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Victor Entertainment, Inc.
native name ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社 romanized name Bikutā Entateinmento kabushiki-gaisha former name Victor Musical Industries (1972–1993)
JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment (2014–2024) type Subsidiary foundation Yokohama, Japan location Higashi location city Shibuya, Tokyo location country Japan key people Yuichi Kaito (president)
Toshiaki Shibutani (managing director) num employees 400 (as of July 2017) industry Entertainment products Audio, visual and computer software media products parent JVCKenwood
Victor Entertainment, Inc. (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社) is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RCA Victor label.
History April 1972: Victor Musical Industries, Inc. (ビクター音楽産業株式会社) is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC. September 30, 1982: JVC Musical Industries, Inc. is founded in the U.S. [1] February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as Nihon AVC, Inc. (日本エイ・ブイ・シー株式会社). January 1990: JVC Musical Industries announces its first video game release will be Boulder Dash . [2] October 30, 1991: JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. is founded. [3]
April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Musical Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment, Inc. (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社).
October 1, 1996: Victor Interactive Software 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. [4] May 14, 1997: JVC Musical Industries Europe is renamed to JVC Music Europe, Ltd. [5] February 24, 1999: JVC Music, Inc. is dissolved [6]
March 1999: Victor Entertainment's main office is moved. May 8, 2006: JVC Music Europe is dissolved. [8]
April 2014: Victor Entertainment's corporate name is changed to JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation. April 2024: JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment changed its corporate name back to Victor Entertainment, Inc. [9] Labels Records AB-Victor France Aosis Records CJ Victor Entertainment (joint venture with CJ E&M of South Korea) Colourful Records ELA Music ( Kaela Kimura 's label) her ( SCANDAL '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) Video Nelvana 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) Anthem Alesha Dixon ALI PROJECT (flying DOG) Amorphis Angra AZKi (July 2023 - June 2025) - returned to Hololive Production Batten Showjo Tai (Colourful Records) The Back Horn The Bawdies (Victor/Getting Better) Billlie (Japan only) Blessed By A Broken Heart Buck-Tick (1987–1996; 2016–present under its 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 Fuki Commune Gacharic Spin 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 Kigurumichiko Rena (Kigurumi) Michiko Shimizu Kiko Loureiro Kiroro Kitaro Kokia Kyōko Koizumi Kyūso Nekokami Leah Dizon Lisa Komine (flying DOG) Liv Moon Lovebites Love Psychedelico Lovely Summer Chan Lunkhead Maaya Sakamoto (flying DOG) Mamamoo (Japan only) Mariko Takahashi Masumi Matt Bianco May'n (flying DOG) Megumi Nakajima (flying DOG) Merry Miho Hatori Mika Arisaka Miki Matsubara (1987–1989) Minmi Miz Nano (flying DOG) never young beach Noriko Sakai (1987–2009) Nujabes Video games Victor Music/Ent. Victor/JVC Music JVC Music Europe See also Subsidiaries of JVC Kenwood EF Johnson Technologies – Multi-band portable radio company 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
TMC Music
246 Records
Union Records
Union Black Records WHD Entertainment Inc. ( joint venture between WOWOW , Horipro and Disk Garage)
Orange Range (2012–, Spice Records/Super Echo Label/Speedstar Records)
ONF (Japan only)
Paris Match
PIG
Pink Lady
Plastic Tree (CJ Victor)
Purple Kiss (Japan only)
Quruli
Remioromen
Reol
Rimi Natsukawa
ROMEO ( Park Jung Min | SS501 )
ROUND TABLE featuring Nino (flying DOG)
Rurika Yokoyama (CJ Victor)
Sakanaction
savage genius (flying DOG)
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Scandal (her)
See-Saw (flying DOG)
Sung Si-kyung
Shinichi Mori
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
Shingo Katori
Southern All Stars
Steve Barakatt
Supergroupies
Sweet Vacation
Yuko Hara (solo and duet releases with SMAP member Shingo Katori )
Keisuke Kuwata /Kuwata Band
Hiroshi Matsuda
Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
Tokino Sora
Toy-Box
Traffic Light. (MeseMoa.'s sub-group)
UA
Yena
VIXX (CJ Victor)
Wonho (Japan only)
Yoko Kanno (flying DOG)
Yuki Kajiura (flying DOG)
Yukio Hashi
Zardonic
Sambomaster 