Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. ( Self- font: Sony Music or SMEJ ) (Japanese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 Myūjikku Entateinmento ) is a Japanese record company. As a 100 % subsidiary of Sony, it is therefore independent of the U.S. record company Sony Music Entertainment.

By 2007 SMEJ had also meant their own sub-labels in North America, which Tofu Records. Today, products of SMEJ in North America through Columbia Records or Epic Records offered.

  • 2.1 Active
  • 2.2 Disused

History

Sony Music Entertainment Japan was established in March 1968 as CBS / Sony Records as a joint venture between Sony Corporation and a half of the U.S. media company CBS and the other half to the music of the latter in Japan to market. Sony co-founder Akio Morita was president.

Norio Oga was a part of the management for the training of the company and as president and justifiable Director since April 1970. In 1972, when CBS / Sony could win robust profits, Oga was titled as Chairman and at the same time he won more responsibilities and influence in Sony. 1980 succeeded Toshio Ozawa to surpass the work of UCI and he became president.

Then, in 1983, was called to the company in CBS / Sony Group.

Sony takes over CBS Records

In January 1988, after more than a year of negotiations, Sony acquired CBS Records, the. 50 % of CBS / Sony Group, which is not quite tion states Then in March 1988, the CBS / Sony Group was split into four subsidiaries: CBS / Sony Inc., Epic / Sony Records Inc., CBS / Sony Records Inc. and Sony Video Software International.

This meant that the company was renamed once more in Sony Music Entertainment (Japan ) Inc..

Shugo Matsuo was announced in January 1992 as the new president, as the replacement for Toshio Ozawa.

General sales for the year were announced on 31 March 1991 and amounted to 83.8 billion yen, a pre-tax profit of 9.2 billion yen.

In June 1996 Ryokichi Kunugi became the new president. He was titled as chairman. Shigeo Maruyama was set as the new CEO on 1 October 1997 and served as a substitute for Kunugi, which he took over the presidential title in February 1998.

Since 2007, the CEO Naoki Kitagawa. The position of the head of the legal company he shares with the Chairman of the Board of Directors Masao Morita, a son of Akio Morita.

Increased competition

The leading role of the company, in the Japanese music market, is increasingly provided by companies such as Avex, in question ( SMEJ got at that time, as a percentage, 5 % of sales of Avex ). Net sales for the fiscal year from March 31, 1997 was decreased by 10% to 103 billion yen, while net income fell by 41 % to 7.7 billion yen. The market shares were at that time less than 18 %.

In August 1997, signed Dreams Come True, the hitherto best-selling Japanese band, a worldwide multi- album deal with the competitors of the U.S. record company Virgin Records America. This led to competition between Avex and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. SMEJ still netted in the first half of 2012 22.4 billion yen and thus made ​​14.3 % of the market, directly in second place, close behind Avex, which could reach 24.95 billion yen and 15.9%.

Independent labels and sub-labels

Active

  • Aniplex
  • Antinos Records (founded in 1994 by Shigeo Maruyama )
  • Ariola Japan
  • BMG Music Japan
  • DefStar Records ( founded in 1997 acquired as a sub - label of Warner Music Group, until 2000)
  • Epic Records Japan
  • Ki / oon Music ( Fitz beat, Haunted Records, Ki / oon Records2, Neosite, Siren Song and Trefort ) / (established on 1 April 1992 as Ki / oon Sony Records)
  • Okeh ( founded in 1994 by Hiroshi Inagaki )
  • SME Records
  • Sony Music Records (Sony Records, Gr8 Records; ! Founded in April 2003, Mastersix Foundation, Niagara Records and VVV Records)
  • Sony Music Associated Records ( OneNation, Tribute Link, Terry dollars Records and Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Records)
  • Sony Music House
  • Village Music
  • Roc Nation Japan ( the Japanese music publishing by Jay- Z)
  • Sony Music Distribution ( Overseas Publisher, contact with other record companies receive )

Disused

  • Studio Seven Recordings (2006-2010)
  • Tofu Records ( American sublabel, 2003-2007), founded by Yaz Noya

Well-known artists (selection)

Types of business entity Chiyoda, Tokyo Chief Executive Officer Avex Group Bertelsmann Music Group Jay Z Chemistry (Band) Eric Martin (musician) Flow (Band) Little by Little (band) Nozomi Sasaki (model) Supercell (Band) The Gazette (band) Vivid (band) Zone (Band)
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