, commonly known as King Records, is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is not owned by a multinational entity. The label's headquarters are in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The label's name is actually based from the now-defunct '' Kingu'' magazine published by Kodansha from 1924 to 1957.

Sub-labels

Its Starchild label, was managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialised in anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels

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and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, and MSX2 computers. On February 1, 2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative. Paddle Wheel Records is a division of King Record Co. You! Be Cool is the official sub-label for AKB48. Venus-B is the company's official urban music imprint. Evil Line Records is the label's new division, established in April 2014, and comprises artists like Momoiro Clover Z and

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, among others. Nexus is the label's division specialized for metal/underground music from Japan also overseas. Notable artists in it label are Earthshaker, etc. Seven Seas is the label's division focusing on world music from overseas artists in many genres.

Notable artists

Bolbbalgan4 Bolbbalgan4 (), also known as BOL4 or Blushing Youth, is a South Korean musical act formed by Shofar Music in 2016. They appeared on '' Superstar K6'' in 2014 before signing a contract with their current agency. BOL4 was originally a duo consistin ...

* Stomu Yamashta * Inoran *

Kana Uemura , known professionally as Ka-Na, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, who debuted in 2004. She is best known for her song "Toilet no Kamisama", an acoustic ballad about her grandmother, which became a hit in 2010. Biography Uemura first became int ...

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* Nogod *

Takeshi Terauchi , also known as Terry, was a Japanese instrumental rock guitarist. His preferred guitar was a black Mosrite with a white pickguard. His guitar sound was characterized by frenetic picking, heavy use of tremolo picking and frequent use of his gu ...

Miho Nakayama is a Japanese singer and actress. She is affiliated with Big Apple Co., Ltd. Nakayama is nicknamed , and sometimes uses the pseudonyms or when she writes the lyrics. Biography History Nakayama was born in Saku, Nagano, Japan. Following her ...

Hiroko Moriguchi (born June 13, 1968 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name is a female Japanese singer and tarento. Moriguchi is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc., where she also serves as Second Production Departme ...

* AKB48 (You, Be Cool!) * Morning Musume * Tomomi Itano * Atsuko Maeda *

Yuki Kashiwagi is a Japanese idol and singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and a former member of NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of T ...

( AKB48) * Momoland * Miss Monochrome * Aice5 (Evil Line) * Earphones (Evil Line) * Hypnosis Mic (Evil Line) * Otsuki Miyako * Momoiro Clover Z (Evil Line, formerly Starchild) *

(Evil Line) * Lynch. * Theatre Brook * Haruka Fukuhara *

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(Bellwood) *

Park Junyoung Park Junyoung (born 12 March 1982) is a South Korean singer from Busan who debuted in Japan in March 2012 with the single . Career Park was a member of two different K-pop bands in South Korea, but they both disbanded. He was subsequently sp ...

Hiroki Nanami Hiroki Nanami (七海ひろき, ''Nanami Hiroki'') is a Japanese actress, singer, voice actor, and former otokoyaku (male role) star of the Takarazuka Revue (2003–2019). Troupe History * 2003–2015, Cosmos Troupe * 2015–2019, Star Troup ...

Jan Linton Jan Linton is a British singer, musician and producer from Warrington who helped internationalise the music scene in Tokyo, Japan. Biography Jan Linton studied violin from the age of four, moving briefly onto piano, before discovering pop ...

(as dr jan guru) "Planet Japan" * Rock A Japonica (Evil Line) * Senri Kawaguchi *

Block B Block B ( ko, 블락비) is a South Korean boy band managed by KQ Entertainment, and consists of seven members: Taeil, B-Bomb, Jaehyo, U-Kwon, Park Kyung, Zico, and P.O. Block B has received several accolades, including nominations for seven ...

Yuki Uchida (born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s idol, model and singer. Biography Uchida was born in Tokyo. She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991. She began her career as a mod ...

