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JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment

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Type
  
Subsidiary

Owner
  
JVC Kenwood

Industry
  
Entertainment

Headquarters
  
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

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Key people
  
Yuichi Kaito (President) Toshiaki Shibutani (Managing Director)

Products
  
Audio, visual and computer software media products

Revenue
  
6.31 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005)

Founded
  
1972, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Number of employees
  
600 (as of March 31, 2005)

Parent organizations
  
JVC, Victor Company of Japan, Limited

Artists
  
SMAP, Gen Hoshino, Sakanaction, Southern All Stars, Sakurako Ohara

JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation (株式会社JVCケンウッド・ビクターエンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Jei・bui・shī Ken'uddo Bikutā Entateinmento), formerly Victor Entertainment, Inc. (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社, Bikutā Entateinmento Kabushiki-gaisha) and Victor Music Industries (ビクター音楽産業, Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō), 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.

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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 Sangyō Kabushiki Kaisha) spun off as subsidiary of JVC
  • February 1984: Sales and marketing department of JVC spun off as Nihon AVC, Inc. (日本エイ・ブイ・シー株式会社, Nihon Ei・Bui・Shī Kabushiki Kaisha)
  • April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Music Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment, Inc.
  • March 1999: Moved main office
  • April 2014: Changed corporate name to JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation.
  • Major artists

    Listed alphabetically by group or first name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).

    Distribution managements

  • BMG Japan (1988–1991)
  • References

    JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Wikipedia