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Sony Music Entertainment Japan

April 28, 2023

For the American music recording company within the Sony corporation, see Sony Music.

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (株式会社ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント, Kabushiki gaisha Sonī Myūjikku Entateinmento), often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as SonyMusic), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is operating independently from the United States-based Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry.[a][1] Its subsidiaries include the Japanese animation production enterprise, Aniplex, which was established in September 1995[2] as a joint-venture between Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, but which in 2001 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was prominent in the early to mid '90s producing and licensing music for animated series such as Roujin Z from acclaimed Japanese comic artist Katsuhiro Otomo and Capcom's Street Fighter animated series.

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Native name
株式会社ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント
Kabushikigaisha sonī myūjikkuentateinmento
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryMusic
Entertainment
GenreVarious
FoundedMarch 1968; 55 years ago (1968-03) (as CBS/Sony Records Inc.)
Headquarters4-5 Rokubancho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Japan
Key people
Naoki Kitagawa, CEO and Representative to the RIAJ
Masao Morita, Chairman
ProductsMusic
Revenue ¥439.57 billion (US$4.01 billion) (2021)
Total assets¥100 million (US$911,161.73)
Number of employees
3,200
ParentSony Group Corporation
SubsidiariesAniplex
Ariola Japan
BMG Japan
Epic Records Japan
ForwardWorks Corporation
Jisedai Inc.
Ki/oon Music
mora
MusicRay'n Inc.
Music On! TV
Peanuts Worldwide (39%)
room NB Inc.
Sacra Music
Sony Creative Products Inc.
SME Records
Sony Music Records
Sony Music Associated Records
Sony Music Artists
Sony Music Publishing Japan
Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Sony Music Labels
Sony Music Marketing United Inc.
Sony Music Solutions Inc.
Time Records
Unties
Zepp Hall Network Inc. (51%)
Websitewww.sme.co.jp
www.sonymusic.co.jp
Sony Music Entertainment Japan headquarters in Rokubanchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo occupied in June 2001
SME Nogizaka Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.
Naoki Kitagawa, the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment

Until March 2007, Sony Music Japan also had its own North American sublabel, Tofu Records. Releases of Sony Music Japan now appear on Columbia Records and/or Epic Records in North America.

Sony does not have the trademark rights to the Columbia name in Japan, so releases under Columbia Records from another country appears on Sony Records in Japan, but retains the usage of the "walking eye" logo. The Columbia name and trademark is controlled by Nippon Columbia, which was, in fact, the licensee for the American Columbia Records up until 1968, even though relations were officially severed as far back as World War II. Nippon Columbia also does not have direct relations with the British Columbia Graphophone Company (an EMI subsidiary), so the licensee for the British Columbia Graphophone Company was actually Toshiba Musical Industries.

With Sony Corporation of America's buyout of Bertelsmann's stake in Sony BMG, Sony Music Entertainment Japan stepped in to acquire outstanding shares of BMG Japan from Sony BMG, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.[3]

History

Beginnings as CBS joint venture

Sony Music Entertainment Japan was officially incorporated in March 1968[4] as a Tokyo-based 50/50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and U.S. conglomerate CBS to distribute the latter's music releases in Japan. The company was incorporated as CBS/Sony Records and with Sony co-founder Akio Morita as president.[5][6][7]

Norio Ohga, who himself was a musician, was part of the management team from the formation of the company and served as president and representative director since April 1970.[8][9] In 1972, when CBS/Sony was generating robust profits, Ohga was named chairman and at the same time gained further responsibility and influence within Sony. He would continue to work for the music company one morning a week.[10] In 1980, Toshio Ozawa succeeded Ohga as president.[11]

In 1983, the company was renamed CBS/Sony Group.[4]

Sony acquires The CBS Records Group in 1988

In January 1988, after more than a year of negotiations, Sony acquired the CBS Records Group and the 50% of CBS/Sony Group that it did not already own.[12]

In March 1988, four wholly owned subsidiaries were folded into CBS/Sony Group: CBS/Sony Inc., Epic/Sony Records Inc., CBS/Sony Records Inc. and Sony Video Software International.[4][13]

The company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc.

