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Native name
  
アップフロントグループ

Website
  
www.ufg.co.jp

Founded
  
1983

Industry
  
Music, entertainment

Headquarters
  
Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Type of business
  
Kabushiki gaisha

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Key people
  
Naoki Yamazaki (chairman and representative director) Yukio Seto (president and executive director) Junichiro Iwata (managing director)

Subsidiaries
  
Up-Front Promotion Up-Front Works Up-Front Books Up-Front International Up-Front DC Up-Front Hawaii etc.

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UP-FRONT GROUP Co., Ltd. (株式会社アップフロントグループ, Kabushiki gaisha Appu-Furonto Gurūpu) is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion and Up-Front Works, a music production and sales company that manages such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, and Hachama.

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Up-Front Promotion

UP-FRONT PROMOTION Co., Ltd. (アップフロントプロモーション), formerly UP-FRONT AGENCY Co., Ltd. (アップフロントエージェンシー), is a talent agency under the umbrella of Up-Front Group.

Female artists

  • Chisato Moritaka
  • Shoko Aida
  • Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
  • Hello! Project
  • Morning Musume
  • Berryz Kobo
  • Cute
  • S/mileage
  • Juice=Juice
  • Hello Pro Kenshūsei
  • Ex-Hello! Project
  • Dream Morning Musume
  • Ex-Hello Pro Egg
  • You Kikkawa
  • Up Up Girls (subject to change)
    • Sapporo branch
  • Erika Miyoshi (ex-Hello! Project)

    • Male artists

  • Sharam Q
  • Hiroshi Itsuki

    • Up-Front Works

    UP-FRONT WORKS Co., Ltd. (アップフロントワークス) is a record company under the umbrella of Up-Front Group. It specializes in planning, production, and sales of music and video content.

    Artists

    Zetima (record label, distribution: Sony Music)

  • Ongaku Gatas
  • Kan
  • Cute
  • Country Musume
  • Sharan Q
  • Yuko Nakazawa
  • High-King
  • Buono!
  • Aya Matsuura
  • Morning Musume
  • Dream Morning Musume
  • Chisato Moritaka
  • Hello! Project shuffle units
  • Natsumi Abe
  • Rumiko Koyanagi
  • 808 State

    • Hachama (record label, distribution: Pony Canyon)

  • Natsumi Abe
  • Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
  • Peaberry
  • S/mileage
  • T-Pistonz+KMC (transferred to Frame, then to Avex)

    • Piccolo Town (record label, distribution: King Records)

  • Aa!
  • Berryz Kobo

    • Rice Music (record label)

  • Miki Fujimoto — transferred from Hachama in August 2008
  • Yuki Maeda — transferred from Zetima in September 2004

    • Chichūkai Label (record label)

  • Shōko Aida
  • Kaori Iida

    • Up-Front Works (independent record label)

  • Cute
  • Bekimasu
  • Hello! Pro Kenshūsei
  • All Hello! Project DVD magazines
  • Lovendor

    • Frame (record label)

  • Sayaka Kitahara
  • T-Pistonz+KMC (transferred to Avex)

    • Seventh Code (record label)

  • Emyli

    • Gothuall (record label)

  • Hangry & Angry-f

    • Male artists

  • Tsunku

    • Female artists

  • Nice Girl Project!
  • The Possible
  • Canary Club
  • Tokkī

    • References

    Up-Front Group Wikipedia
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