Ariola Japan

Ariola Japan
Parent company	Sony Music Japan
Founded	2009
Genre	Rock, Pop, R&B
Country of origin	Japan
Official website	Official website

Ariola Japan Inc. (株式会社アリオラジャパン, Kabushiki Kaisha Ariora Japan), is a Japanese record label precedently part of BMG Japan and now subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.

History

• 2008 - Ariola Japan becomes a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.^[1]
• 2009 - Ariola Japan becomes a full-on record label separate from BMG Japan.^[2]

Trivia

It is considered as the official Japanese Branch of Ariola Records, a label of BMG. Now it is a part of RCA/Jive Label Group Japan.^[2]

Artists

It is home to both former BMG Japan artists and new artists, including:

Main

• Aisha
• Kenichi Asai
• AZU (managed by Avex)
• Chehon
• Deen (managed by Being Inc.)
• fumika
• Tatsuyuki Hiyamuta
  • DAD MOM GOD
• Takako Matsu
• Okamoto's
• One Day (JYP Entertainment/Ariola Japan)
  • 2AM
  • 2PM
• Rake
• Hiromi Sakimoto
• The Yellow Monkey
• Zeebra

iDEAK

• Toshiki Kadomatsu

Little Tokyo

• Kazumasa Oda

Augusta Records

Joint venture with Office Augusta

• Kyoko
• Yu Sakai
• Sukima Switch
  • Takuya Ohashi
• Motohiro Hata

Rhythmedia Tribe

• Misia

Happy Song Records

• The Cro-Magnons
  • Hiroto Kōmoto
• The High-Lows

References

External links

• Official website
• Ariola Japan on Facebook