lunkhead
*Masumi
*Matt Bianco

*Merry
*Minmi
*Miz
*Takeshi Nakatsuka
*Rimi Natsukawa
*Aina Ōgi
*Kiyofumi Ōno
*Oozekitaku
*Paris Match
*PIG
*Quruli
*Remioromen
*Maaya Sakamoto
*savage genius
*See-Saw
*Shōnen Kamikaze
*Singer Songer
*SMAP
**Goro Inagaki (also goes by &G)
**Shingo Katori
**Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
**Masahiro Nakai
*Source
*Southern All Stars
**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
*Ayano Tsuji
*UA (singer)
*Aimi Yuguchi
*Cocco
*Yukio Hashi
*Sayuri Yoshinaga

*Yui Makino

External links

*ja icon [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp Victor Entertainment]