Watanabe Entertainment Co., Ltd. | |
Native Name: | 株式会社ワタナベエンターテインメント |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Type: | Kabushiki gaisha (Joint-stock company) |
Traded As: | Unlisted |
Genre: | Tarento management Entertainment |
Foundation: | October 24, 2000 |
Location: | WES Building, 4-2-12, Jingūmae, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0001 |
Key People: | Masaki Yoshida (Representative chairman) Miki Watanabe (Representative president) |
Area Served: | Japan |
Industry: | Service industry (entertainment) |
Owner: | Watanabe Productions |
is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Its head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entertainers as well as hosting foreign entertainers on visits to Japan, and planning and production of various commercial and goods advertising ventures.
The company is known informally as either Wanatanabe Entertainment (ワタナベエンターテインメント), Watanabe Enta (ワタナベエンタ) or simply WE.
The current president of the company is Miki Watanabe (渡辺ミキ), who has been leading the company since it was created from the parent company, Watanabe Productions (渡辺プロダクション) in 2000.
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