is a leading Japanese

talent agency A talent agency is a company that represents actors, authors, musicians, model (person), models, professional athlete, athletes, writers, dancers, and other professionals in various industries. Talent agencies specialize, either by creating dep ...

, headquartered in

Shibuya is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in Tokyo, Japan. A major commercial center, Shibuya houses one of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shibuya Station. As of January 1, 2024, Shibuya Ward has an estimated population of 230,60 ...

, Tokyo. It was founded in 1979 and invests in entertainment forms including music, cinema, and modelling. The agency has a dominant share in the management of actresses. For example, it had managed Yūko Takeuchi (best known for the movie '' Be with You'') and

Kō Shibasaki is a Japanese actress and singer who has performed in television shows, movies, and commercials. She is managed by Stardust Promotion. Biography Acting career Ko (also transcribed Kou and Koh) Shibasaki debuted in 2000, when she portrayed Mitsu ...

('' Socrates in Love''). The agency is known for its all-female musical groups such as

Momoiro Clover Z is a Japanese idol girl group, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or . The four members of MCZ are known for energetic performances, incorporating elements of ballet, gymnastics, and action movies. MCZ is notable for being the first female group to ho ...

Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is a Japanese female Japanese idol, idol group. The group's name is officially shortened to . The group was created by 3B Junior, the third section of the talent agency Stardust Promotion. Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is considered a "little sister" g ...

, and all-male musical groups such as Bullet Train, Dish and also has its own independent record label SDR (Stardust Records). In 2009, Stardust Promotion opened a branch in

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. In addition to the head office in Tokyo, Stardust Promotion has offices in

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, in

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, and since lately in

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. The agency has recently started to put an emphasis on local talents and created several local idol groups, namely Team Syachihoko (in

) and Tacoyaki Rainbow (in

Current notable roster

Actors

* Hayato Ichihara * Asaya Kimijima * Naruki Matsukawa * Kenji Mizuhashi *

Win Morisaki is a Burmese actor. He was the lead vocalist of PrizmaX, a J-pop idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and Myanmar, as well as in the American film ''Ready Player One (film), Ready Player One'' (2018).Eleven Medi ...

* Taiga Nakano * Kippei Shiina * Seiyō Uchino *

Atsuro Watabe is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Watabe debuted as an actor on television in 1991 with the drama ''Seishun no mon''. He won awards of excellence in the best actor and new face categories at the 19th Japan Academy Prize i ...

Takayuki Yamada is a Japanese actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for his role as Sakutaro Matsumoto in TV drama ''Socrates in Love'' and as Densha Otoko in the Densha Otoko (film), 2005 film of the same name. Yamada gained international popularity th ...

Kento Yamazaki is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for starring in manga adaptations, including the films '' L DK'' (2014), '' Orange'' (2015), ''Your Lie in April'' (2016), '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I'' (2017), ...

* Tsuyoshi Furukawa * Taishi Nakagawa * Takumi Kitamura * Mizuki Itagaki * Kanata Hongō * Hiroki Ino *

Ryusei Yokohama is a Japanese actor, model, and former singer. He is best known for playing the role of the pink-haired Yuri Kyohei in the 2019 romantic comedy drama ''A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love'', as well as List of Ressha Sentai ToQger chara ...

* Kousei Yuki *Sho Kiyohara * Munetaka Aoki * Masashi Goda * Gaku Hamada * Kai-Riki (Keita Riki) * Kento Hayashi * Takuji Kawakubo *

Masataka Kubota is a Japanese actor. History Kubota was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is the youngest of three male brothers. He hoped to become a vehicle mechanic and enrolled in the mechanical department of Kanagawa Technical Senior High School. While Kub ...

Riki Miura is a Japanese actor from Hiroshima Prefecture. Miura made his acting debut in 2005. His first major role has been as Gou Fukami/Geki Violet in '' Juken Sentai Gekiranger''. He announced on March 10, 2018 that he will retire from the entertainmen ...

