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Toy's Factory Inc. (株式会社トイズファクトリー, Kabushiki-gaisha Toizu Fakutorī) is a Japanese record label founded in the late 1980s as a subsidiary of the entertainment company VAP, based in Japan. On May 30, 1990, it was established as an independent company. It is an associate member of the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[1]
 Head office at the Daiwa building located in Miyamasu-zaka, Shibuya | |
Native name | 株式会社トイズファクトリー |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Music industry |
| Founded | May 30, 1990 |
| Headquarters | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Japan |
| Products | CDs, DVDs |
| Subsidiaries | Senha and Company |
| Website | www |
| Toy's Factory | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Toy's Factory |
| Founded | May 30, 1990 |
| Distributor(s) | VAP (1990–2021) Sony Music Solutions (2021–present) |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Location | Shibuya, Tokyo |
Toy's Factory, as of the first half of 2012, is the fourth-biggest Japanese record label.[2]
History
editOn May 30, 1990, the second production department at VAP, an entertainment company under Nippon Television, was spun-off and established as Toy's Factory Records. In 1995, the name was changed to its current name. VAP remained the label's distributor until April 1, 2021, when it switched to Sony Music Solutions.[3]
Sub-labels
edit- Bellissima!
- BMD Fox Records
- Carnage
- Deep Blue
- Idyllic
- Jūonbu Records
- Kimi
- Meme Tokyo
- Noframes Recordings
Notable artists
edit- Armageddon
- Babymetal – on Jūonbu Records and then BMD Fox Records
- Brahman - on Noframes
- Bump of Chicken
- Daoko
- Dempagumi.inc
- Ego-Wrappin'
- Eve
- Livetune
- Meme Tokyo
- Mr. Children
- Reol
- Riria.
- Salyu
- Sekai no Owari
- Shōnan no Kaze
- Taichi Mukai
- Toshiki Masuda
- Unison Square Garden
- Yuzu
References
edit- ^ "The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)". www.riaj.or.jp. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ "Avex tops total sales ranking for the first half of 2012". Oricon. July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ "トイズファクトリー商品 不良返品対応について｜VAP TOPICS". www.vap.co.jp (in Japanese). April 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
External links
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