King Record Co., Ltd. ( キングレコード株式会社 , Kingu Rekōdo Kabushiki gaisha ) , commonly known as King Records , is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha . It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is not owned by a multinational entity. The label's headquarters are in Bunkyo, Tokyo .
4-417: King Records may refer to: King Records (Japan) , a Japanese record label founded in 1931 King Records (United States) , an American record label active 1943–1975 Lizard King Records , a New York and London-based independent label founded in 2002 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-515: Is a division of King Record Co. You! Be Cool was the official sub-label for AKB48 . Venus-B is the company's official urban music imprint. Evil Line Records is the label's new division, established in April 2014, and comprises artists like Momoiro Clover Z and Meg , among others. 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
12-660: 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 anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music , and also released video games for the PC-88 , Famicom , Game Boy Advance , and MSX2 platforms. On February 1, 2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative . Paddle Wheel Records
16-479: The title King Records . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Records&oldid=932945045 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages King Records (Japan) The label's name
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