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| Type | Subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC) |
| Founded | Yokohama, Japan (1972) |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Toshiaki Shibutani, Managing Director |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Products | Audio, visual and computer software media products |
| Revenue | 6.31 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005) |
| Employees | 600 (as of March 31, 2005) |
| Website | Victor Entertainment |
Victor Entertainment (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社 Bikutā Entateinmento Kabushiki Kaisha?) is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC) that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as Victor Music Industries (ビクター音楽産業 Bikutā Ongaku Kangyō?).
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History
- April 1972 — Victor Music Industries, Inc. (ビクター音楽産業株式会社 Bikutā Ongaku Kangyō Kabushiki Kaisha?) spun off as subsidiary of JVC
- February 1984 — Sales and marketing department of JVC spun off as Nihon ABC, Inc. (日本エイ・ブイ・シー株式会社 Nihon Ei・Bi・Shī Kabushiki Kaisha?)
- April 1993 — Nihon ABC and Victor Music Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment
- March 1999 — Moved main office
Labels
Record
- 3 Views
- Aosis Records
- BabeStar
- Cypress Showers
- Globe Roots
- Happy House
- Hihirecords (for babies and kids)
- Invitation
- JVC Jazz
- JVC World Sounds
- Mob Squad
- Nafin
- Speedstar International
- Speedstar Records
- Taishita
- Victor
Other audio
- Bad News
- Daipro-X
- Marquee, Inc.
- Substance
Video
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- GAGA Communications
- MediaNet Pictures
- SPO Entertainment
- TBS Video
Major artists
Listed alphabetically by group or family name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).
- Aimi Yuguchi
- Aina Ōgi
- Ayano Tsuji
- Steve Barakatt
- Chocolate & Akito
- Cymbals
- Daigo☆Stardust
- Dragon Ash
- FictionJunction YUUKA
- Full of Harmony
- Fūmidō
- Gari
- Going Under Ground
- Guniw Tools
- 80★PAN!
- Kigurumi
- Rena
- Miki (joined "Kigurumi" on November,7 2007.)
- Kei (joined "Kigurumi" on November,7 2007.)
- (Haruka graduated "Kigurumi" on June,30 2007.)
- Kigurumichiko
- Rena (Kigurumi)
- Michiko Shimizu
- Kiroro
- Kiyofumi Ōno
- Kokia
- Kyoko Koizumi
- Leah Dizon
- Love Psychedelico
- Lunkhead
- Maaya Sakamoto
- Mariko Takahashi
- Masumi
- Matt Bianco
- Merry
- Miho Hatori
- Mika Arisaka
- Minmi
- Miz
- Oozekitaku
- Paris Match
- PIG
- Quruli
- Rimi Natsukawa
- Remioromen
- savage genius
- See-Saw
- Shōnen Kamikaze
- Singer Songer
- SMAP
- Goro Inagaki (also goes by &G)
- Shingo Katori
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
- Masahiro Nakai
- Source
- Southern All Stars
- Keisuke Kuwata/Kuwata Band
- Hiroshi Matsuda
- Hideyuki Nozawa
- Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
- Yuko Hara (solo and any duet releases with SMAP member Shingo Katori)
- Takeshi Nakatsuka
- The Back Horn
- The Cobra Sisters
- Tokyo Ethmusica
- Toshihiko Tahara (transferred from Pony Canyon)
- UA (singer)
- Yuki Kajiura
- Death from Above 1979 (Japanese distribution rights)
External links
- (Japanese) Victor Entertainment