Shugo Matsuo was named new president in January 1992, replacing Toshio Ozawa, who was appointed to the post of chairman.[14]

Overall sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1991, were 83.8 billion yen with a pretax profit of 9.2 billion yen.[14]

In June 1996, Ryokichi Kunugi became the new president. Shugo Matsuo was named chairman.[15]

Shigeo Maruyama was appointed to the new post of CEO on October 1, 1997, and replaced Kunugi as president in February 1998.[16]

As of 2019, Mizuno Michinori is the official CEO of the company.

In May 2018, SMEJ, through its Sony Creative Products division, acquired a 39% stake in the Peanuts comic strip franchise from DHX Media.[17]

Unties

Sony Music Entertainment announced the launch of its first video game publishing label, Unties, in October 2017. Unties will publish indie games for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The name was selected by Sony as representative of helping to "unleash" the power of independent video game development and "unshackle" such developers from the traditional video game publishing process.[18]

Unties’ first release was Tiny Metal, a turn-based tactics video game developed by Area 35, for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC. The game was first premiered at PAX West Indie Megabooth.[19] Published Azure Reflections, a side-scrolling bullet hell developed by Souvenir Circ., on May 15, 2018, for the PS4.[20] Published Touhou Gensou Wanderers Reloaded, a roguelike rpg developed by Aqua Style, for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.[21] Published Necrosphere, a platformer developed by Cat Nigiri, for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, and PSVita.[21][22] Published Midnight Sanctuary, a VR/3D Novel game developed by CAVYHOUSE, for the PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC.[21][23] Published Tokyo Dark, a visual novel mystery adventure hybrid developed by Cherrymochi, for the PC.[24][21] Published Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers, an arcade racing game developed by Pocket, for the Nintendo Switch on August 30, 2018.[25][21] Scheduled to publish on Last Standard, a 3d action game developed by I From Japan, intended for PC.[26][27] Scheduled to publish The Good Life, a daily-life rpg developed by White Owls Inc., for the PS4 and PC.[28][21] Scheduled to publish Merkava Avalanche, a 3d cavalry warfare action game developed by WinterCrownWorks, for the PC.[29][21] Scheduled to publish Olija, an action adventure game developed by Skeleton Crew Studio, for the PC.[30][21] Scheduled to publish Deemo Reborn, a music rhythm and urban fantasy game developed by Taiwanese studio Rayak, for the PS4 with PSVR support.[27][21] Scheduled to publish Giraffe and Anika, a 3d adventure game developed by Atelier Mimina, for the PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC.[31][21] Scheduled to publish 3rd Eye, a 2d horror exploration game, based on the Touhou franchise, for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.[32][21] Scheduled to publish Gensokyo Defenders, a tower-defense game developed by Neetpia, for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch.[33][21] In 2019, Unties was dropped from the Sony group and became the new company Phoenixx.

Increased competition

The company's leading role on the Japanese market was increasingly challenged by labels such as Avex (where SMEJ formerly owned 5 percent of shares).[16][34] Net sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997, were down 10% to 103 billion yen, while net income fell 41% to 7.7 billion yen.[34] The market share at that time was less than 18%.[34] In August 1997, Dreams Come True, until that point Sony Music Entertainment Japan's best-selling act, signed a worldwide multi-album deal with competing U.S. label Virgin Records America.[35]

Since then it was said that SMEJ ceded to Avex's challenge,[36] but SMEJ bounced back and regained leadership from its indie rival until 2012. SMEJ netted 22.4 billion yen for 1H 2012 and 14.3% of the market, second behind Avex (24.95 B yen, 15.9%).[37]

In May 2017, SMEJ, through subsidiary Sony Music Marketing (now Sony Music Solutions), acquired the physical retail and distribution rights to releases of another rival, Warner Music Japan.[38]

