Up-Front Group

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Up-Front Group
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HeadquartersAzabu-koei Building
28-12 Higashi-Azabu Ichichōme, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 106-0044
Key people
Naoki Yamazaki (chairman and representative director)
Yukio Seto (president and executive director)
Junichiro Iwata (managing director)
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SubsidiariesUp-Front Promotion
Up-Front Works
Up-Front Books
Up-Front International
Up-Front DC
Up-Front Hawaii
etc.
Websitewww.ufg.co.jp

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It is structured as a holding company for various entertainment companies[2] that represent various areas within the industry and work with each other.

Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion that trains and manages female idol singers[3][4] and the music and video production company Up-Front Works that operates such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, Hachama, Rice Music.[5]

Up-Front Promotion idols release their music through Up-Front Works' in-house labels. Moreover, Up-Front Works issues idols and non-idols affiliated with other talent agencies belonging to Up-Front Group, such as J.P Room and Up-Front Create.

Subsidiaries

  • Up-Front Promotion
  • J.P Room
  • Up-Front Create
  • Up-Front Trend
  • Up-Front Works

etc.

Up-Front Promotion

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The list of artists under Up-Front Promotion includes:

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J.P Room

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Soloists

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Former

Up-Front Create

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Up-Front Trend

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Up-Front Works

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The list of artists whose music is released by Up-Front Works includes those under the talent agencies Up-Front Promotion, J.P Room, Up-Front Create, etc.

Up-Front Works operates or operated the following record labels:

Zetima

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Zetima
Parent companyUp-Front Works Co. Ltd.
FoundedMay 1993 (as One Up Music)
DistributorTemplate:Pluralize from textSony Music Entertainment Japan
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Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo

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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was originally founded in May 1993 as Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., a joint venture between the Up-Front Group and Warner Music Japan. In April 1998, Up-Front merged One Up with Y.J. Sounds to form Zetima. At the same time, Up-Front ended its distribution deal with Warner Music Japan and switched to Sony Music Entertainment Japan.[citation needed]

Artists
Former artists

Hachama

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Hachama
Parent companyUp-Front Works Co. Ltd.
FoundedApril 2001
DistributorTemplate:Pluralize from textPony Canyon
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Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo

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Artists
Former artists

Piccolo Town

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Piccolo Town
Parent companyUp-Front Works Co. Ltd.
FoundedApril 2001
DistributorTemplate:Pluralize from textPony Canyon
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Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo

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Artists
  • Bitter & Sweet
Former artists

Rice Music

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Rice Music
Parent companyUp-Front Works Co. Ltd.
FoundedMarch 1995 (as Y.J. Sounds)
DistributorTemplate:Pluralize from textPony Canyon
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Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo

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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was originally founded in March 1995 as Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. After being absorbed into Zetima in 1998, the label was resurrected in September 2004 to focus on Kayōkyoku and enka. Like Piccolo Town, Rice Music had a distribution deal with King Records from September 2004 to August 2013, when it switched to Pony Canyon in September 2013.

Artists
  • Hirofumi Banba
  • Takao Horiuchi
  • Akira Kagawa
  • Jirō Sugita
  • Gen Takayama
  • Masayuki Yuhara
Former artists

Up-Front Works (record label)

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Up-Front Works
Parent companyUp-Front Works Co. Ltd.
FoundedMarch 2004
GenreJ-pop
Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo

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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is Up-Front Group's in-house label that specializes in limited edition releases that are sold either online or exclusively at music chains such as Tower Records. The label previously had distribution deals with Pony Canyon, Daiki Sound, and Universal Music Japan before 2019.

Artists

Up-Front Indies

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Up-Front Indies
Parent companyUp-Front Works Co. Ltd.
FoundedMay 2019
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Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo

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Artists

Chichūkai Label

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Chichūkai Label
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Parent companyUp-Front Works Co. Ltd.
Founded2003
DefunctDecember 2009
DistributorTemplate:Pluralize from textEpic Records Japan
GenreClassic, Euro-enka
Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo

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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was founded in 2003, with music inspired by those of the countries by the Mediterranean Sea, most prominently France, Italy and Greece, or even cover versions of songs from those countries. The label was handled by Epic Records Japan until December 2009, when Up-Front consolidated it with Zetima.

Former artists

Former artists

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Affiliated with TNX

The company was created by Tsunku in 2006. Later the artists under TNX were collectively known as Nice Girl Project![citation needed] and were noted for assisting in Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven series.[citation needed]

  • Nice Girl Myu
  • GTT Club
  • MM Gakuen Gasshoubu
  • Gyaruru
  • Nice Girl Project! Kenshusei
  • Canary Club
  • Tokky

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