Masaki Okada is a Japanese actor. Personal life On November 19, 2024, Okada and actress Mitsuki Takahata jointly announced through the media that they are getting married. Filmography Films * ''The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locke ...

Kazuma Sano is a Japanese actor. Sano is represented with Stardust Promotion's Section 3. Biography While he was in his third-year junior high school, Sano was scouted in Shibuya Station. He is a former member of Stardust Promotion's young actor dance uni ...

* Taishi Nakagawa *

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* ...

* Koutaro Tanaka * Satoshi Tomiura * Yūya Yagira * Daiken Okudaira * Yuto Fuchino * Jyutaro Yamanaka

Actresses

Wakana Aoi is a Japanese actress and former singer. In March 2017, she landed the lead role in NHK's 97th Asadora, '' Laugh It Up!'', which aired from October 2017 to March 2018. Career 2009–2012: Early career Aoi was scouted in Harajuku, Tokyo, in her ...

* Shiori Akita *

Tsubasa Honda is a Japanese actress and model. Career In mid-2006, Honda entered the entertainment industry after being scouted by seven different people on the same day. She then debuted as an exclusive model for the magazine '' Seventeen'' in the same year. ...

* Rika Izumi * Hairi Katagiri *

Yasuko Matsuyuki is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion. History Yasuko Matsuyuki was born in 1972 in Tosu, Saga. She has two younger brothers. One is , who is also an actor, and the other is Yo Matsuyuki who is a rock singer. In 1989, ...

* Rie Mimura * Aoi Morikawa * Yumi Morio * Mei Nagano * Yurika Nakamura * Maki Sakai * Takako Tokiwa * Moe Yamaguchi * Momoka Tanabe * Hikaru Ohsawa *

Rin Takanashi is a Japanese actress. Career Takanashi starred in the 2007 film adaptation of the Japanese novel ''Goth (novel), Goth'' as one of the lead characters, Yoru Morino. She starred in the 2009 Super Sentai series ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' as on ...

Chihiro Yamamoto is a Japanese actress, who has played in various Tokusatsu series. Her prominent role in the Ultra Series is Laiha Toba of ''Ultraman Geed is a Japanese tokusatsu drama produced by Tsuburaya Productions and the 22nd entry (31st overall) to th ...

Yuko Araki is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Her most notable works are films '' Our Meal for Tomorrow'' (2017), '' Anoko no Toriko'' (2018), ''See Hear Love'' (2023), '' Once Upon a Crime'' (2023), and '' Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General'' ( ...

* Fumina Hara * Akari Hayami (former Momoiro Clover) * Mika Hijii * Yuka Hoshaku * Kaho * Keiko Kitagawa * Nana Komatsu * Rina Komiyama * Yuki Sakurai * Minori Hagiwara * Takayo Mimura * Yuika Motokariya * Runa Natsui * Erika Okuda *

Aya Ōmasa is a Japanese model and actress. Career Omasa co-starred with Shōta Sometani in Natsuki Seta's 2010 film ''A Liar and a Broken Girl''. She appeared in the 2011 film '' Paradise Kiss''. Filmography Films TV dramas * '' Tokyo Girl'' Episode ...

* Phongchi (former Idoling!!!) * Megumi Sato * Megumi Seki *

* Kyoka Shibata * Shiho * Yuko Takayama * Miori Takimoto (former

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) * Yuuka Yano * Asuka Kishi

Voiceover talent

* Hiromu Mineta

Models

* Yūki Mihara * Anri Okamoto * Rie * Rinka * Shelly * Arisa Sato * Shiori Sato * Emi Suzuki * Karen Takizawa * Kai-Riki

Musical artists

* Bullet Train * Dish *

Kenichi Maeyamada , also known as , is a Japanese composer, lyricist, and musician. His primary work is composing anime theme songs and for J-pop musicians. He contracts through Supalove, a Japanese record label. He has released a number of anime and video game mu ...

