JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment
JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation is a subsidiary of JVC Kenwood 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 Music Industries, Inc. is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC.
- February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as Nihon AVC, Inc..
- April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Music Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment, Inc.
- October 1, 1996: Victor Interactive Software takes over video game-related activities after Pack-In-Video is merged with Victor Entertainment.
- March 1999: The main office is moved.
- April 2014: The corporate name is changed to JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation.
Labels
Records
- 3 Views
- AB-Victor France
- Aosis Records
- CJ Victor Entertainment
- Cypress Showers
- ELA Music
- Getting Better
- Globe Roots
- Happy House
- Hihirecords
- Invitation
- JVC Entertainment
- *Flying Dog
- FlyingStar Records
- *rookiestar
- JVC Jazz
- JVC World Sounds
- Mob Squad
- Nafin
- Speedstar International
- Speedstar Records
- Taishita
- Victor
Distribution
- 3CG Records
- AI Entertainment
- Bad News
- D-topia Entertainment
- Daipro-X
- Marquee, Inc.
- Milan Records
- Revolver Music
- Substance
- *BAIDIS
- *:Ja:ビーイング|Be-tam-ing
- *Continental
- *Imperial Records
- *Imperial International
- *KIDSDOM
- *:Ja:ノン・スタンダード|MONAD
- *:Ja:ノン・スタンダード|Non-Standard
- *Overseas Records
- *PROGRAM
- *:Ja:東宝|TOHO Records
- *Takumi Note
- *Teichiku Records
- *TMC Music
- **246 Records
- *Union Records
- **Union Black Records
- WHD Entertainment Inc.
Video
- Nelvana
- GAGA Communications
- MediaNet Pictures
- SPO Entertainment
- TBS Video
Major artists
Listed alphabetically by group or first name. Names are in Western order.- Nujabes
- 9nine
- Alexandra Stan
- Akino Arai
- AKINO from bless4
- Anthem
- Alesha Dixon
- ALI PROJECT
- Amorphis
- Angra
- Batten Showjo Tai
- The Back Horn
- The Bawdies
- Blessed By A Broken Heart
- Buck-Tick
- Chanmina
- Chiaki Ishikawa
- CN Blue – left Victor for Warner
- Cocco
- cymbals
- D
- Daigo☆Stardust
- Death from Above 1979
- Dew
- Doll$Boxx
- Dragon Ash
- FictionJunction
- *FictionJunction YUUKA
- Gacharic Spin
- Gari
- Going Under Ground
- Guniw Tools
- Hanson
- Maia Hirasawa
- Leo Ieiri
- Impellitteri
- Hiromi Iwasaki
- Jero
- Junko Sakurada
- Kaela Kimura
- :Ja:キグルミ|Kigurumi
- *Kei
- *Miki
- *:Ja:志村玲那|Rena
- Kelly Sweet
- :Ja:キグルミ|Kigurumichiko
- *Rena
- *:Ja:清水ミチコ|Michiko Shimizu
- Kiko Loureiro
- Kiroro
- Kokia
- Kyōko Koizumi
- Kyūso Nekokami
- Leah Dizon
- Lisa Komine
- Liv Moon
- Lovebites
- Love Psychedelico
- Lunkhead
- Maaya Sakamoto
- Mariko Takahashi
- Masumi
- Matt Bianco
- May'n
- Megumi Nakajima
- Merry
- Miho Hatori
- Mika Arisaka
- Miki Matsubara
- Minmi
- Miz
- MAMAMOO
- Nano
- Noriko Sakai
- Orange Range
- ONF
- Paris Match
- PIG
- Pink Lady
- Plastic Tree
- Quruli
- Remioromen
- Reol
- Rimi Natsukawa
- ROMEO
- ROUND TABLE featuring Nino
- Rurika Yokoyama
- Sakanaction
- savage genius
- Sayuri Yoshinaga
- Scandal
- See-Saw
- Sung Si-kyung
- Shinichi Mori
- Shunsuke Kiyokiba
- SikTh – Japan only
- Silent Descent
- SMAP
- *Masahiro Nakai
- *Kimura Takuya
- *Goro Inagaki
- *Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
- *Shingo Katori
- Southern All Stars
- Steve Barakatt
- Supergroupies
- Sweet Vacation
- *Yuko Hara
- *Keisuke Kuwata/Kuwata Band
- *Hiroshi Matsuda
- *Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
- Toy-Box
- Traffic Light.
- UA
- VIXX
- Yoko Kanno
- Yuki Kajiura
- Yukio Hashi
- Zardonic
- Sambomaster