Labels and sublabels

Active

Defunct

  • Dohb Discs (1994–2000)
  • Antinos Records was launched in 1994 with Sony Music director Shigeo Maruyama as its president. The first releases on August 21 were a mini-album by indie group Confusion and singles by the groups Aniss, Neverending Story, and Ginji Itoh.[43] (1994–2004, merged into Epic Records Japan)
  • Studioseven Recordings (2006–2010, merged into gr8! records)
  • Tofu Records (US Sublabel, 2003–2007)
  • DefSTAR Records – (2000–2015, merged into SME Records)
  • Pikachu Records - (1997–2012, merged into SME Records & Sony Music Labels)
  • VVV records
  • OKeh was launched in 1994 and headed by Sony Music deputy president Hiroshi Inagaki.[43]
  • Former sublabels of Sony Music Associated Records
    • TRUE KiSS DiSC - private label of TETSUYA KOMURO
    • tributelink - Temporary label in 2001
    • TERRY DOLLAR RECORD$ - formerly private label of Oreskaband
    • Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Records - (2005–2010)
  • Former sublabels of Ki/oon Music
    • Fitz Beat[39]
    • Haunted Records
    • Ki/oon Records2
    • NeOSITE
    • Siren Song - formerly private label of X Japan[39]
    • Trefort[39]

Other services

  • Monogatary.com – Named after a stylized romanization of monogatari (物語, 'story'), a social networking service about creative writing and illustrations founded in October 2017.[44] Has collaborated with SMEJ artists, most notably Yoasobi, which was initially formed to create music based on selected stories on the site.[45][44]
  • Sony Creative Products - Character licensing, usually working with overseas characters, such as the Peanuts franchise[b] and Pingu.

Notable artists

Actors

  • Ken Ishiguro
  • Satoshi Ichijo
  • Yuki Ito
  • Shota Inoue
  • Shutaro Kadoshi
  • Kyôhei Kanomi
  • Yuki Kura
  • Ryo Takasugi
  • Ryo Narita
  • Nishikiori Gekidan
  • Kazuhiko Nishimura
  • Rio Masuzawa
  • Meguro-eup
  • Yuki Morinaga
  • Yuma Yamoto
  • Daichi Watanabe
  • Yutaro Watanabe

Actress

Key people

See also

Key rivals

Notes

  1. ^ While Sony Music Japan is directly owned by Sony itself, Sony Music Entertainment is owned by Sony's New York, USA-based subsidiary Sony Entertainment.
  2. ^ SCP held the licensing rights of Peanuts in Japan since 2010. Later in 2018, SMEJ bought 39% of DHX Media's stake on Peanuts Worldwide LLC.

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External links

  • Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. official website
  • Sony Music Entertainment Japan's channel on YouTube