* Vaundy *

Hinata Kashiwagi is a Japanese singer, and a former member of the female idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku. Discography : : ''See Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, § "Discography" for releases with Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.'' Albums # 1/24 (Scheduled for March 27 ...

(singer, former

) *

Cent Chihiro Chittiii , also known as Cent (stylized in all caps) and , is a Japanese singer, idol and actor. She is a former member of the idol group Bish. She released her debut solo album, ''Per→cent→age'', in August 2023. Career From mid 2014 to early 2015, C ...

(former

BiSH Bish, stylized as BiSH, was a Japanese alternative idol girl group who was founded in 2015 by their manager Junnosuke Watanabe. The group was conceived as a successor to Bis, an idol group managed by Watanabe that disbanded in 2014. They dis ...

)

STAR PLANET talents

(

Kanako Momota is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Stardust Promotion. She is best known as the leader of the girl group Momoiro Clover Z. She has also provided the Japanese dub for Shuri (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic ...

Shiori Tamai is a Japanese singer who is a member of the girl group Momoiro Clover Z. As of December 2022, she was voice acting in the Nippon Television series '' Akumu-chan'' as a personage from the dreams of Keiko Kitagawa's character. Personal life T ...

, Ayaka Sasaki,

Reni Takagi is a Japanese idol and a member of the girl group Momoiro Clover Z. She is the former leader of the group, before leadership was passed to Kanako Momota, and her signature color in the group is purple. Takagi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture ...

) *

( Rika Mayama, Ayaka Yasumoto, Mirei Hoshina, Kaho Kobayashi, Riko Nakayama, Cocona Sakuragi, Yuno Kokubo, Nonoka Kazami, Ema Sakurai, Yuna Nakamura) * TEAM SHACHI (Honoka Akimoto, Nao Sakura, Yuzuki Ōguro, Haruna Sakamoto) * Batten Shōjo Tai(''BATTEN GIRLS'') (Ai Kiyama, Riko Ueda, Kiina Haruno, Sakura Seta, Rirua Aoi, Miyu Yanagi) * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu (Kanami Tsujino, Julia An, Hitoka Sakai, Haruka Koizumi, Aki Suda, Hiyori Yoshikawa) * AMEFURASSHI (Aira, Yuduki Ichikawa, Hana Kojima, Moeka Suzuki) *

Iginari Tohoku San Iginari Tohoku San (いぎなり東北産, stylized in English as MADE IN TOHOKU) is a Japanese girl Japanese idol, idol group, formed by Stardust Promotion in August 2015. The group is based in Tōhoku region, Tohoku Region and is managed by Sta ...

(''MADE IN TOHOKU'') (Karen Tachibana, Hikaru Ritsuki, Rine Kitami, Waka Yasumori, Shinju Kichise, Hinano Sakura, Miu Fujitani, Kaaya Date, Yuna Haduki) * ukka (Riju Murahoshi, Sora Akane, Moa Serizawa, Rina Yūki, Ruri Aoi, Yū Miyazawa, Koharu Wakana) *

CROWN POP Crown Pop (stylized as CROWN POP) is a Japanese girl idol group belonging to Section 2 of the talent agency Stardust Promotion. As of late 2018, it is formed of five members: , , , Airi Fujita, and Mia Yuzuki. The band's nickname is Kurapo. The ...

