Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Summary

Sony Music Entertainment Japan is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,162 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sony Music Entertainment Japan is in the country of Japan^[3].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's instance of is recorded as business^[4].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's instance of is recorded as record company^[5].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's instance of is recorded as record label^[6].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan is owned by Sony Group^[7].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's headquarters location is recorded as Rokubanchō^[8].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's has organizational division is recorded as SMEJ^[9].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's child organization or unit is recorded as Kioon Music^[10].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's child organization or unit is recorded as Aniplex^[11].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's child organization or unit is recorded as Music On! TV^[12].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's child organization or unit is recorded as Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.^[13].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's child organization or unit is recorded as Sony Music Solutions^[14].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Commons category is recorded as Sony Music Entertainment Japan^[15].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's industry is recorded as video game industry^[16].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's industry is recorded as phonographic industry^[17].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan comprises Little by Little^[18].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan comprises UVERworld^[19].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan comprises Orange Range^[20].
• March 11, 1968 marks the founding of Sony Music Entertainment Japan^[21].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's location of formation is recorded as Shinagawa^[22].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's parent organization or unit is recorded as Sony Group^[23].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's official website is recorded as https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/^[24].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's official website is recorded as https://www.sme.co.jp/^[25].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sony Music Entertainment Japan^[26].
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan's product or material produced is recorded as music^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Holding^[28]

• Began / founded: 1973-08^[29]

• Ended / dissolved: 1983-08^[30]

• MusicBrainz ID: dafaa904-e2ca-46a1-8cd8-d0d84af5711b^[31]

Body

Founding

March 11, 1968 marks the founding of Sony Music Entertainment Japan^[21]. Its location of formation is recorded as Shinagawa^[22].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'シービーエス・ソニーレコード株式会社'}^[32], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '株式会社シービーエス・ソニー'}^[33], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '株式会社シービーエス・ソニーグループ'}^[34], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '株式会社ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント'}^[35].

Operations

Sony Music Entertainment Japan's headquarters location is recorded as Rokubanchō^[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Sony Group^[23]. Subsidiaries include Kioon Music^[10], a record label^[36], in Japan^[37], founded in 1992^[38], headquartered in Tokyo^[39]; Aniplex^[11], an animation studio^[40], in Japan^[41], founded in 1995^[42], headquartered in Rokubanchō^[43]; Music On! TV^[12], a business^[44], in Japan^[45], founded in 1998^[46], headquartered in Minato^[47]; Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.^[13], a record company^[48], in Japan^[49], founded in 1996^[50], headquartered in Rokubanchō^[51]; and Sony Music Solutions^[14], a business^[52], in Japan^[53], founded in 1987^[54], headquartered in Tokyo^[55].

Industry

Industries include video game industry^[16] and phonographic industry^[17].

Ownership

Sony Music Entertainment Japan is owned by Sony Group^[7]. Its product or material produced is recorded as music^[27].

Why It Matters

Sony Music Entertainment Japan ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,162 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[56] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[57]