is a
music and video production and sales company that works with artists affiliated with Up-Front Group and its partners. It was created in 2004 by merging the
record labels Zetima, Hachama and Piccolo Town. All three continued to operate as Up-Front Works' in-house labels. The list of artists whose music is released by Up-Front Works includes those under the talent agencies Up-Front Promotion, J.P Room, Up-Front Create, etc. Up-Front Works operates or operated the following record labels:
Zetima was originally founded in May 1993 as , a joint venture between the Up-Front Group and
Warner Music Japan. In April 1998, Up-Front merged One Up with Y.J. Sounds to form Zetima. At the same time, Up-Front ended its distribution deal with Warner Music Japan and switched to
Sony Music Entertainment Japan. ;Artists •
Shoko Aida •
Beyooooonds •
Camellia Factory •
Hello! Project shuffle units • Akira Inaba • Jōjō Gundan •
Kan •
Aya Matsuura •
Chisato Moritaka •
Morning Musume • Takui Nakajima •
Yuko Nakazawa •
Ocha Norma •
Pink Cres. •
Rosy Chronicle •
Airi Suzuki ;Former artists •
Buono! •
Cute •
Country Girls •
Magnolia Factory •
Dream Morning Musume •
Lovendor •
Ongaku Gatas •
Sharam Q Hachama has a distribution deal with
Pony Canyon. ;Artists •
Angerme •
Juice=Juice •
Akari Uemura ;Former artists •
Alma Kaminiito •
Eric Fukusaki •
Gatas Brilhantes H.P. • Yuubi Matsui •
Peaberry Piccolo Town had a distribution deal with
King Records from April 2001 to August 2013, when it switched to
Pony Canyon in September 2013. ;Artists • Bitter & Sweet ;Former artists •
Aa! •
Berryz Kobo •
Ciao Bella Cinquetti •
Gomattō •
Maki Goto •
Sayaka Ichii •
Yui Okada •
v-u-den •
ZYX Rice Music was originally founded in March 1995 as . After being absorbed into Zetima in 1998, the label was resurrected in September 2004 to focus on
Kayōkyoku and
enka. Like Piccolo Town, Rice Music had a distribution deal with
King Records from September 2004 to August 2013, when it switched to
Pony Canyon in September 2013. ;Artists • Hirofumi Banba •
Takao Horiuchi • Akira Kagawa • Jirō Sugita • Gen Takayama • Masayuki Yuhara ;Former artists • Akira Fuse •
Sanae Jōnouchi • Yuki Maeda • Nori Yamaguchi
Up-Front Works (record label) is Up-Front Group's in-house label that specializes in limited edition releases that are sold either online or exclusively at music chains such as
Tower Records. The label previously had distribution deals with
Pony Canyon, Daiki Sound, and
Universal Music Japan before 2019. ;Artists •
Natsumi Abe • Akira Inaba •
You Kikkawa •
Hello! Project • Kamiishinaka Kana •
Sayumi Michishige •
Karin Miyamoto •
Chisato Moritaka •
Saki Nakajima • Asahi Tasaki • Temiyamn •
Maimi Yajima Up-Front Indies is Up-Front Group's indie in-house label founded in May 2019. ;Artists •
Hello Pro Kenshusei Chichūkai Label was founded in 2003, with music inspired by those of the countries by the
Mediterranean Sea, most prominently
France,
Italy and
Greece, or even
cover versions of songs from those countries. The label was handled by
Epic Records Japan until December 2009, when Up-Front consolidated it with Zetima. ;Former artists •
Shoko Aida •
Kaori Iida • Akira Inaba • Yasuko Naito • Ruca • Hidemi Sasaki == Former artists ==