is a Japanese

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headquartered in Ebisu,

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. It was founded in 1994 and focuses on talent management for

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and ''

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Overview

The primary talents the agency holds are free announcers, casters and reporters. The company holds a subsidiary talent agency, Sprout Co., Ltd, which focuses on talent management for students at a college level. Sprout was formerly a part of cent. Force until 2012, when the agency split to become a subsidiary. In 2016, the company extended operations with a new branch in the

Kansai region The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropol ...

Notable talents

Tarento/Casters

* Elina Arai * Maki Okazoe * Aiko Kaitou *

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(former

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) *

Mitsuyo Kusano is a female Japanese TV presenter and news anchor. She once served as an announcer for NHK and as one of the masters of ceremony for the annual ''Kohaku Uta Gassen is the Japanese word for amber. Kohaku (琥珀) may refer to: Music * Koh ...

(former

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, TBS) *

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(former badminton player) *

Aya Shibata is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She was a member of SKE48's Team E. She started her career as an announcer after graduation from SKE48. Career Shibata passed SKE48's 4th generation auditions in September 2010. Her au ...

(former

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) * Mai Shinuchi (former

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) * Mika Sugisaki (former SBC) * Junko Yaginuma *

Marie Yanaka is a Japanese news caster, commentator, journalist and the 2011 winner of the Miss Nippon ("Miss Japan" in Japanese) beauty pageant. She graduated from the faculty of law at Keio University. Biography Yanaka spent much of her youth with her f ...

Others

Kei Igarashi Kei Igarashi (五十嵐圭、born May 7, 1980 in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League. He also was a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing f ...

(basketball player) * Takashi Usami (association football player) * Tatsuya Masushima (association football player) *

Mana Iwabuchi is a Japanese former professional Association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward or attacking midfielder. She was most recently with Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur and has previously played f ...

(association football player) *

Ayane Kurihara is a Japanese former badminton player. She began playing badminton at age 9, and played competitively from then on. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19. Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's double ...

(badminton player)

References

External links

Official website
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