Being Inc.

Being Inc.
Private
Industry Music, artist development, record production, marketing, audio engineering
Founded November 1, 1978
Founder Daiko Nagato
Headquarters Thomas Building, 5-2-2 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Key people
Toshinori Masuda (president, CEO)
Revenue 1,000,000 yen
Subsidiaries B-Gram Records
Big M.F
Giza Studio
Northern Music
Pure Infinity
Vermillion Records
Weedz
Zain Records
Zazzy
Website www.beinggiza.com

Being Incorporated (株式会社ビーイング Kabushiki Gaisha Beingu), d.b.a. Being Giza Group, is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by musician Daiko Nagato.[1] Being Inc. and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of theme music for the anime series Detective Conan.[2] As of May 2011, 77 theme tunes have been supplied to the anime by Being Inc.

Labels

Being Inc. consists of subsidiaries such as Vermillion Records, Giza Studio, Northern Music (ノーザンミュージック), B-Gram Records, and Zain Records.[3] Later subsidiaries that joined the company are Pure Infinity,[4] Big M.F,[5] and independent music label companies such as Weedz and Zazzy.[6] Label companies under the label companies that are part of Being Inc. are also subsequently owned by Being Inc.

Other subsidiaries

Being Inc. owns the acting agent and talent management company White Dream.[7]

Controversy

Last June 2001, Being and its subsidiary B+U+M[8] (now merged into Vermillion Records) was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income.[9] They were acquitted after the investigation.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Being Inc. "About us"". Being Inc. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  2. "Detective Conan theme music" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  3. "Being Inc 2007 labels". Being Inc. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  4. "pure infinity" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  5. "Big M.F" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  6. "Being Inc's Indies" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  7. "White Dream links" (in Japanese). White Dream. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  8. 1 2 "B'z production company failed to declare 840 mil. yen income.". The Free Library. 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  9. "Entertainment Firm in Tax Evasion Tangle". The Japan Times. 2001-08-29. Retrieved 2012-08-28. "This incident comes just two months after the Tokyo-based production firm behind pop music duo B'z was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income."

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