Defstar Records
Defstar Records, Inc. was a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony [Music Japan].
History
- 1997 – Takashi [Yoshida (businessperson)|Takashi Yoshida], the president of Warner Music Japan, founded the label as T Project.
- 2000 – Yoshida transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and he brought the T Project catalog. He renamed it Defstar Records.
- 2001 – Defstar Records becomes a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Yoshida becomes its manager.
- 2003 – Yoshida returned to Warner Music Japan, but did not try to reclaim his label. Instead, he focused on restructuring his first company.
- 2014 - Defstar Records, Inc. is merged with the six other labels of Sony Music Japan to form Sony Music Labels Inc. and Defstar becomes one of labels of Sony Music Labels.
- 2015 - Defstar is absorbed into SME Records.
Artists
Defstar Records' artists include:Amoyamo, Burnside Project, Chemistry, Mariko Gotō, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shion Tsuji, Hiroyuki Sawano|SawanoHiroyuki, Ken Hirai, GARNiDELiA, Hirakawachi 1-chome, Beat Crusaders, Kylee, Kanon Wakeshima, Tomoko Kawase, FLiP, universe, Long Shot Party, On/Off, Lil'B, Sowelu, Pe'zmoku, The Harris and Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.
AKB48 used to release products under Defstar, before moving to King Records