Toy's Factory
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. By the first half of 2012, Toy's Factory was the fourth-biggest Japanese record label.
History
On 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.
Sub-labels
- Bellissima!
- BMD Fox Records
- Carnage
- Deep Blue
- Idyllic
- Jūonbu Records
- Kimi
- Meme Tokyo
- Noframes Recordings
Notable artists
- 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
- ^ "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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