(Rina, Ibuki Mita, Saho Tanaka, Airi Fujita, Mia Yuduki) *Namie Joshihatsu Kumiai(''Joshihatsu Association Namie; JA Namie'') ( Ayaka Sasaki, Luna Naitō, Kana Harima, Saho Tanaka, Mia Yuduki, Moana Chihama, Nanoha Aoyama) *STAPLA Kenkyusei (a female trainee group under STARDUST PLANET) (Mizuki Yasui, Moana Chihama, Miu Kurosaka, Ruri Shiraishi, Riri Takatsuki, Rinna Shimada, Yū Watanabe, Miumi Nishimura, Aya shirahama, Nanoha Aoyama, Mai Harada, Juri Suzue)

Others

* Momoyo Koyama (voice actress) *

Takahiro Miki is a Japanese film director, film, television director, television and music video director. Works Films TV series *''Dragon Seinendan'' (2012) *''Irodorihimura'' (2012, episode 4) *''My Undead Yokai Girlfriend'' (2024) Music videos *"Tomorr ...

(film director) * Maki Miyamae (

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 ...

, former

CoCo Coco or variants may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Coco'' (2009 film), a French comedy film * ''Coco'' (2017 film), an American animated fantasy film * '' Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle'' (), a 2020 Japanese anime film ...

) *

Orange Range is a Japanese rock band known for their strong Okinawan identity. Formed in 2001, the band began with Spice Music and later signed with Sony Music Japan's gr8! records division in 2003. The band left gr8! records in 2010 to start their own ...

(rock band) * K (singer) *Kei ( Boys Planet contestant) *

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(singer) * Flower Flower (rock band) * Yui (singer) * Brother Tom * Yurina Uchiyama (voice actress)

Former Stardust Promotion artists

Artists, managed by Stardust Promotion in the past.

Female

Tomoko Akiya is a Japanese voice actress and former model. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the ''Ojamajo Doremi'' series, and Suzume Mizuno in ''Zatch Bell!''. Career Prior to voice acting, Akiya had been a model. Filmography Anime * ...

(voice actress) *

Momoka Ariyasu is a Japanese singer and photographer, as well as a former idol and child actress. She is best known as a former member of the all-girl musical group Momoiro Clover Z, in which her signature color was green. Biography Ariyasu was born in Ky ...

(singer, former

) * Anza (singer) *

Miori Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and former member of Japanese idol groups AKB48 and NMB48. She is known for her "Fresh Lemon" character and is the Hiroshima Lemon Ambassador since 2014. Biography Ichikawa debuted in the entertainment industry under Sta ...

(tarento, former

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...

and

NMB48 NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is based ...

) * Aiko Itō (actress) * Keiko Utoku (singer) * Anna Umemiya (model) * Ayumi Oka (actress) * Yukina Kashiwa (actress, former Momoiro Clover and

Nogizaka46 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the "official rival" of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46), Yoshim ...

) * Mayu Gamō (actress) * Aya Kiguchi (gravure idol) * Ayumi Kinoshita (actress) *

Haruna Kojima is a Japanese entrepreneur, actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A. In 2018, she founded her own brand, "Her lip to". Career Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Pref ...

(former

) *

Izumi Sakai , known professionally as , was a Japanese pop singer and core member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member in the group for the majority of the 16 years which it was active, Zard and Sakai may be referred to interchangeably. She was ...

(singer, deceased) * Erika Sawajiri (actress) *

Mayumi Shintani is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Nylon100. Filmography Anime Film Video games Dubbing Live-action *'' Chappie'', Yolandi ( Yolandi Visser) *'' Cinderella'', Drisella ( Sophie McShera) *'' Dark Places'', Patty Day ...

(voice actress) *

Hana Sugisaki is a Japanese actress who was previously signed to Stardust Promotion. Her former stage name was Hana Kajiura. Biography Sugisaki debuted as a child actress with Stardust Promotion under the stage name . She withdrew from the industry for a pe ...

(actress) * Kiki Sugino (actress) * Anri Sugihara (tarento) *

Aya Sugimoto is a Japanese TV personality, actress, dancer, author, gravure idol and singer born in Kyoto. She also had a J-pop career in the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Career Early life Aya Sugimoto grew up in Kyoto under a "strict" upbringing, making ...

