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Nippon Columbia Parent company Joint Venture of Faith K.K. and Hitachi Ltd. Founded 1910 Founder Fredrick W. Horn Distributor(s) self-distributed (In Japan)
Savoy Records (in United States)Genre various Country of origin Japan Official Website http://columbia.jp/company/en/index.html Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (日本コロムビア株式会社 Nippon Koromubia Kabushiki gaisha ) (often pronunced Korombia) TYO: 6791 is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. (日本蓄音器商会 Nihon Chikuonki Shōkai ). It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until October 1, 2002, when it became Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc. (コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント株式会社 Koromubia Myūjikku Entateinmento Kabushiki gaisha ). Since October 1, 2010, the company has returned to its current name. Outside Japan, the company operates as the Savoy Label Group which releases recordings on the SLG, Savoy Jazz and Denon labels. It also manufactured electronic products under the Denon brand name until 2001.
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Centennial LogoAside from common historical roots, the current Nippon Columbia label has no direct relation with either the American Columbia Records (part of the Sony Music group in the United States and operates in Japan as Sony Music Entertainment Japan) or the British EMI group, of which the original Columbia Graphophone Co. was a part, and operated in Japan as Toshiba-EMI. The label is notable, however, for continuing to use the historical "Magic Notes" logo, which has been associated with the Columbia name since the label's founding.
Artists
Japanese People's Honour Award-winning singer Hibari Misora belonged to the label. This label is also known for dropping Ayumi Hamasaki, the best-selling solo artist in Japanese Oricon history (since 1968), before her rise to fame. It happened after her first single "Nothing from Nothing" and album of the same name flopped, due to little or no promotion. She subsequently met her current producer, Max Matsuura, who is now President of Avex.
Labels
- Animex
- B-C (pronounced B to C)
- CME Records
- Columbia House
- Columbia International
- Columbia Japan
- Columbia Readymade (founded as ********* records, tokyo and renamed as Readymade Records)
- Columbia Records (unrelated to the US label)
- Denon
- Heat Wave
- Hug Columbia
- M-Train
- Nexstar Records
- Passion
- Savoy Records
- Triad
Major investors
Major investors include Faith K. K. (31.39%) and Hitachi Ltd. (18.21%) .
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Hitachi Divisions and
subsidiariesCurrentHitachi Cable (Hitachi Cable Manchester) · Hitachi Canadian Industries · Hitachi Capital · Hitachi Construction Machinery (Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)) · Hitachi Consulting · Hitachi Data Systems (BlueArc) · Hitachi Electronics · Hitachi Global Storage Technologies · Hitachi ID Systems · Hitachi Maxell · Hitachi Medical Systems · Hitachi Rail · JECSDefunctEuclid Trucks1 · Fabrik1Joint ventures and
shareholdingsAgility Trains (40%) · GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (40%) · Hitachi-LG Data Storage · NEC Casio Mobile Communications (9.26%) · Nippon Columbia (18.21%) · Renesas Electronics (30.62%) · Telcon Construction Solutions (60%)Products, services
and standardsCurrentALiS · D-VHS · EMIEW · Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 · Hitachi DX07 · Hitachi Starboard · Locomotives · Hitachi Magic Wand · Multiple units · Hitachi 917 · Hitachi SR8000 · Hitachi Travelstar · Hitachi TrueCopy · LS-R · M8 · Stacked Volumetric Optical Disk · SuperH · Universal Storage PlatformDefunctH8 Family · HD64180 · HITAC · HITAC S-810 · Hitachi 6309 · Hitachi Deskstar · Hitachi Flora Prius · Hitachi G1000 · Hitachi Hatsukaze · Hitachi SR2201 · Hitachi T.2 · Hitachi TR.1 · M6 · MicrodrivePeople Places Other DKB Group · HDMI Licensing · Hitachi 3Tours Championship · Hitachi Data Systems History · The Hitachi Foundation · Hindu Hitachi Scholarships · Hitachi SunRockers · Kashiwa Reysol
1Now integrated into other Hitachi divisions or business groupings
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IFPI members in Japan Avex Group Holdings Inc. · EMI Music Japan Inc. · Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan LLC · King Records Co. Ltd. · Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. · Nippon Crown Co. Ltd. · Pony Canyon Inc. · Pryaid Records · Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc. · Tokuma Japan Communications Co. Ltd. · Universal Music LLC · VAP Inc. · Victor Entertainment Inc.(Teichiku Entertainment Inc.) · Warner Music Japan Inc.This article about a Japanese record label is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.