April 28, 2023
sony, music, entertainment, japan, american, music, recording, company, within, sony, corporation, sony, music, sony, music, entertainment, japan, 株式会社ソニー, ミュージックエンタテインメント, kabushiki, gaisha, sonī, myūjikku, entateinmento, often, abbreviated, smej, simply, als. For the American music recording company within the Sony corporation see Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc 株式会社ソニー ミュージックエンタテインメント Kabushiki gaisha Soni Myujikku Entateinmento often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME and also known as Sony Music Japan for short stylized as SonyMusic is a Japanese music arm for Sony Founded in 1968 as CBS Sony SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is operating independently from the United States based Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry a 1 Its subsidiaries include the Japanese animation production enterprise Aniplex which was established in September 1995 2 as a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan but which in 2001 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan It was prominent in the early to mid 90s producing and licensing music for animated series such as Roujin Z from acclaimed Japanese comic artist Katsuhiro Otomo and Capcom s Street Fighter animated series Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc Native name株式会社ソニー ミュージックエンタテインメントRomanized nameKabushikigaisha soni myujikkuentateinmentoTypeSubsidiaryIndustryMusicEntertainmentGenreVariousFoundedMarch 1968 55 years ago 1968 03 as CBS Sony Records Inc Headquarters4 5 Rokubancho Chiyoda Tokyo JapanArea servedJapanKey peopleNaoki Kitagawa CEO and Representative to the RIAJMasao Morita ChairmanProductsMusicRevenue 439 57 billion US 4 01 billion 2021 Total assets 100 million US 911 161 73 Number of employees3 200ParentSony Group CorporationSubsidiariesAniplexAriola JapanBMG JapanEpic Records JapanForwardWorks CorporationJisedai Inc Ki oon MusicmoraMusicRay n Inc Music On TVPeanuts Worldwide 39 room NB Inc Sacra MusicSony Creative Products Inc SME RecordsSony Music RecordsSony Music Associated RecordsSony Music ArtistsSony Music Publishing JapanSony Music Direct Japan Inc Sony Music LabelsSony Music Marketing United Inc Sony Music Solutions Inc Time RecordsUntiesZepp Hall Network Inc 51 Websitewww wbr sme wbr co wbr jp www wbr sonymusic wbr co wbr jpSony Music Entertainment Japan headquarters in Rokubanchō Chiyoda Tokyo occupied in June 2001 SME Nogizaka Building in Akasaka Minato Tokyo Naoki Kitagawa the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Until March 2007 Sony Music Japan also had its own North American sublabel Tofu Records Releases of Sony Music Japan now appear on Columbia Records and or Epic Records in North America Sony does not have the trademark rights to the Columbia name in Japan so releases under Columbia Records from another country appears on Sony Records in Japan but retains the usage of the walking eye logo The Columbia name and trademark is controlled by Nippon Columbia which was in fact the licensee for the American Columbia Records up until 1968 even though relations were officially severed as far back as World War II Nippon Columbia also does not have direct relations with the British Columbia Graphophone Company an EMI subsidiary so the licensee for the British Columbia Graphophone Company was actually Toshiba Musical Industries With Sony Corporation of America s buyout of Bertelsmann s stake in Sony BMG Sony Music Entertainment Japan stepped in to acquire outstanding shares of BMG Japan from Sony BMG making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Japan 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Beginnings as CBS joint venture 1 2 Sony acquires The CBS Records Group in 1988 1 3 Unties 1 4 Increased competition 2 Labels and sublabels 2 1 Active 2 2 Defunct 2 3 Other services 3 Notable artists 3 1 Actors 3 2 Actress 4 Key people 5 See also 5 1 Key rivals 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditBeginnings as CBS joint venture Edit Sony Music Entertainment Japan was officially incorporated in March 1968 4 as a Tokyo based 50 50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and U S conglomerate CBS to distribute