is a

subsidiary A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidia ...

of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as

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and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where

Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...

operates the

RCA Victor RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic ...

label.

History

*April 1972: is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC. *September 30, 1982: JVC Musical Industries, Inc. is founded in the U.S. *February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as . *January 1990: JVC Musical Industries announces its first video game release will be '' Boulder Dash''. *October 30, 1991: JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. is founded. *April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Musical Industries merge and the name is changed to . *October 1, 1996:

Victor Interactive Software was a Japanese video game software publisher and developer, established on October 1, 1996 as a division of Victor Entertainment. Their first game was ''Fish Eyes'' and their last game was ''Fish Eyes 3''. Some of their games used the brand. H ...

takes over video game-related activities after Pack-In-Video is merged with Victor Entertainment. *May 1, 1997: JVC Musical Industries is renamed to JVC Music, Inc. *May 14, 1997: JVC Musical Industries Europe is renamed to JVC Music Europe, Ltd. *February 24, 1999: JVC Music, Inc. is dissolved *March 1999: Victor Entertainment's main office is moved. *March 31, 2003: Victor Interactive Software is acquired by

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and becomes Marvelous Interactive. *May 8, 2006: JVC Music Europe is dissolved. *April 2014: Victor Entertainment's corporate name is changed to JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation. *April 2024: JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment changed their corporate name back to Victor Entertainment, Inc.

Labels

Records

*AB-Victor France *Aosis Records *CJ Victor Entertainment (joint venture with

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of South Korea) * Colourful Records **ELA Music ( Kaela Kimura's label) **her (

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's label) *Cypress Showers *Getting Better *Globe Roots *Happy House *Hihirecords (for babies and kids) *Invitation *JVC Entertainment (production, artist managements, and overseas products) **Flying Dog (animation-related products) *FlyingStar Records (formerly BabeStar Label) **rookiestar *JVC Jazz *JVC World Sounds *Mob Squad ( Dragon Ash Private Label) *Nafin *Speedstar International *Speedstar Records *Taishita (Southern All Stars Private Label, joint venture with Amuse, Inc.) *Victor *Zen (Japanese sub-label of Victor)

Distribution

* 3CG Records * AI Entertainment (a division of

Mnet Media Stone Music Entertainment (Hangul: 스톤 뮤직 엔터테인먼트), is a South Korean music distribution company under CJ ENM, as part of a partnership with the music streaming store Genie Music since 2021. It was one of the largest co-publish ...

's FNC Music, co-distributed with Warner Music Japan) *Bad News * D-topia Entertainment *Daipro-X *Marquee, Inc. *

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* Revolver Music *Substance * Teichiku Entertainment (Subsidiary of Victor Entertainment until 2015.) **BAIDIS ** Be-tam-ing **Continental **Imperial Records **Imperial International **KIDSDOM (Animation Related Label) ** MONAD ( Haruomi Hosono Private Label) ** Non-Standard (Haruomi Hosono Produce Label) **Overseas Records **PROGRAM ( Katsumi Tanaka Private Label ~2000) ** TOHO Records (Master Rights Only) **Takumi Note ** Teichiku Records **TMC Music ***246 Records **Union Records ***Union Black Records *WHD Entertainment Inc. (

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between WOWOW, Horipro and Disk Garage)

Video

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*GAGA Communications *MediaNet Pictures *SPO Entertainment * TBS Video

Major artists

Listed alphabetically by group or first name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).

* Atarashii Gakko! (Also under 88rising) * 9nine (2009–2010) * Alexandra Stan * Akino Arai (flying DOG) * AKINO from bless4 (flying DOG) *

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* Alesha Dixon *

ALI PROJECT Ali Project (typeset as ALI PROJECT) is a Japanese rock band with a strong Japanese aristocrat-style image, consisting of and . The band's work is divided into two styles, which lead singer/lyricist Arika Takarano has termed for the band's ...

(flying DOG) *

Amorphis Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...

* Angra * AZKi * Batten Showjo Tai (Colourful Records) * The Back Horn *

The Bawdies The Bawdies is a Japanese rock band signed to the Seez Records label and the Getting Better sub-label of Victor Entertainment. The band is heavily influenced by 1950s-1960s beat music and early Rhythm and blues, rhythm & blues styles of music. B ...

(Victor/Getting Better) * Billlie (Japan only) * Blessed By A Broken Heart *

Buck-Tick Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The classic lineup of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drum ...

(1987–1996; 2016–present under their vanity label Lingua Sounda) * Chanmina (2016–2017) (Warner Music Japan 2018–present) * Chiaki Ishikawa (flying DOG) * CNBLUE ( AI Ent./Victor) – left Victor for Warner * Cocco * Cravity (Japan only) * Cross Vein *cymbals * D (CJ Victor) * Daigo☆Stardust * Death from Above 1979 (Japanese distribution rights) *Dew * Doll$Boxx * Dragon Ash (Mob Squad/Victor) * FictionJunction (flying DOG) ** FictionJunction YUUKA (flying DOG) *

Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas is a Japanese electronicore band from Kobe that was formed in summer 2008. The band currently consists of vocalist So, keyboardist Minami, guitarist Taiki, drummer Tomonori, and bassist Tetsuya. They are best known for their heavy use of vocod ...

