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| name = A-Sketch

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| parent = [[Amuse Inc.]]

| founded = {{Start date and age|April 2008}}

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| genre = {{hlist|[[J-rock]]|[[pop-rock]]}}

| country = Japan

| location = [[Shibuya, Tokyo]]

| url = {{url|www.a-sketch.com/}}

{{nihongo|'''A-Sketch'''|エー・スケッチ||lead=yes}} is a [[record label]] and artist management company of [[Amuse Inc.|Amuse Group]]. On April 1, 2008, Amuse, who has been operating as a management office for music artists and actors since 1978, started a [[joint-venture]] with [[KDDI Corporation]] to create a new record label.<ref name="KDDI">{{cite web|url=http://www.kddi.com/english/corporate/news_release/2008/0318/|title=KDDI and Amuse to Establish 'A-Sketch', a New Joint Venture Music Label|date=March 18, 2008|publisher=[[KDDI Corporation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010084230/http://www.kddi.com/english/corporate/news_release/2008/0318/|archive-date=October 10, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> The record label named A-Sketch is a combination of the first letter of the words "au", "Amuse", "Artist" and "Audience" with "Sketch".<ref name="KDDI"/>

In August 2013, A-Sketch established the anime sub-label named '''Astro Voice'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK10028_Q3A011C1000000/?df=2|title=アニメソングが席巻、音楽チャート　変わる業界地図|date=October 28, 2013|publisher=[[The Nikkei|Nikkei]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031053358/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK10028_Q3A011C1000000/?df=2|archive-date=October 31, 2013|url-status=dead|language=Japanese|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> In March 2018, co-founded a new label called '''DMM Music''', a joint venture with [[DMM.com]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000003295.000002581.html|title=人気声優、逢田梨香子、DMM music/Astro Voiceよりデビュー決定 !今夏1st EP発売予定|date=March 15, 2019|publisher=PR Times|language=Japanese|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Artists==

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===A-Sketch===

* WEAVER

* Saucy Dog

* Sakamoto Shogo

* [[The Oral Cigarettes]]

* [[Dean Fujioka]]

* Panorama Panama Town

* In Hikari

* Frederic

* Mafumafu

* [[Mayday (Taiwanese band)|Mayday]]

* Lamp in Terren

* Sanari

* Dinosaur Pile-Up

* Deaf Havana

* Junrei Maruyama

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===Astro Voice===

* Aida Rikako (with DMM music)

* Takahashi Rie

*Yamashita Daiki

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===Former Artists===

*Applicat Spectra

*THE NAMPA BOYS

*IsamU

*NICO Touches the Walls

*Miura Haruma

*MimimemeMIMI (Astro Voice)

*[[One Ok Rock]]

*[[Flumpool]]

* Noisemaker

==Live events==

*"Ready Set Go !!" Count Down Live 2012 ⇒ 2013 supported by A-Sketch (December 31, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/gold-rush/news/2012-11-20121114live/|title=「Ready Set Go!! Count Down Live 2012→2013」出演決定！|date=November 14, 2012|publisher=[[Universal Music Japan]]|language=Japanese|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

* "Ready Chotto Go!!" supported by A-Sketch (October 9, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/87995.amp|title=ライヴイベント「Ready Chotto Go!!」開催決定＆出演アーティスト2組が発表|date=August 30, 2013|publisher=[[Rockin'On Japan]]|language=Japanese|access-date=April 7, 2022 }}</ref>

*"Ready Set Go!!" Count Down Live 2013⇒2014 supported by A-Sketch (December 31, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/101158|title=年越し「Ready Set Go!!」追加出演者にハロスリ、ナンパら|date=October 10, 2013|publisher=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|language=Japanese |access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

* "Ready Set Go!!" Count Down Live 2014⇒2015 supported by A-Sketch (December 31, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/124419|title=「Ready Set Go!!」今年も大阪城ホールで|date=August 25, 2014|publisher=Natalie|language=Japanese|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Amuse Inc.|Amuse Group]]

* [[List of record labels]]

==References==

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==External links==

* {{official|www.a-sketch.com/}}

*{{Facebook user|asketch.official}}

*{{Twitter|ASketch_JP}}

* {{YouTube|user=asketch}}

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[[Category:Amuse Inc.]]

[[Category:Japanese record labels]]

[[Category:Record labels established in 2008]]

[[Category:2008 establishments in Japan]]

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