, also known as in Japan, is a subsidiary of

JVCKenwood , stylized as JVCKENWOOD, is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. It was formed from the merger of Victor Company of Japan, Ltd (JVC) and Kenwood Corporation on October 1, 2008. Upon creation, Haruo K ...

that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as

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and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where

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operates the

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label.

History

*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 ''

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''. *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 was a Japanese video game software publisher and developer, established on October 1, 1996 as a division of Victor Entertainment. Their first game was ''Fish Eyes'' and their last game was ''Fish Eyes 3''. Some of their games used the brand. Hi ...

takes over video game-related activities after

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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

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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 CJ E&M (Hangul: 씨제이이앤엠, an initialism for CJ Entertainment & Media) is a South Korean entertainment and mass media company created by CJ Group in 2011. As of July 2018, CJ E&M is a division of CJ ENM. History CJ E&M was established ...

of South Korea) *Cypress Showers *ELA Music (

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'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 (

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Private Label) *Nafin *Speedstar International *Speedstar Records *Taishita (Southern All Stars Private Label, joint venture with Amuse, Inc.) *Victor

Distribution

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AI Entertainment AI Entertainment Inc. was founded in 2007. It is a Japanese indie record label and publishing company which supports the indie artists of the world. Artists * F.T. Island (2009-) * 螢園鄭明子 : ハングル書芸家 (2012-) * canna (2014-) ...

(a division of

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FNC Music FNC Entertainment (; stands for "fish and cake") is a South Korean entertainment company established in 2006 by South Korean singer and record producer Han Seong-ho. The label operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, ev ...

, co-distributed with

Warner Music Japan Warner Music Group's labels include the following. Flagship labels *Atlantic Records *Elektra Records * Parlophone Records *Warner Records Atlantic Records Group * 1st & 15th Entertainment * All Money In * Artist Partners Group * Asylum Rec ...

) *Bad News *

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*Daipro-X *Marquee, Inc. *

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*Substance * Teichiku Entertainment (Subsidiary of Victor Entertainment until 2015.) **BAIDIS ** Be-tam-ing **Continental **Imperial Records **Imperial International **KIDSDOM (Animation Related Label) ** MONAD (

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Private Label) **

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(Haruomi Hosono Produce Label) **Overseas Records **PROGRAM ( Katsumi Tanaka Private Label ~2000) ** TOHO Records (Master Rights Only) **Takumi Note **

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**TMC Music ***246 Records **Union Records ***Union Black Records *

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Inc. (

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between WOWOW, Horipro and Disk Garage)

Video

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*GAGA Communications *MediaNet Pictures *SPO Entertainment * TBS Video

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* Atarashii Gakko! (Also under

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) *

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(2009–2010) *

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(flying DOG) *

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(flying DOG) *

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* Angra *

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(Colourful Records) *

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(1987–1996; 2016–present under their vanity label Lingua Sounda) * Chanmina (2016–2017) (Warner Music Japan 2018–present) * Chiaki Ishikawa (flying DOG) *

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* Cocco *cymbals * D (CJ Victor) *

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(Mob Squad/Victor) *

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(flying DOG) **

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(flying DOG) * Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas * Gacharic Spin * Gari * Going Under Ground * Guniw Tools * Hanson (Japan only) *

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* IVVY *

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* Kokia *

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* Lovely Summer Chan * Lunkhead *

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(1987–2009) *

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* Pink Lady *

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(her) *

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* Steve Barakatt * Supergroupies * Sweet Vacation ** Yuko Hara (solo and duet releases with

member

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(flying DOG) *

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Video games

;Victor Music/Ent. ;Victor/JVC Music ;JVC Music Europe

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References

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