For the U. S. record label, see
King Records (USA).
King Records is an American Record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio.
| King Records |
| Founded |
1931 |
| Genre |
Pop |
| Country of origin |
Japan |
Japanese King Record
King Records Company, Limited (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. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Events Roy Rogers ' musical career begins Mary Garden retires from the Chicago Opera Alberto Rabagliati 's singing is the largest Japanese publisher headquartered in ( Bunkyo) Tokyo. It became and began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s, but remains part of the publisher's Otowa Group. The label has had huge success with Two-Mix, Miho Nakayama, The Peanuts, Megumi Hayashibara, Masami Okui, Yuki Uchida, Nana Mizuki, Yuko Ogura, and Berryz Koubou. TWO-MIX is a Japanese pop group formed in 1995 The members are Minami Takayama ( vocals and Composer) are a Japanese twin sister singing group Emi Itō ( Itō Emi) and Yumi Itō ( Itō Yumi) born March 30 1967 in Kita Tokyo, Japan is a popular Japanese Seiyū, lyricist Dj and singer born March 13 1968) is a J-Rock / J-Pop singer who was born in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture. (born in Tokyo on November 16, 1975, blood type O 1m65 is a Japanese Actress, model and (ex singer and a popular 90's Japanese is a Japanese idol and model who typically aims for the cute innocent schoolgirl look is a J-pop group within Hello! Project. The original eight members are originally from Hello! Project Kids and often are back-up dancers for W (Double You Now one of Japan's largest record companies not to be owned by a multinational entity, it is headquartered in Tokyo. Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.
Its Starchild label, managed by animation producer Toshimichi Otsuki, specialises in animation music and film.
King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works-owned and operated label Piccolo Town. Piccolo Town is a Japanese Record label owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company
King Records has also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, and MSX2 computers. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The NEC PC-8801 system was introduced by the NEC Corporation in 1981 and was an early Zilog Z80 -based computer The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by
During the 1990s, it released albums produced by Konami Music Entertainment. () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines
Artists of King Records
Roster per May 2, 2008:
- Yui Horie (currently under Starchild Records, a subdivision of King Records)
- Yukari Tamura (was under Konami Digital Entertainment, before moving to King Records beginning 2007)
- Suara (currently under FIX Records, but distributed by King Records)
- angela (currently under Starchild Records, a subdivision of King Records)
- Junko Minagawa
- Asia (Japan only)
- Aice5
- Berryz Koubou (under Piccolo Town)
- Maki Goto (under Piccolo Town)
- v-u-den (under Piccolo Town)
- Dragonland
- faith
- Freeway High High
- Gazette
- Kra
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Anri Kumaki
- Nana Mizuki
- Onmyouza
- Rain
- SHOWTA. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. Horie's real name is, and she is sometimes affectionately nicknamed by her Japanese fans born on February 27 1976 in Fukuoka, is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress ( Seiyū) who works for I'm Enterprise. Suara is a female Japanese singer born on August 3 who is from Osaka, Japan. angela is a Japanese pop band The main members are atsuko and KATSU is a Seiyū affiliated with Haikyo. She is well-known for voicing young boys although she has done "feminine" lady roles as well as flirtatious women Asia is a rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran Progressive rock bands is a J-pop group within Hello! Project. The original eight members are originally from Hello! Project Kids and often are back-up dancers for W (Double You Piccolo Town is a Japanese Record label owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company is a J-pop singer currently signed to the sublabel Rhythm Zone under the Avex Trax label Piccolo Town is a Japanese Record label owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company (also romanized Biyuuden, Viyuden, or Biyuden) is a J-pop group within Hello! Project. Piccolo Town is a Japanese Record label owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company Dragonland is a symphonic power metal musical group from Sweden. is a Japanese rock band and part of the Visual kei movement The band formed in early 2002 and is currently signed to PS Company and King Records born March 30 1967 in Kita Tokyo, Japan is a popular Japanese Seiyū, lyricist Dj and singer is a Japanese pop female Singer-songwriter. Biography Anri Kumaki started writing songs when she was 17-year-old and won the audition of the TV program Onmyo-Za (also Onmyouza or Onmyoza; Japanese: 陰陽座 literally " Onmyou gathering" are a Japanese heavy metal band Rain ( Real name: Jeong Ji-hoon ', born 25 June 1982) is a male Korean pop singer dancer model and actor
- Rōma Tanaka
- Kana Uemura
- Divinefire (The record company's first and only Christian band to date)
- Aki Yamamoto
- Chihiro Yonekura
- Moonlight Agony
- Manhattan Jazz Quintet
- Alice Nine
- Kagrra
- The Pillows
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Divinefire is a Christian Symphonic Power metal group founded in the spring of 2004 by Finnish guitarist Jani Stefanovic and Swedish singer is a Japanese singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. History While Yonekura was attending university she sent off several demonstration Moonlight Agony is a Swedish progressive power metal band which formed in 1999 in Kungsbacka, Sweden. The Manhattan Jazz Quintet is a Jazz ensemble consisting of David Matthews on Piano, Lew Soloff on Trumpet, Victor is a Japanese rock band and part of the country's Visual kei movement is a Japanese Rock band and part of the country's Visual kei movement The Pillows (or the pillows) are a Japanese Rock band, best known internationally for the soundtrack of the Anime series This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also
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