JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment
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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 | 17.3 billion 85 million Yen (Fiscal year ended March 2014) |
Owner | JVC Kenwood |
Number of employees | 400 (as of July 2017) |
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.
Contents
1 History
2 Labels
2.1 Records
2.2 Distribution
2.3 Video
3 Major artists
4 See also
5 External links
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).
- Nujabes
9nine (2009–2010)- Alexandra Stan
Akino Arai (flying DOG)
AKINO from bless4 (flying DOG)- Anthem
- Alesha Dixon
ALI PROJECT (flying DOG)- Amorphis
- Angra
Batten Showjo Tai (Colourful Records)- 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
- Doll$Boxx
Dragon Ash (Mob Squad/Victor)
FictionJunction (flying DOG)
FictionJunction YUUKA (flying DOG)
- Gacharic Spin
- Gari
- Going Under Ground
- Guniw Tools
Hanson (Japan only)
Maia Hirasawa (Japan only)
Leo Ieiri (Colourful Records)- 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
- Lovebites
- 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 (1987—2009)
Orange Range (2012—, Spice Records/Super Echo Label/Speedstar Records)- ONF
- 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)- Sung Si-kyung
- 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
- Toy-Box
- Traffic Light. (MeseMoa.'s sub-group)
- UA
VIXX (CJ Victor)
Yoko Kanno (flying DOG)
Yuki Kajiura (flying DOG)- Yukio Hashi
- Zardonic
See also
- Subsidiaries of JVC Kenwood
EF Johnson Technologies - Multi-Band portable radio company
ZETRON - provider of mission-critical communication solutions
External links
(in Japanese) Victor Entertainment