Victor Entertainment

• April 1972: is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC. • September 30, 1982: JVC Musical Industries, Inc. is founded in the U.S. • February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as . • January 1990: JVC Musical Industries announces its first video game release will be Boulder Dash. • October 30, 1991: JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. is founded. • April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Musical Industries merge and the name is changed to . • October 1, 1996: Victor Interactive Software takes over video game-related activities after Pack-In-Video is merged with Victor Entertainment. • May 1, 1997: JVC Musical Industries is renamed to JVC Music, Inc. • May 14, 1997: JVC Musical Industries Europe is renamed to JVC Music Europe, Ltd. • February 24, 1999: JVC Music, Inc. is dissolved • March 1999: Victor Entertainment's main office is moved. • March 31, 2003: Victor Interactive Software is acquired by Marvelous Entertainment and becomes Marvelous Interactive. • May 8, 2006: JVC Music Europe is dissolved. • April 2014: Victor Entertainment's corporate name is changed to JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation. • April 2024: JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment changed its corporate name back to Victor Entertainment, Inc. == Labels ==

Records • AB-Victor France • Aosis Records • CJ Victor Entertainment (joint venture with CJ E&M of South Korea) • Colourful Records • ELA Music (Kaela Kimura's label) • her (SCANDAL's label) • Cypress Showers • Getting Better • Globe Roots • Happy House • Hihirecords (for babies and kids) • Invitation • JVC Entertainment (production, artist managements, and overseas products) • Flying Dog (animation-related products) • FlyingStar Records (formerly BabeStar Label) • rookiestar • JVC Jazz • JVC World Sounds • Mob Squad (Dragon Ash Private Label) • Nafin • Speedstar International • Speedstar Records • Taishita (Southern All Stars Private Label, joint venture with Amuse, Inc.) • Victor • Zen (Japanese sub-label of Victor) Distribution • 3CG Records • AI Entertainment (a division of Mnet Media's FNC Music, co-distributed with Warner Music Japan) • Bad News • D-topia Entertainment • Daipro-X • Marquee, Inc. • Milan Records • RCA Records • Revolver Music • Substance • Teichiku Entertainment (Subsidiary of Victor Entertainment until 2015.) • BAIDIS • Be-tam-ing • Continental • Imperial Records • Imperial International • KIDSDOM (Animation Related Label) • MONAD (Haruomi Hosono Private Label) • Non-Standard (Haruomi Hosono Produce Label) • Overseas Records • PROGRAM (Katsumi Tanaka Private Label ~2000) • TOHO Records (Master Rights Only) • Takumi Note • Teichiku Records • TMC Music • 246 Records • Union Records • Union Black Records • WHD Entertainment Inc. (joint venture between WOWOW, Horipro and Disk Garage) Video • Nelvana • GAGA Communications • MediaNet Pictures • SPO Entertainment • TBS Video == Major artists ==

Listed alphabetically by group or first name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name). • Atarashii Gakko! (Also under 88rising) • 9nine (2009–2010) • Alexandra Stan • Akino Arai (flying DOG) • AKINO from bless4 (flying DOG) • Anthem • Alesha Dixon • ALI PROJECT (flying DOG) • Amorphis • Angra • AZKi (July 2023 - June 2025) - returned to Hololive Production • Batten Showjo Tai (Colourful Records) • The Back Horn • The Bawdies (Victor/Getting Better) • Billlie (Japan only) • Blessed By A Broken Heart • Buck-Tick (1987–1996; 2016–present under its vanity label Lingua Sounda) • Chanmina (2016–2017) (Warner Music Japan 2018–present) • Chiaki Ishikawa (flying DOG) • CNBLUE (AI Ent./Victor) – left Victor for Warner • Cocco • Cravity (Japan only) • Cross Vein • cymbals • D (CJ Victor) • Daigo☆Stardust • Death from Above 1979 (Japanese distribution rights) • Dew • Doll$Boxx • Dragon Ash (Mob Squad/Victor) • FictionJunction (flying DOG) • FictionJunction YUUKA (flying DOG) • Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas • Fuki Commune • Gacharic Spin • Gari • Going Under Ground • Guniw Tools • Hanson (Japan only) • Maia Hirasawa (Japan only) • Leo Ieiri (Colourful Records) • Impellitteri • IVVY • Hiromi Iwasaki • Jero • Junko Sakurada • Kaela Kimura (2013–present) • Kigurumi • Kei (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.) • Miki (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.) • Rena • Kelly Sweet • Kigurumichiko • Rena (Kigurumi) • Michiko Shimizu • Kiko Loureiro • Kiroro • Kitaro • Kokia • Kyōko Koizumi • Kyūso Nekokami • Leah Dizon • Lisa Komine (flying DOG) • Liv Moon • Lovebites • Love Psychedelico • Lovely Summer Chan • Lunkhead • Maaya Sakamoto (flying DOG) • Mamamoo (Japan only) • Mariko Takahashi • Masumi • Matt Bianco • May'n (flying DOG) • Megumi Nakajima (flying DOG) • Merry • Miho Hatori • Mika Arisaka • Miki Matsubara (1987–1989) • Minmi • Miz • Nano (flying DOG) • never young beach • Noriko Sakai (1987–2009) • Nujabes • Orange Range (2012–, Spice Records/Super Echo Label/Speedstar Records) • ONF (Japan only) • Paris Match • PIG • Pink Lady • Plastic Tree (CJ Victor) • Purple Kiss (Japan only) • Quruli • Remioromen • Reol • Rimi Natsukawa • ROMEO (Park Jung Min | SS501) • ROUND TABLE featuring Nino (flying DOG) • Rurika Yokoyama (CJ Victor) • Sakanaction • savage genius (flying DOG) • Sayuri Yoshinaga • Scandal (her) • See-Saw (flying DOG) • Sung Si-kyung • Shinichi Mori • Shunsuke Kiyokiba (former EXILE vocalist that was signed under Avex) • SikTh – Japan only • Silent Descent • SMAP • Masahiro Nakai • Kimura Takuya • Goro Inagaki (also goes by &G) • Tsuyoshi Kusanagi • Shingo Katori • Southern All Stars • Steve Barakatt • Supergroupies • Sweet Vacation • Yuko Hara (solo and duet releases with SMAP member Shingo Katori) • Keisuke Kuwata/Kuwata Band • Hiroshi Matsuda • Kazuyuki Sekiguchi • • Tokino Sora • Toy-Box • Traffic Light. (MeseMoa.'s sub-group) • UA • Yena • VIXX (CJ Victor) • Wonho (Japan only) • Yoko Kanno (flying DOG) • Yuki Kajiura (flying DOG) • Yukio Hashi • Zardonic • Sambomaster == Video games ==

;Victor Music/Ent. ;Victor/JVC Music ;JVC Music Europe == See also ==