Lantis Co., Ltd. (株式会社ランティス) is a Japanese music label owned by Bandai Namco Music Live. Originally a company, it was established on November 26, 1999, and became a subsidiary of Bandai Visual in May 2006,[1] itself a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. In February 2018, it was announced Lantis would be merged with Bandai Visual into a new company called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect on April 1, 2018. Lantis only remains as a label from the new company.[2]
Lantis merger with Bandai Visual
In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Music Live. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.[2]
Sublabels
Lantis is composed of five labels:
- Lantis (main label, formerly distributed by King Records, currently self-distributed)
- Glory Heaven (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
- Kiramune (self-distributed)
- Purple One Star (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, defunct)
- MoooD Records (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
- UNIERA
- Mellow Head (distributed by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, defunct)
Artists
• 2Hearts
• Ai Furihata (under Purple One Star)
• AiRI
• Ai Shimizu
• Aikatsu☆Stars!
• Aira Yūki
• Aki Hata
• Aki Misato
• Ali Project (transferred from Mellow Head, also work on other recording labels)
• Annabel
• Aqours
• ASH DA HERO (under MoooD Records)
• Aya Hirano
• Best Friends!
• Blood Stain Child
• Ceui
• CooRie
• Dai-ni Bun'gei-bu
• Daisuke Hirakawa
• Daisuke Ono
• Deardrops
• Eir Aoi
• Eufonius
• Faylan
• Fhána
• G.Addict
• Hekiru Shiina
• Hiromi Satō
• Hyadain
• Idolish7
• Ika Musume
• Kanae Itō
• Kazuma Kawamura (under the name L.E.I through MoooD Records)
• Kenichi Suzumura
• Kenshō Ono
• Konirata
• Koutaro Nishiyama
• Larval Stage Planning
• Lazy
• Liella!
• Mai Fuchigami
• Mai Nakahara
• Makoto Furukawa
• Marble
• Masami Okui
• Masumi Itō
• Megu Sakuragawa
• Megumi Ogata
• Mia Regina
• Milktub
• Minami Kuribayashi
• MindaRyn
• Minori Chihara
• Minoru Shiraishi
• Mitsuo Iwata
• Miyavi (under MoooD Records)
• Miyuki Hashimoto
• Natsuko Aso
• Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
• Nomico
• Nowlu
• Oldcodex
• Oranges & Lemons
• Oresama
• Outer-Tribe
• Passcode (under MoooD Records)
• Reina Ueda
• REIRIE (under MoooD Records)
• Rin
• Rionos
• Ririko
• Rita
• R.O.N (also under the name "Stereo Dive Foundation")
• Ryoko Shintani
• Sakura Nogawa
• Saori Atsumi
• Sayaka Sasaki
• Screen mode
• Sena
• SERRA (transferred from Purple One Star)
• Shizuka Itō
• Shō Hayami
• Shōjobyō
• Showtaro Morikubo
• Shugo Nakamura
• Snow*
• Sphere
• Star☆Anis
• StylipS
• Suara
• SV Tribe
• SZNO
• Takashi Utsunomiya (also under the name "U_Wave")
• Takuma Terashima
• Tasuku Hatanaka
• Tatsuhisa Suzuki
• Tetsuya Kakihara
• Toshiyuki Morikawa
• True
• Ui Miyazaki
• Ultra-Prism
• Wild San-nin Musume
• Yousei Teikoku
• Yozuca*
• Yūmao
• Yūki Kaji
• Yuko Goto
• Yuria
• Zaq
• μ's
Former artists
• Choucho
• Masaaki Endoh
• Fo'xTails
• GRANRODEO
• JAM Project
• Hironobu Kageyama
• Shuuhei Kita
• Hiroshi Kitadani
• Nano Ripe
External links
- Lantis.jp, official website
References
- History of Bandai Visual retrieved April 2, 2007^
- Bandai Namco Holdings Merges Lantis With Bandai Visual, Launches New Subsidiaries Anime News Network, February 9, 2018, retrieved February 9, 2018^