Dreamusic Explained

Dreamusic Incorporated
Type:	Subsidiary of TY Limited ^[1]
Foundation:	2001
Founder:	Tomoyuki Takechi
Location:	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Key People:	Tom Yoda (chairman) Tomoyuki Takechi (president) Mitsuo Takako (representative to the RIAJ)
Industry:	music
Num Employees:	33 (as of 2009)
Owner:	see list
Parent:	T.Y. Limited, Inc.
Subsid:	FOGHORN Management
Revenue:	310.21 million Japanese yen
Homepage:	http://www.dreamusic.co.jp/index.html

is a Japanese record label also working as a subsidiary of TY Limited Incorporated.

Its chairman is Tom Yoda, ex-chairman of Avex Group.

Labels

• Dreamusic Overseas
• Teenage Symphony Label
• Feel Mee (from assets acquired from Interchannel in 2013)^[2]

Artists

Domestic

• Funky Monkey Babys
• Doll Elements
• Yōichi Aoyama
• Yūzō Kayama
• Hiroko Nakamura
• Ayaka Hirahara
• Ryoko Moriyama
• Hiroshi Ikematsu
• Kana Oshita
• Color Bottle
• Kawae Minoko
• Shinji Kuno
• Yukie Sone
• Norimasa Fujisawa
• Platinum
• Minji
• Meilin
• Gyunta
• Teenage Symphony (Dreamusic/Teenage Symphony)
• Jam 9
• T4
• Lisa Ono

International

• Choi Ye-na^[3]
• Elliot Minor
• Dúné
• Erik Mongrain
• Smile.dk
• Sunshine State
• Caitlyn
• Mon Roe
• Kids on Bridges
• BABY BLUE (MNL48 sub-unit)

Reference:^[4]

Former

• Jun Shibata (Active, with Victor Entertainment)
• YamaArashi (Active, with Knife Edge)
• Amin (Active, with Victor Entertainment)
• MisaChi (Active, unsigned)
• Miku Nakamura (Active, unsigned)
• Machine
• Rockwell (Active, with U's Music)
• Masanori Sera (Retired, since 2008)
• Silent Siren (Active, with EMI Records Japan)

Distribution

Sony Music Entertainment Japan Incorporated is the current distributor of Dreamusic and is one of its shareholders.

Dreamusic was formerly distributed by Columbia Music Entertainment from 2003 to 2007 and by King Records from 2007 to 2010.

Shareholders

• TY Limited
• Taito
• Takara Tomy
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan
• Gaku Records
• Japan-Asia Holdings
• Dai-ichi Hoki
• Nihon Unicom
• Rentrak
• Atoss International

Reference:^[5]

See also

• List of record labels
• Tom Yoda

Notes and References

1. Web site: TYL.
2. News: ティー ワイ エンタ、一部事業をドリーミュージックパブリッシングへ承継 . Japanese . Musicman . 2013-04-03 . 2018-11-02.
3. Web site: YENA. dreamusic.co.jp. ja. August 6, 2023.
4. Web site: ドリーミュージック・ アーティスト一覧 . 2010-09-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100823205532/http://www.dreamusic.co.jp/artist-index/ . 2010-08-23 .
5. Web site: Dreamusic about Dreamusic . 2010-09-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100328013158/http://www.dreamusic.co.jp/english/about.html . 2010-03-28 .