the latter s music releases in Japan The company was incorporated as CBS Sony Records and with Sony co founder Akio Morita as president 5 6 7 Norio Ohga who himself was a musician was part of the management team from the formation of the company and served as president and representative director since April 1970 8 9 In 1972 when CBS Sony was generating robust profits Ohga was named chairman and at the same time gained further responsibility and influence within Sony He would continue to work for the music company one morning a week 10 In 1980 Toshio Ozawa succeeded Ohga as president 11 In 1983 the company was renamed CBS Sony Group 4 Sony acquires The CBS Records Group in 1988 Edit In January 1988 after more than a year of negotiations Sony acquired the CBS Records Group and the 50 of CBS Sony Group that it did not already own 12 In March 1988 four wholly owned subsidiaries were folded into CBS Sony Group CBS Sony Inc Epic Sony Records Inc CBS Sony Records Inc and Sony Video Software International 4 13 The company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc Shugo Matsuo was named new president in January 1992 replacing Toshio Ozawa who was appointed to the post of chairman 14 Overall sales for the fiscal year ending March 31 1991 were 83 8 billion yen with a pretax profit of 9 2 billion yen 14 In June 1996 Ryokichi Kunugi became the new president Shugo Matsuo was named chairman 15 Shigeo Maruyama was appointed to the new post of CEO on October 1 1997 and replaced Kunugi as president in February 1998 16 As of 2019 Mizuno Michinori is the official CEO of the company In May 2018 SMEJ through its Sony Creative Products division acquired a 39 stake in the Peanuts comic strip franchise from DHX Media 17 Unties Edit Sony Music Entertainment announced the launch of its first video game publishing label Unties in October 2017 Unties will publish indie games for the PlayStation 4 PlayStation VR Nintendo Switch and PC The name was selected by Sony as representative of helping to unleash the power of independent video game development and unshackle such developers from the traditional video game publishing process 18 Unties first release was Tiny Metal a turn based tactics video game developed by Area 35 for the Nintendo Switch PS4 and PC The game was first premiered at PAX West Indie Megabooth 19 Published Azure Reflections a side scrolling bullet hell developed by Souvenir Circ on May 15 2018 for the PS4 20 Published Touhou Gensou Wanderers Reloaded a roguelike rpg developed by Aqua Style for the PS4 Nintendo Switch and PC 21 Published Necrosphere a platformer developed by Cat Nigiri for the PS4 Nintendo Switch PC and PSVita 21 22 Published Midnight Sanctuary a VR 3D Novel game developed by CAVYHOUSE for the PS4 Nintendo Switch and PC 21 23 Published Tokyo Dark a visual novel mystery adventure hybrid developed by Cherrymochi for the PC 24 21 Published Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers an arcade racing game developed by Pocket for the Nintendo Switch on August 30 2018 25 21 Scheduled to publish on Last Standard a 3d action game developed by I From Japan intended for PC 26 27 Scheduled to publish The Good Life a daily life rpg developed by White Owls Inc for the PS4 and PC 28 21 Scheduled to publish Merkava Avalanche a 3d cavalry warfare action game developed by WinterCrownWorks for the PC 29 21 Scheduled to publish Olija an action adventure game developed by Skeleton Crew Studio for the PC 30 21 Scheduled to publish Deemo Reborn a music rhythm and urban fantasy game developed by Taiwanese studio Rayak for the PS4 with PSVR support 27 21 Scheduled to publish Giraffe and Anika a 3d adventure game developed by Atelier Mimina for the PS4 Nintendo Switch and PC 31 21 Scheduled to publish 3rd Eye a 2d horror exploration game based on the Touhou franchise for the PS4 Nintendo Switch and PC 32 21 Scheduled to publish Gensokyo Defenders a tower defense game developed by Neetpia for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch 33 21 In 2019 Unties was dropped from the Sony group and became the new company Phoenixx Increased competition Edit The company s leading role on the Japanese market was increasingly challenged by labels