* Fuki Commune *

Gacharic Spin Gacharic Spin is a Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 2009. Initially releasing music independently, they later signed with Victor Entertainment then Nippon Crown. Known for their flamboyant, aggressive performances, they have toured Japa ...

*Gari * Going Under Ground * Guniw Tools * Hanson (Japan only) * Maia Hirasawa (Japan only) * Leo Ieiri (Colourful Records) * Impellitteri *IVVY * Hiromi Iwasaki * Jero * Junko Sakurada * Kaela Kimura (2013–present) * Kigurumi **Kei (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.) **Miki (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.) ** Rena *

Kelly Sweet Kelly Melissa Sweet (born March 29, 1988), known professionally as Haliene (; stylized all caps), is an American singer of electropop and electronic dance music. She is known for her vocal collaborations with EDM artists Armin van Buuren, Seve ...

* Kigurumichiko **Rena (Kigurumi) ** Michiko Shimizu * Kiko Loureiro *

Kiroro is a Japanese pop duo from Yomitan, Okinawa that debuted in 1996. History Kiroro debuted in 1996 as an independent band, and later made their major debut in 1998 with the song "". They performed on ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' in 1998, 1999 and 2001. ...

* Kitaro * Kokia * Kyōko Koizumi * Kyūso Nekokami * Leah Dizon * Lisa Komine (flying DOG) *Liv Moon * Lovebites * Love Psychedelico * Lovely Summer Chan

* Lunkhead *

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(flying DOG) *

Mamamoo Mamamoo (; commonly stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed and managed by RBW (company), RBW. The group is composed of four members: Solar (singer), Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa. Known for their strong live vocals, Harm ...

(Japan only) * Mariko Takahashi *Masumi * Matt Bianco * May'n (flying DOG) *

Megumi Nakajima is a Japanese voice actress and singer, who is affiliated with Stay Luck. In 2003, she joined the talent agency Stardust Promotion after passing their audition. Later, in 2007, she debuted as a voice actress and singer after passing an auditi ...

(flying DOG) * Merry *

Miho Hatori is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician. She is best known as a solo artist, co-founder of New York City band Cibo Matto, and as the first person to provide the voice of Noodle in the virtual band Gorillaz, as well as for her work with ...

* Mika Arisaka *

Miki Matsubara was a Japanese singer, songwriter, and television personality from Kishiwada, Osaka. She participated in the opening and ending theme songs of the TV anime '' Gu-Gu Ganmo'' under the name "Suzie Matsubara". Her 1979 debut song " Mayonaka no D ...

(1987–1989) * Minmi * Miz * Nano (flying DOG) * never young beach * Noriko Sakai (1987–2009) *

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* Orange Range (2012–, Spice Records/Super Echo Label/Speedstar Records) * ONF (Japan only) *

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* PIG * Pink Lady * Plastic Tree (CJ Victor) * Purple Kiss (Japan only) * Quruli * Remioromen * Reol *

Rimi Natsukawa is a Japanese singer. She is best known for her 2001 single " Nada Sōsō." Childhood Natsukawa was born in Ishigaki, the largest city in the Yaeyama Islands chain. From a young age she enjoyed singing, and wanted to be a singer after heari ...

*ROMEO ( Park Jung Min ,

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) * ROUND TABLE featuring Nino (flying DOG) * Rurika Yokoyama (CJ Victor) * Sakanaction * savage genius (flying DOG) * Sayuri Yoshinaga *

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(her) * See-Saw (flying DOG) * Sung Si-kyung *

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* Shunsuke Kiyokiba (former EXILE vocalist that was signed under Avex) * SikTh – Japan only * Silent Descent * SMAP ** Masahiro Nakai ** Kimura Takuya ** Goro Inagaki (also goes by &G) ** Tsuyoshi Kusanagi **

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* Steve Barakatt * Supergroupies * Sweet Vacation **

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(solo and duet releases with SMAP member

) **

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/Kuwata Band ** Hiroshi Matsuda **

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** * Tokino Sora * Toy-Box *Traffic Light. (MeseMoa.'s sub-group) * UA *

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(CJ Victor) * Wonho (Japan only) *

Yoko Kanno is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer of soundtracks for anime series, Video game, video games, Japanese television drama, television dramas and movies. She has written scores for ''Cowboy Bebop'', ''Terror in Resonance'', ''Gho ...

(flying DOG) *

Yuki Kajiura is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as ''Sword Art Online'', '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', '' Fate/Zero'', ''The Garden of Sinners'', '' Pandora Hearts'', and ...

(flying DOG) * Yukio Hashi * Zardonic * Sambomaster

Video games

;Victor Music/Ent. ;Victor/JVC Music ;JVC Music Europe

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