Being Incorporated, d.b.a. Being Giza Group, is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by musician Daiko Nagato. Being Inc. and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of

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for the

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series ''

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''. As of May 2011, 77 theme tunes have been supplied to the anime by Being Inc.

Labels

Nowadays production-based record company are no longer a rare thing, however Being has established a dedicated record company and label in quick succession since 1991. Label companies under the label companies that are part of Being Inc. are also subsequently owned by Being Inc. It includes indies labels as well.

Independent labels

*Zain Records (1991,previously named as B.Jin) *VERMILLION RECORDS (1992, previously named as BMG ROOMS) - formerly a joint venture with

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(now Sony Music Entertainment Japan) *

Giza Studio is a Japanese record label. The Giza Studio started as an indie label in the late 1990s under the name Garage Indies Zapping Association, but soon Being Inc. bought it as their sister label company. Giza Studio is located in Osaka, Japan and ...

(1999) *B.Gram-Records (1991) - formerly a joint venture with Nippon PolyGram (now

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) *NORTHERN MUSIC (2007) *O-TOWN Jazz (2012, previously named as Giza Jazz) *D-Go (2012) *Being (2012)

Indies labels

*Tent House(1999) *zazzy(2005) *magnifique(2008) *CRIMZON (2014) *Honey Bee Records (2016)

Former labels

*Amemura-O-Town Record (1997) *BERG (1999) *pure:infinity (2010) *Styling Records (2003) *DAY TRACK (2003)

Artists

Other subsidiaries

Being Inc. owns the acting agent and talent management company White Dream.

Controversy

In June 2001, Being and its subsidiary B+U+M (now merged into Vermillion Records) was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income. They were acquitted after the investigation.

Creators

A large number of songwriters, composers and arrangers have enrolled at Being, Inc. Being, Inc.'s official website has listed in alphabetical order Being's Music Creators.Being Creators list (in Japanese) http://beingcreators.net/

Songwriters

Azuki Nana (born July 26, 1974) is a Japanese musical lyricist and keyboardist under Giza Studio label. She is a former member of the Japanese pop band Garnet Crow, primarily as the lead songwriter and keyboardist. Biography Since she was 4, and until sh ...

(ex.

Garnet Crow Garnet Crow (stylized as GARNET CROW) was a Japanese pop/rock band formed in 1999 and associated with the Giza Studio record label. Members include Yuri Nakamura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Nana Azuki, and Hirohito Furui, with Nakamura leading on vocals. ...

) *Uesugi Show (ex.

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) *

Koshi Inaba (born September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama) is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a su ...

( B'z) *

Maki Ohguro is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido under B-Gram Records label. Biography In 1989, she passed Being Inc.'s singers audition, the "3rd BAD". In 1992, she debuted with the single "Stop Motion" released under B-Gram ...

*U-ka Saegusa (ex.

U-ka Saegusa in dB was a Japanese pop rock band formed in Osaka in 2002. The band consists of lead vocalist U-ka Saegusa, lead guitarist Yūichirō Iwai, lead bassist Taku Ōyabu, and drummer Keisuke Kurumatani. Signed to Giza Studio, the band released four studio ...

) *

Miho Komatsu is a former Japanese singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan, Komatsu began her career as a songwriter, writing "Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai" for Field of View. In May 1997, she released her debut single " Nazo", which serve ...

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Zard were a Japanese pop rock group, originally with five members, with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as its only constant member. Zard's work was sold under the record label B-Gram Records, Inc. Their most popular and successful songs are , , and " M ...

) * Daria Kawashima * Nobuteru Maeda (

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) *ROCKAKU (the creator of Being Inc., Daikou Nagato, using a pseudonym) *Mami Miyoshi ( Rumania Montevideo)

Composers

Hiroshi Asai (born 26 April 1978) is a Japanese arranger, musician and composer for the Giza Studio label. He is a former member of band ''The★tambourines''. Since 2012 he is a member of the instrumental band ''Sensation''.First headline news"Opened home ...

(ex.

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, Sensation) *

( B'z) *

*Naoki Uzumoto (ex. DEEN) *

Hitoshi Okamoto is a Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger and the former member of the J-pop band Garnet Crow in years 1999-2013, as well as some of his own solo releases. Biography Since the release of Okamoto's 2010 solo album "Now Printing...", he has used ...

(ex.

) *

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* Shinichirou Ohta ( Doa (Japanese band), doa) * Daria Kawashima * Masazumi Ozawa (ex. Pamelah) *Kouji Gotou (

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) * Seiichirou Kuribayashi *

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Akihito Tokunaga (born 22 September 1971) is a Japanese musical composer and arranger under Giza Studio label since 2000. Biography Since college he worked as orchestrator, then start working as a bassist. For artists as Zard, Mai Kuraki, B'z and many others ...

( doa) *Yoshio Tatano *Hiroshi Terao *

Tak Matsumoto is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist and main composer of the Rock music, rock duo B'z, the List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling music act in their native Japan. He also ...

( B'z) *

Yuri Nakamura is a Japanese actress and former singer. Her real name is or Woori Song (). Biography Nakamura's father was a third-generation Japanese man and her mother was Korean and held citizenship in both South Korea and Japan. Nakamura, like many other ...

(ex.

) *

Makoto Miyoshi is a Japanese musical composer and arranger under Giza Studio label from 1998 till 2007. In 2019, through social network he announced resume of music activities. Biography *He started playing on guitar during his high school days. He worked on ...

( Rumania Montevideo)

Arrangers

Hirohito Furui is a Japanese musical arranger and keyboardist in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label Giza Studio. In years 1999-2013 he was part of Japanese band Garnet Crow as arranger. In March 2018, he launched his own band project ''Again'', ho ...

(ex.

) *

(ex.Garnet Crow) * Yoshinobu Ohga (Sensation) *

( doa (Japanese band)) * Masazumi Ozawa (ex.Pamelah) *

Masao Akashi is a Japanese musical arranger in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label B-Gram Records. In 1988, he debuted as arranger in debut single "Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite" by Japanese hard-rock band B'z. Until 1998 his arrangement work has b ...

Daisuke Ikeda (arranger) is a Japanese musical arranger and keyboardist in distributors Being Inc. Biography In 1990s Ikeda entered to Being Inc. agency where he provided arrangement and strings arrangement for several of famous artist including Zard, Deen, Field of ...

Takeshi Hayama is a Japanese musical arranger and guitarist under Being Inc. records. Biography In 1978, he debuted with his own blues band under Trio Records. In 1990s he entered to Being recording agency. Takeshi becomes the main arranger of Japanese s ...

*Satoru Kobayashi *Koji Gotou

References

External links

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