COMPANY
- Company Name
- KING RECORDS (KING RECORD Co., Ltd.)
- Head Office
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1-22-12 Otowa Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0013 Japan ｜ Google Maps
Access
7-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line “Gokokuji Station”
(5-minute walk from Exit 6)
- Representatives
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Chairman: Kouhei Furukawa
President: Kiyoshi Murakami
- Founded
- January 1931
- Established
- November 1951
- Capital
- 1.3 billion JPY
- Business
- Planning, production, and sales of music, audio and visual software, digital content, and more
- Major Shareholder
- Kodansha Ltd.
- Employees
- 306 (As of February 2024)
- Offices
- Tokyo, Osaka
Executives
- Chairman
- Kouhei Furukawa
- President
- Kiyoshi Murakami
- Directors
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Hiroharu Satou
Hideki Hirashima
Akio Mishima
Junnosuke Miyamoto
Takuya Matsushita
- External Director
- Tatsuya Shishikura
- Auditor
- Yukinori Chuujou
- External Auditor
- Mitsuyuki Shiraishi
Affiliates
History
- 1931
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KING RECORDS founded with the release of its first record as the Record Department of Kodansha Ltd., one of the largest publishers in Japan.
- 1951
- Establishment of KING RECORD Co., Ltd.
- 1964
- Establishment of SEVEN SEAS MUSIC Co., Ltd.
- 1973
- Establishment of Bellwood Records Co., Ltd.
- 1981
- Launches new record label “Starchild”.
- 1990
- Establishment of KING INTERNATIONAL Co., Ltd.
- 1993
- Completion of the former head office. (1-2-3 Otowa Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
- 1996
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Completion of Sekiguchidai Studio.
- 1997
- Completion of Edogawabashi Studio.
- 1999
- Establishment of KING ENTERPRISE Co., Ltd.
- 2000
- Establishment of KING Sekiguchidai Studio Co., Ltd.
- 2008
- Launches new record label “You, Be Cool!”.
- 2014
- Acquired shares of Polygon Pictures Inc.
- 2014
- Launches new record label “EVIL LINE RECORDS”.
- 2016
- Launches new record label “KING AMUSEMENT CREATIVE”.
- 2020
- Establishment of Dazed Co., Ltd.
- 2020
- “Club Mixa” opens in Ikebukuro.
- 2023
- Launches new record label “HEROIC LINE”.
- 2023
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Head office relocation (1-22-12 Otowa Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
