Status Active Location Bunkyo, Tokyo | Country of origin Japan Official website www.kingrecords.co.jp Founded 1931 | |
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Parent company Parent:Kodansha, Ltd. 1931 – presentShareholders:Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. 1985 – presentTokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. 2005 – present Genre Pop, Rock, Kayōkyoku, Enka, Anime music, Soundtracks Artists Profiles | ||
King Record Co., Ltd. (キングレコード株式会社, Kingu Rekōdo Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese record company, founded in 1931 as a division of Japanese publisher Kodansha. It became and began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s, but remains part of the publisher's Otowa Group. Now one of Japan's largest record companies not to be owned by a multinational entity, it is headquartered in Tokyo.
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Its Starchild label, managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialises in anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, and MSX2 computers. On February 1, 2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative.
You! Be Cool is the official sub-label for AKB48.
Venus-B is the company's official urban music imprint.
Evil Line Records is the label's new division, established on April 2014, and comprises artists like Momoiro Clover Z and Meg, among others.