* Nana Mizuki (King Amusement Creative) * Mamoru Miyano (King Amusement Creative) *

Suneohair is the performing name of Kenji Watanabe. He is best known for his contributions to the soundtrack of the anime adaptation of '' Honey & Clover'' and ''Honey and Clover II'', for which he provided the ending themes and . He has also provided th ...

(King Amusement Creative) * Ryoko Shiraishi (King Amusement Creative) *

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(King Amusement Creative) * Ai Nonaka (King Amusement Creative) * Yoko Takahashi (King Amusement Creative) * Soichiro Hoshi (King Amusement Creative) * Sumire Uesaka (King Amusement Creative) * Inori Minase (King Amusement Creative) * Shouta Aoi (King Amusement Creative) * Satomi Sato (King Amusement Creative) *

Yuuma Uchida is a Japanese voice actor and singer who works for Intention. His big roles have included Yuuma Kousaka in ''Gundam Build Fighters Try'', Nagisa Kiryū in '' Classroom Crisis'', Megumi Fushiguro in '' Jujutsu Kaisen'', Eishirō Yabuki in ''The ...

(King Amusement Creative) * Yui Horie (King Amusement Creative) *

Niji no Conquistador is a Japanese idol girl group formed in 2014. The group is themed around illustrating, cosplay, and voice acting. The group was originally managed by the illustration website Pixiv is a Japanese online community for artists. It was first l ...

(King Amusement Creative) * B2takes! (King Amusement Creative) *

Miho Okasaki is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Okayama Prefecture who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She debuted as a voice actress in 2017, playing mostly background roles in anime series, as well as playing some roles in a number of video game ...

(King Amusement Creative) * AMATSUKI

Former artists

* Alice Nine (2005-2010; to Tokuma Japan Communications) * CHAGE and ASKA (1985-1999; to Toshiba EMI) *

Eri Kitamura is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She was previously affiliated with Early Wing, but is now a freelancer. She is known for voicing prominent roles in anime such as and Sayaka Miki in '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Saya Otonashi in ''Bloo ...

(2011-2016; to TMS Music) * GFriend (2018-2021) *

Kagrra, was a Japanese visual kei folk rock band. They were originally signed to the now defunct Key Party Records under the name "Crow". The group changed its name when they signed to PS Company in 2000. History The band's major debut was in 2004 wit ...

* Masumi Asano *

Matenrou Opera is a Japanese visual kei power metal band. The band was formed in 2007 by Sono and Yuu who were previously the vocalist and drummer of Jeniva.

(to self-owned amairo records) * Mikako Komatsu (2012-2016; to Toy's Factory) * Megumi Hayashibara (1991-2019; freelance) *

Masami Okui is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Itami, Hyōgo. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. She ...

(1993-2004; to Geneon until 2011 when she signed with Lantis) * Michiyo Azusa * Minori Chihara (2004) *

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(2006-2011; Former overseas partner of Kamikaze) * Sound Horizon to Pony Canyon * the pillows (1994-2006; to avex trax) *

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(2005-2010; to

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TWO-MIX Two-Mix (temporarily known as II MIX⊿DELTA) is a Japanese pop duo formed in 1995 by Minami Takayama (vocals and composer) and Shiina Nagano (synthesizer, composer and lyricist). Their style is fast electronic pop. History They met in the earl ...

(1995-1998; to Warner Music Japan) * YuiKaori *

Yui Sakakibara is a Japanese voice actress, choreographer, dancer and singer from Hyōgo Prefecture.Doi, Hitoshi"Sakakibara Yui" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011. She appeared on Kōhaku Uta Gassen as background dancer behind ...

to 5pb. Records *

Yui Ogura is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Gunma Prefecture. Career In 2009, Ogura performed the motion capture for Hatsune Miku in the game '' Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA''. Ogura was a member of the Japanese idol duo YuiKaori with Kaori ...

(2012-2022; King Amusement Creative; to

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King Records Japan

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Venus-B
* {{Authority control 1931 establishments in Japan Bunkyō Mass media companies based in Tokyo IFPI members Japanese record labels Kodansha Pop record labels Record labels established in 1931

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Notable artists

Former artists

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