(tarento) * Risa Junna (actress) *

Saki Takaoka is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Hochi Film Award for '' Crest of Betrayal''. Filmography Film * ''cf girl'' (''cfガール'', 1989) * '' Swimming Upstream'' ('' バタアシ金魚'', 1990), Sonoko * '' ...

(actress) * Miyu Takeuchi (former

) * Makoto Takeda (tarento) * Anna Nagata (actress) * Miki Nakatani (actress) * Kaori Natori (singer) * Kyoko Hinami (actress) *

Aika Hirota is a Japanese YouTuber, singer and former member of the idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is a Japanese female Japanese idol, idol group. The group's name is officially shortened to . The group was created by 3B Junior, the third section of ...

(singer, former

) * Lena Fujii (model) * Erina Masuda (announcer) *

Rina Matsuno was a Japanese singer, model, actress, and ''tarento'' who was a member of the idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku. Career Matsuno was scouted into the entertainment industry in Tokyo in Omotesandō Avenue when she was in the first grade of elem ...

(former Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, died on 8 February 2017) * Kanako Tahara (actress) * Hiroko Mita (actress) * Yūko Takeuchi (actress, died on 27 September 2020) *Narumi Uno (actress, voice actress, singer) * Rio Yamashita (actress) *

Sachika Misawa is a freelance Japanese voice actress and singer from Yamanashi Prefecture. As a voice actress, she was previously affiliated with numerous agencies, with the recent being Stardust Promotion, departing from the agency in March 2023. As a singer ...

(voice actress)

Male

* Masanobu Ando (actor) * Kei Inoo (idol, currently in

Hey! Say! JUMP Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an nine-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more ...

) * Kento Ono (actor) * Ryosei Konishi (actor) *

Shōya Ishige is a Japanese actor who specializes in Voice acting in Japan, voice acting. After working as a stage performer, Ishige wanted to do voice acting in anime, which he did with his first role as additional voices in ''Orange (manga), Orange'' and la ...

(voice actor) * Shun Shioya (actor) * Kiyohiko Shibukawa (actor) *

Sousuke Takaoka is a Japanese former actor, known for his break-out performance in the controversial movie '' Battle Royale''. Career His break-out performance was in the controversial movie '' Battle Royale'', in which he played the pacifistic Hiroki Sugimu ...

(former actor) * Shinpei Takagi (former actor) * Manpei Takagi (actor) * Takayuki Tsubaki (actor) * Kenji Haga (former tarento) * Mokomichi Hayami (actor) * Yoshihiko Hosoda (actor) * Osamu Sato (boxer) * Yukihiro Takiguchi (deceased) * Fukuda Yusuke (Former Bullet Train)

Groups

ZARD (stylized as ZARD) were a Japanese pop rock group, originally with five members, with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as its only constant member. Izumi Sakai was also the band's core member. Zard's work was sold under the record label B-Gram Reco ...

(pop rock band) * Manish (pop band) * Mi-Ke (idol group) * Little by Little (pop rock band) * Musashi's *CustomiZ *LAGOON *Le Lien *

PrizmaX was a 7-member Japanese boyband managed by Stardust Promotion. They were part of EBiDAN, a collective group of boys from the company trained to partake in various types of entertainment groups. PrizmaX was a member of ''HiGH EBiDAN'' along wit ...

3B junior Star Planet (stylized as STAR PLANET) (formerly known as STARDUST PLANET) is a department of the Japanese entertainment company Stardust Promotion specialising in female idols. The department's predecessor was named 3B junior, which was active ...

* Rock A Japonica * Hachimitsu Rocket * Awww! * Tacoyaki Rainbow * B.O.L.T

References

External links

Stardust Promotion official website

Stardust Pictures official website
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Current notable roster

Actors

Actresses

Voiceover talent

Models

Musical artists

STAR PLANET talents

Others

Former Stardust Promotion artists

Female

Male

Groups

See also

References

External links