is a Japanese

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headquartered in

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. It was founded in 1997 and focuses on talent management for

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and ''

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in the United States were descri ...

''. Cube also provides music, theater and other entertainment production services. The company also operates in

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as another agency called . In January 2020, one of the agency's talents,

Ikimono-gakari The romanization of the group's name does not have the hyphen according to Sony's websites for their albums. is a Japanese pop rock duo from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan consisting of Yoshiki Mizuno and Kiyoe Yoshioka. The group started in Februa ...

's guitarist, Yamashita was reported by entertainment tabloid magazine ''Friday'' for non-consensual advances on a woman. The president of Cube, Hiryoyuki Kitamaki made a statement regarding the news, declining all accusations made by the entertainment tabloid magazine as non factual.

Notable talents

Male

Under Cube Inc.

* Kenji Ebisawa * Ken'ya Ōsumi *

Ryō Katō is a Japanese actor and ''tarento''. He graduated from the Department of Moving Images and Performing Arts in the Faculty of Art and Communication at Tama Art University. He is represented with Cube (talent agency), Cube. Biography In 2000, Kat ...

* Ryuji Kamiyama *

Yūji Kishi is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He had his acting debut in the 1996 ''Super Sentai'' series, ''Gekisou Sentai Carranger'', as Kyosuke Jinnai/Red Racer Since then, he has become a very prominent voice actor in both anime and video games. He ...

* Nobuo Kyo *

Ryosei Konishi is a Japanese actor and voice actor. Until January 19, 2007, he was known by his birth name. He belonged to Stardust Promotion until the end of May 2015. He is best known for portraying Kouga Saejima/GARO, the title character from the Japanese ...

* Kong Kuwata *

Satoshi Hashimoto is a Japanese actor and voice actor currently affiliated with the Cube. Inc voice actor agency. Hashimoto is noted for his roles as Terry Bogard and Kim Kaphwan in the ''Fatal Fury'', '' Capcom vs. SNK'' and '' King of Fighters'' fighting game ...

Naohito Fujiki is a Japanese actor and singer. Filmography Television * ''Happy Mania'' (1998) * ''Nanisama!'' (1998) * ''Great Teacher Onizuka (1998) ** ''GTO Revival'' (2024) * ''Oni No Sumika'' (1999) * ''P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei'' (1999) * ''Nurse No Osh ...

* Kunio Murai *

Kentarō Ōtani is a Japanese film director. Filmography *''Avec mon mari'' (1999) *''Travail (film), Travail'' (2002) *''Nana (2005 film), Nana'' (2005) *''Rough (manga), Rough'' (2006) *''Nana 2'' (2006) *''Runway Beat'' (2011) *''Black Butler (film), Black ...

Under Ricomotion inc.

Katsuhisa Namase is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence. S ...

Arata Furuta is a Japanese theatre and film character actor. Biography Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to '' bushi'' in period drama roles, and even women. He works with the theatrical troupe called Otona Keikaku and of ...

Atsushi Yamanishi is a Japanese actor represented by Ricomotion. Filmography TV series Films Video games References External links

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Female

Under Cube Inc.

* Noriko Nakagoshi * First Summer Uika

Under Ricomotion inc.

Akoya Sogi is a Japanese voice actress currently associated with the Ricomotion voice actor agency. Sogi is noted for her role as Mai Shiranui in the ''Fatal Fury,'' '' Capcom vs. SNK'' and '' King of Fighters'' fighting game series (which she also revoice ...

Musicians

Junna Junna Sakai (境純菜 ''Sakai Junna,'' born November 2, 2000), better known by her stage name JUNNA (じゅんな), is a Japanese singer managed by Cube Inc. and signed to FlyingDog. Career JUNNA made her singing career debut as the singing ...

* Tokyo Performance Doll * The Mass Missile * ManaKana

Former talents

References

External links

Cube Official website

Ricomotion Official website
{{Authority control Mass media companies established in 1997 Entertainment companies of Japan Talent agencies based in Tokyo Mass media companies based in Tokyo Japanese companies established in 1997 Japanese talent agencies