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, operating as Rising Production, is a Japanese talent agency. It largely works with musical talent, but has branched out in recent years to include
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s. The company came into prominence after the widespread successes of musical acts
Namie Amuro Namie Amuro ( ; ; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer. She rose to prominence as a Japanese idol, teen idol, and transitioned into a leading Pop music, pop artist due to her versatility across music styles and visual presentatio ...
,
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,
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and
Da Pump is a Japanese boy band made up of lead vocalist, Issa Hentona and MCs Ken Okumoto, Yukinari Tamaki and Shinobu Miyara. The band formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996. They made their debut on the Avex Trax subsidiary avex tune unde ...
in the mid to late 1990s.


History

Rising Production was founded by in
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in July 1985, with
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Yōko Oginome , married name , is a former pop idol, actress and voice actress, who gained popularity in the mid-1980s. Her fans often call her Oginome-chan. Her husband is Ryuso Tsujino. Career Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years ...
being the agency's first talent. Oginome's success led to Taira becoming a producer under the pseudonym . In the fall of 1986, 12-year-old Kaori Sakagami signed with Rising Production after being invited to an Oginome concert in
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. In 1991, the agency signed up-and-coming talent
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. In 1992, Rising Production formed a partnership with the
Okinawa Actors School is a school in Ginowan, Okinawa which has another branch in Osaka. It was founded in 1983 by Masayuki Makino who became the first principal of the school. Many of the school's former students became popular J-pop stars especially in the 1990s. ...
, which debuted the music group
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that year. Super Monkey's would later evolve into two separate acts:
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and
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.
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,
Da Pump is a Japanese boy band made up of lead vocalist, Issa Hentona and MCs Ken Okumoto, Yukinari Tamaki and Shinobu Miyara. The band formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996. They made their debut on the Avex Trax subsidiary avex tune unde ...
, Rina Chinen,
Daichi Miura is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer. He also directs his own concerts. He belongs to Rising Production and has a record contract with Avex. He is from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He has an official fan club called "Daichi ...
, and
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were also products of the partnership. In 2001, Taira was arrested for
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. During this time, Rising Production changed its name to on September 1. A year later during Taira's trial, the company renamed itself to . Taira served a 30-month prison sentence before returning to the company. In 2003, the agency ended its partnership with the Okinawa Actors School. In the fall of 2006, Vision Factory opened the website Vision Cast and the record label Rising Records. On December 11, 2014, the agency announced it would revert to its original name Rising Production. Rising Production has hosted several charity events to help victims of disasters such as the
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in 2011,
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in the
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in 2013, and the
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.


Representative list of notable present and past clients


Music


Solo

* Akina *
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* Asuka * Rina Chinen * Yumiko Fukuhara * Kenichi Fujikawa * Amika Hattan * Asuka Hinoi * Hitoe *
Eriko Imai is a Japanese pop singer, actress and politician. She made her debut in the early 1990s as part of the group Speed, which disbanded in March 2000. Eriko began her work away from Speed during 1998, performing "Tsumetaku Shinai de", under the sta ...
* Issa * Ryoko Kuninaka *
Daichi Miura is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer. He also directs his own concerts. He belongs to Rising Production and has a record contract with Avex. He is from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He has an official fan club called "Daichi ...
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Alisa Mizuki is a Japanese actress and singer. She began her career as a child model and gained attention for starring in commercials for Fujifilm, Fujicolor, among other brands, in the early 1990s. She released her debut single "Densetsu no Shōjo" in 199 ...
* Nobutoshi Nakamura *
Mariya Nishiuchi is a former Japanese model, actress, and singer-songwriter who is affiliated with Rising Production. She is the younger sister of model, actress, and BeForU member Hiromi Nishiuchi. Filmography TV series Films Discography Singles Maga ...
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Yōko Oginome , married name , is a former pop idol, actress and voice actress, who gained popularity in the mid-1980s. Her fans often call her Oginome-chan. Her husband is Ryuso Tsujino. Career Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years ...
*
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* Kaori Sakagami *
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Keita Tachibana , also known mononymously as Keita (stylized KEITA), is a Japanese singer and actor. Since 2000, he rose to fame as the lead vocalist from the boy band W-inds. During that time, he launched a solo career, and in 2012, has revitalized it again ...
* Airi Taira *
Nana Tanimura , is a Japanese pop singer. Background Tanimura was raised mainly in Osaka. She moved frequently between Osaka and Hawaii between the ages of 3 and 8, after which she also stayed for an extended period of time in Los Angeles. Tanimura was enr ...
* Takako Uehara


Bands and groups

* Ai-Sachi * AN-J * Asian2 * Aya & Chika from D&D * D-Loop * D&D *
Da Pump is a Japanese boy band made up of lead vocalist, Issa Hentona and MCs Ken Okumoto, Yukinari Tamaki and Shinobu Miyara. The band formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996. They made their debut on the Avex Trax subsidiary avex tune unde ...
*
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Flame A flame () is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction made in a thin zone. When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density, they are then considered plasm ...
* Folder *
Folder 5 Folder 5 (also spelled Folder5) (フォルダファイヴ ''Forudafaivu'') was a five-girl Japanese pop idol group on the Avex Trax music label. The group's music was known for its Eurobeat style. The band's music was produced by Takashi Kimur ...
* Fuwafuwa *
Hinoi Team was a Japanese female pop group formed around Asuka Hinoi with supporting members Keika Matsuoka, Hikaru Koyama, and Rina Takenaka. Most of their releases are covers of Eurobeat songs. Discography Ike Ike The Hinoi team's debut "Ike Ike ...
* Hipp's *
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MAX Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...
* Nakanomori Band * Ota Crew * Rockamenco *
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*
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* Vanilla Mood *
W-inds is a Japanese Pop music, pop boy band managed by Vision Factory and signed to the Pony Canyon label since 2000. The group consists of Ryohei Chiba and Keita Tachibana; Ryuichi Ogata left the group in 2020. Tachibana is the lead singer of the gr ...
* Zero


Others

*
Nao Asahi is a Japanese ''tarento'', actress, idol, and former fashion model. She is represented with Rising Production. Asahi is a member of the idol group Maintenance. She was a former member of the idol group Idoling!!! Asahi also appears regularly on ...
(Former
Idoling!!! was a Japanese TV show with an attached female idol group created by Fuji TV. The concept of the group was to watch as the girls grow as idols and experience various things. Idoling's main source of exposure was their TV show, which aired s ...
) *
Manami Higa is a Japanese actress. Her mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. She gained recognition as an actress when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the NHK Asadora ''Dondo Hare is a ...
(actress) *
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(actress)


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* {{Authority control Entertainment companies established in 1985 Japanese companies established in 1985 Japanese talent agencies Privately held companies of Japan Mass media companies based in Tokyo