such as Avex where SMEJ formerly owned 5 percent of shares 16 34 Net sales for the fiscal year ending March 31 1997 were down 10 to 103 billion yen while net income fell 41 to 7 7 billion yen 34 The market share at that time was less than 18 34 In August 1997 Dreams Come True until that point Sony Music Entertainment Japan s best selling act signed a worldwide multi album deal with competing U S label Virgin Records America 35 Since then it was said that SMEJ ceded to Avex s challenge 36 but SMEJ bounced back and regained leadership from its indie rival until 2012 SMEJ netted 22 4 billion yen for 1H 2012 and 14 3 of the market second behind Avex 24 95 B yen 15 9 37 In May 2017 SMEJ through subsidiary Sony Music Marketing now Sony Music Solutions acquired the physical retail and distribution rights to releases of another rival Warner Music Japan 38 Labels and sublabels EditActive Edit Aniplex A 1 Pictures ANIPLEX EXE Aniplex of America Aniplex Shanghai Boundary CloverWorks Crunchyroll LLC co owned with Sony Pictures Crunchyroll Crunchyroll Anime Awards Crunchyroll EMEA Crunchyroll SAS Crunchyroll SA Crunchyroll GmbH Crunchyroll Games LLC VRV Crunchyroll UK and Ireland Madman Anime Crunchyroll Studios Right Stuf Nozomi Entertainment 5 Points Pictures RightStufAnime com Peppermint Anime GmbH co owned with Peppermint Anime Quatro A Rialto Entertainment Sony Music Labels Sony Music Records Sony Records formerly known as CBS Sony since 1968 gr8 records read G R eight founded April 2003 MASTERSIX FOUNDATION N46Div Niagara Records private label of Eiichi Ohtaki Sony Music Japan International distribution label for music from International version of Sony Music Epic Records Japan formerly known as Epic Sony since 1971 Ki oon Music launched as Ki oon Sony Records on April 1 1992 39 SME Records founded 1998 and taken over the Japanese anime television series Pocket Monsters since 2013 Sony Music Associated Records onenation joint venture with LDH Ariola Japan formerly known as BMG Japan until October 2009 40 Sacra Music anison label since 2017 Sony Music Direct founded as Sony Music House in 1996 Continues to use Walking Eye logo Became part of Sony Music Labels in 2022 Music Ray n 41 42 Sony Music Solutions Overseas distribution of labels which have a distribution and contract with SMEJ Formerly known as Sony Music Distribution until 2014 and as Sony Music Marketing until 2019 Defunct Edit Dohb Discs 1994 2000 Antinos Records was launched in 1994 with Sony Music director Shigeo Maruyama as its president The first releases on August 21 were a mini album by indie group Confusion and singles by the groups Aniss Neverending Story and Ginji Itoh 43 1994 2004 merged into Epic Records Japan Studioseven Recordings 2006 2010 merged into gr8 records Tofu Records US Sublabel 2003 2007 DefSTAR Records 2000 2015 merged into SME Records Pikachu Records 1997 2012 merged into SME Records amp Sony Music Labels VVV records OKeh was launched in 1994 and headed by Sony Music deputy president Hiroshi Inagaki 43 Former sublabels of Sony Music Associated Records TRUE KiSS DiSC private label of TETSUYA KOMURO tributelink Temporary label in 2001 TERRY DOLLAR RECORD formerly private label of Oreskaband Yeah Yeah Yeah Records 2005 2010 Former sublabels of Ki oon Music Fitz Beat 39 Haunted Records Ki oon Records2 NeOSITE Siren Song formerly private label of X Japan 39 Trefort 39 Other services Edit Monogatary com Named after a stylized romanization of monogatari 物語 story a social networking service about creative writing and illustrations founded in October 2017 44 Has collaborated with SMEJ artists most notably Yoasobi which was initially formed to create music based on selected stories on the site 45 44 Sony Creative Products Character licensing usually working with overseas characters such as the Peanuts franchise b and Pingu Notable artists Edit2AM 2PM 9nine Abingdon Boys School Access Aco Aimer AKB48 2006 2008 Aki Toyosaki ALI Ami Suzuki 1998 2001 An Cafe Angela Aki Aoi Eir Aqua Timez Asian Kung Fu Generation Automatic Loveletter Ayahi Takagaki Beat Crusaders Boom Boom Satellites The Boss The Boyz The Brilliant Green Buckethead Chai Chara 1990 2004 2012 present Chemistry Chiaki Kuriyama