, also known as in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as
anime
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and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where
Sony Music Entertainment
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*April 1972: is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC.
*September 30, 1982: JVC Musical Industries, Inc. is founded in the U.S.
*February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as .
*January 1990: JVC Musical Industries announces its first video game release will be '' Boulder Dash''.
*October 30, 1991: JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. is founded.
*April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Musical Industries merge and the name is changed to
*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.
*May 14, 1997: JVC Musical Industries Europe is renamed to JVC Music Europe, Ltd.
*February 24, 1999: JVC Music, Inc. is dissolved
*March 1999: Victor Entertainment's main office is moved.
*March 31, 2003: Victor Interactive Software is acquired by Marvelous Entertainment and becomes Marvelous Interactive.
*May 8, 2006: JVC Music Europe is dissolved.
*April 2014: Victor Entertainment's corporate name is changed to JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation.
Labels
Records
* AB-Victor France
*Aosis Records
*CJ Victor Entertainment (joint venture with CJ E&M of South Korea)
*Cypress Showers
*ELA Music ( Kaela Kimura's label)
*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
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* Revolver Music
*Substance
* Teichiku Entertainment (Subsidiary of Victor Entertainment until 2015.)
**BAIDIS
** 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
** Teichiku Records
**TMC Music
***246 Records
**Union Records
***Union Black Records
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Akino Arai
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History
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Merry
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Discography
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Video games
;Victor Music/Ent.
;Victor/JVC Music
;JVC Music Europe
See also
* Subsidiaries of
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