King Records (Japan)

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King Record Co., Ltd. (キングレコード株式会社, Kingu Rekōdo Kabushiki gaisha),

The label's name is actually based from the now-defunct Kingu magazine published by Kodansha from 1924 to 1957.

Its Starchild label, was managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialised in

Paddle Wheel Records is a division of King Record Co.[3]

You! Be Cool was the official sub-label for AKB48.

Venus-B is the company's official

Evil Line Records is the label's new division, established in April 2014, and comprises artists like Momoiro Clover Z and Meg, among others.^[4][5][6]

Nexus is the label's division specialized for metal/underground music from Japan also overseas. Notable artists in it label are Earthshaker, etc.

Seven Seas is the label's division focusing on world music from overseas artists in many genres.

King Custom was a special division of King Records in Japan that began in the early 1960s. It allowed individuals to release their own works without oversight or promotional support from the label. King Records provided only the branding and distribution, leaving creators with full control over their content. This unique system supported independent and regional artists, preserving their artistic freedom while leveraging King Records' established reputation and network.

The division worked with the following matrix numbers: NCS (7-inch records), NDS (33⅓ RPM EPs) and NAS (LPs). The label was discontinued in the late 1980s.

• Bolbbalgan4^[7]
• Stomu Yamashta
• Inoran
• Kana Uemura
• Diedrich Hartmann
• Nogod
• Takeshi Terauchi
• Hiroko Moriguchi
• Morning Musume
• Tomomi Itano
• Atsuko Maeda
• Yuki Kashiwagi
• Momoland^[8]
• Miss Monochrome
• Aice5 (Evil Line)
• Earphones (Evil Line)
• Hypnosis Mic (Evil Line)
• Charisma House (Evil Line)
• Otsuki Miyako
• Momoiro Clover Z (Evil Line, formerly Starchild)
• Meg (Evil Line)
• Lynch.
• Theatre Brook
• Haruka Fukuhara
• Sawa (Bellwood)
• Park Junyoung
• Hiroki Nanami
• Jan Linton (as dr jan guru) "Planet Japan"
• Rock A Japonica (Evil Line)
• Senri Kawaguchi
• Block B^[9]
• Nana Mizuki (King Amusement Creative)
• Mamoru Miyano (King Amusement Creative)
• Suneohair (King Amusement Creative)
• Ryoko Shiraishi (King Amusement Creative)
• angela (King Amusement Creative)
• Ai Nonaka (King Amusement Creative)
• Yoko Takahashi (King Amusement Creative)
• Soichiro Hoshi (King Amusement Creative)
• Sumire Uesaka (King Amusement Creative)
• Inori Minase (King Amusement Creative)
• Shouta Aoi (King Amusement Creative)
• Satomi Sato
  (King Amusement Creative)
• Yuuma Uchida
  (King Amusement Creative)
• Yui Horie (King Amusement Creative)
• Niji no Conquistador (King Amusement Creative)
• B2takes! (King Amusement Creative)
• Miho Okasaki (King Amusement Creative)
• AMATSUKI
• AIMI (King Amusement Creative)
• Mardelas (Nexus)
• Light Bringer (Nexus)

• Tokuma Japan Communications
  )
• AKB48 (You, Be Cool!) (2008-2023; to Universal Music Japan)
• Toshiba EMI
  )
• Eri Kitamura (2011-2016; to TMS Music)
• GFriend (2018-2021)
• Kagrra,
• Masumi Asano
• Matenrou Opera (to self-owned amairo records)
• Mikako Komatsu (2012-2016; to Toy's Factory)
• Megumi Hayashibara (1991-2019; freelance)
• Geneon until 2011 when she signed with Lantis
  )
• Michiyo Azusa
• Miho Nakayama
• Minori Chihara (2004)
• Sung Si-kyung (2023 -)
• Neko Jump (2006-2011; Former overseas partner of Kamikaze)
• Sound Horizon to Pony Canyon
• avex trax
  )
• Sony Music Japan
  )
• Warner Music Japan
  )
• YuiKaori
• Yui Sakakibara to 5pb. Records
• Yui Ogura (2012-2022; King Amusement Creative; to Nippon Columbia)^[10]
• Yukari Tamura
• Yuki Uchida
• Yuko Ogura

• Starchild, the former label under King Records

• King Records Japan (in Japanese)
• King Records Japan (in English)
• King Records Japan corporate websites
• King Records Japan NEWS websites
• King Records Japan PLAYLIST websites
• King Records Japan Twitter
• King Records Japan Instagram
• King Records Japan TikTok
• King Amusement Creative (in Japanese)
• EVIL LINE RECORDS (in Japanese)
• HEROIC LINE (in Japanese)

• King Records's channel on
  YouTube