Cinder Road ClariS Cool Joke The Cro Magnons Crossfaith Crystal Kay 1999 2011 Dancing Dolls Debbie Gibson Depapepe Denki Groove Dir En Grey Does Dreams Come True Egoist Eric Martin Fight Like Apes Flow Galileo Galilei Garnidelia 2014 2021 The Gazette band Got7 2014 2021 Halcali Hajime Chitose Haruka Tomatsu Harumi Tsuyuzaki Hikaru Utada Himeka 2009 2012 Hinatazaka46 Home Made Kazoku Hyde I Am Ghost I Wish Ikimono Gakari Ikue Ōtani Ive Jasmine Jinn Joe Inoue Jay Sean Judy and Mary 1991 2001 June JY K Kalafina 2007 2019 Kana Hanazawa 2012 2021 Kana Nishino Kelun Ken Hirai Kenshi Yonezu Kotaro Oshio Kep1er Kung Faux L Arc en Ciel Lama Led Zepagain Little by Little Ling Tosite Sigure LiSA Loick Essien Long Shot Party Luna Haruna Maboroshi Mai Hoshimura Man with a Mission Masahiko Kondō Masakazu Morita Mayu Watanabe MBLAQ Meisa Kuroki MiChi Miho Fukuhara Mika Nakashima Milet Miliyah Kato Minako Kotobuki Minami Kuribayashi Miwa Miyu Nagase Naniwa Express Mucc 2011 2017 Nami Tamaki Nana Kitade Natsume Mito Nico Touches the Walls NiziU No3b 2008 2013 Nobodyknows Nogizaka46 Nothing s Carved in Stone NU EST Orange Range Oreskaband Piko Polysics Porno Graffitti Prague Puffy AmiYumi 1996 2015 Rei Yasuda Reol ReoNa Rie Fu Rina Chinen Rika Matsumoto Rize Rythem Sachiko Kobayashi Sakurazaka46 Sambomaster SawanoHiroyuki nZk Sayaka Kanda Scandal School Food Punishment Seamo 2002 2011 2019 Secret 2011 2013 Seiko Matsuda Siam Shade Shinichi Osawa Shion Tsuji Shoko Nakagawa SID SixTones Soul d Out Soulhead Sowelu Spyair Stance Punks Stephanie Stereopony Stray Kids SunSet Swish Supercell band T M Revolution Tamio Okuda TFN TiA TK from Ling Losite Sigure Totalfat Tomoko Kawase Tomohisa Sako Tomohisa Yamashita Toshinobu Kubota Uri Nakayama Uverworld Wonder Girls X Japan Yellow Generation Yoasobi Yoshida Brothers Younha Yui Yuna Ito Yuya Matsushita Zebrahead Zone Actors Edit Ken Ishiguro Satoshi Ichijo Yuki Ito Shota Inoue Shutaro Kadoshi Kyohei Kanomi Yuki Kura Ryo Takasugi Ryo Narita Nishikiori Gekidan Kazuhiko Nishimura Rio Masuzawa Meguro eup Yuki Morinaga Yuma Yamoto Daichi Watanabe Yutaro Watanabe Actress Edit Misato Aoyama Haruka Echigo Maya Okano Ririka Kato Miho Kitagawa Yuki Kimoto Sayu Kubota Kana Kurashina Kokusho Sayuri Yuki Saso Saki Sato Hakusan Himeashi Riho Takada Rina Takeda Tao Tsuchiya Eriko Tomiyama Riko Nagase Natsukawa Asa Fumi Nikaido Tomoko Nozaki Ai Hashimoto Mayumi Hasegawa Kaoru Hirata Kiyo Matsumoto Misato Morita Nana Mori Kanna Mori Ririka Misako RenbutsuKey people EditNorio Ohga Akio Morita Toshio Ozawa Shugo Matsuo Ryokichi Kunugi Shigeo Maruyama Takashi Yoshida died 2010 transferred to Warner Music before death ViViD Hiroshi Inagaki now on Avex Group Naoki Kitagawa Kazutomo Enomoto Yaz Noya Tofu Records founder Nozomi SasakiSee also EditSony Music Entertainment BMG Japan Music On TV SMEJ owned cable TV networkKey rivals Edit Avex Group once an affiliate of Sony Music also the 2nd biggest record label in Japan 46 Universal Music Japan Warner Music JapanNotes Edit While Sony Music Japan is directly owned by Sony itself Sony Music Entertainment is owned by Sony s New York USA based subsidiary Sony Entertainment SCP held the licensing rights of Peanuts in Japan since 2010 Later in 2018 SMEJ bought 39 of DHX Media s stake on Peanuts Worldwide LLC References Edit Sony Japan not part of BMG merger plan Bertelsmann Forbes com November 15 2003 Archived from the original on November 14 2007 Retrieved July 21 2006 Corporate History Aniplex アニプレックス オフィシャルサイト Aniplex Retrieved on January 4 2018 Acquisition of Shares in BMG Japan Inc by Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc Japanese PDF Sony Corporation October 2 2008 Retrieved December 31 2009 a b c Sony Music Entertainment Japan History Retrieved September 15 2010 Kimio Kase Francisco J Saez Martinez Hernan Riquelme Transformational CEOs Leadership and Management Success in Japan Edward Elgar Publishing 2005 ISBN 1 84542 046 2 Page 16 Sony and the Modern Age Archived from the original on February 17 2001 Retrieved September 14 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Sony Music UK Retrieved on August 6 2006 CBS Sony Records is Established in First Round of Capital Deregulation