Defstar Records Explained

Parent:	Warner Music Japan (1997–2000) Sony Music Entertainment Japan (2000–2014)
Founded:	1997 (as T Project) 2000 (as Defstar Records)
Defunct:	2015 (acquired by SME Records)
Url:	Official website

was a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.^[1]

History

• 1997 – Takashi Yoshida, the president of Warner Music Japan, founded the label as .
• 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.^[2] and DefSTAR becomes one of labels of Sony Music Labels.
• 2015 - DefSTAR is absorbed into SME Records.

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Artists

Defstar Records' artists include: Amoyamo, Burnside Project,^[4] Chemistry, Mariko Gotō, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shion Tsuji, SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], 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^[5]

External links

• • Defstar Records on Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Corporate Portal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile of DefSTAR Records . 2008-03-13 . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20071212221122/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/Defstar/profile/index.html . 2007-12-12 . dead .
2. Web site: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Corporate History . 2016-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170105085908/http://www.sme.co.jp/eng/history/index.html . 2017-01-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Takashi Yoshida:A Special Report . 2011-02-12 . ja . Musicman Net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101011091259/http://www.musicman-net.com/report/06/index.html . 2010-10-11 .
4. Web site: BURNSIDE PROJECT / CUE THE PULSE TO BEGAIN. 2022-02-09. TICRO MARKET. ja.
5. Web site: List of Artists from DefSTAR Records . 2008-03-13 . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20071222212950/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/Defstar/artist/index.html . 2007-12-22 . dead .