Sony History Retrieved September 15 2010 Press release Chairman of the Board Norio Ohga Retires as Director of Sony Corporation Sony Corporation January 28 2003 Retrieved September 15 2010 John Nathan Sony Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2001 ISBN 0 618 12694 5 Pages 146 147 John Nathan Sony Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2001 ISBN 0 618 12694 5 Page 147 The Joy of Creating Something New Sony History Accessed September 17 2010 The Acquisition of CBS Records and Columbia Pictures Sony History Accessed September 27 2010 CBS Sony to Take Over 4 Subsidiaries Jiji Press Ticker Service February 12 1988 a b Steve McClure Sony Music Names Matsuo to Head Label in Japan In Billboard February 8 1992 Page 4 Attorneys Launch Entertainment Focused Firm In Los Angeles Times May 3 1996 Accessed September 17 2010 a b Steve McClure CEO Maruyama Steps Up as New SMEJ President In Billboard February 28 1998 Sony Music Entertainment Japan pays 185m to buy 39 in Snoopy cartoon company Peanuts Music Business Worldwide May 14 2018 Phillips Tom October 17 2017 Sony to release indie game on Nintendo Switch Eurogamer Retrieved October 17 2017 A new Sony label s publishing a Nintendo Switch game Polygon Retrieved November 21 2018 Sony Publishing Label Unties Games Rains Bullet Hell Down on PlayStation 4 Today with Release of Azure Reflections Retrieved November 21 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k l Unties announces PAX West 2018 lineup Gematsu Gematsu August 22 2018 Retrieved November 21 2018 Cat Nigiri www catnigiri com Retrieved November 21 2018 The Midnight Sanctuary Guide Side Home www carpefulgur com Retrieved November 21 2018 Cherrymochi www tokyodark com Retrieved November 21 2018 Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers Metacritic Retrieved November 21 2018 I From Japan I From Japan in Japanese Retrieved November 21 2018 a b UNTIES Games for everyone UNTIES Games for everyone Retrieved November 21 2018 The Good Life Kickstarter Retrieved November 21 2018 Merkava Avalanche メルカバ アバランチ OFFICIAL SITE Merkava Avalanche メルカバ アバランチ OFFICIAL SITE in Japanese Retrieved November 21 2018 Skeleton Crew Studio Work Skeleton Crew Studio Retrieved November 21 2018 ジラフとアンニカ Giraffe and annika ジラフとアンニカ公式 ３Dアドベンチャーゲーム ジラフとアンニカ Giraffe and annika ジラフとアンニカ公式 ３Dアドベンチャーゲーム in Japanese Retrieved November 21 2018 3rd eye Retrieved November 21 2018 Neetpia Gensokyo Defenders neetpia sakura ne jp Retrieved November 21 2018 a b c Steve McClure SMEJ s Other Announcements Komuro s Sony Deal Won t Hurt Avex Relations Maruyama In Billboard February 28 1998 Virgin s Dreams Come True In Billboard August 20 1997 Kana Nishino CNN Travel Cnngo com December 11 2009 Retrieved on 2013 07 16 Avex tops total sales ranking for the first half of 2012 Oricon July 20 2012 Retrieved August 15 2012 ワーナー CD DVD等パッケージ商品の小売販売 流通業務をソニー ミュージックマーケティングへ委託 Warner outsources retail sales and distribution of packaged products such as CD DVD to Sony Music Marketing Musicman in Japanese May 31 2017 Retrieved July 10 2022 a b c d International Newsline In Billboard April 25 1992 Page 36 History Company Information Sony Music Group Corporate Site Sme co jp Retrieved on February 14 2019 ミュージックレイン Musicrayn com Retrieved on July 16 2013 Sony Music Group Company Site グループ会社情報 Sme co jp Retrieved on July 16 2013 a b Steve McClure Sony Bows Two Japan Subsids In Billboard October 15 1994 Page 53 a b monogatary comのコンテスト モノコン2019 開幕 90日後に ホラードラマやコミック オーディオブック等の原作者が誕生 プレスリリース ニュースリリース配信シェアNo 1 PR TIMES Retrieved June 22 2022 Japan Billboard July 1 2020 Rising J Pop Duo YOASOBI Reveal Influences From Anime to Folk Interview Billboard Retrieved June 22 2022 Billboard 110 9 Nielsen Business Media February 28 1998 85 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved December 31 2012 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help External links EditSony Music Entertainment Japan Inc official website Sony Music Entertainment Japan s channel on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sony Music Entertainment Japan amp oldid 1151946911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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