Rhythm Zone
Encyclopedia
is a record label
in the Avex Records Group which releases all kinds of urban contemporary Japan
ese music.
to address the need for a new urban music label, signing M-Flo
as its first artist, then followed by Exile.
In 2000, Koda Kumi was signed by Rhythm Zone and debuted with the song "Take Back
".
. Founded in 2006 by Ryo the Skywalker.)
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
in the Avex Records Group which releases all kinds of urban contemporary Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese music.
History
The label was founded in 1999 by Max MatsuuraMax Matsuura
, better known as Max Matsuura, is a record producer and president of one of the largest music labels in Japan, Avex Group. He is known mainly for discovering and developing new artists and converting them into big stars. Ayumi Hamasaki is the most famous example of Matsuura's work...
to address the need for a new urban music label, signing M-Flo
M-flo
is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee Verbal.Former member Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career, and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists for each song over three albums, including the...
as its first artist, then followed by Exile.
In 2000, Koda Kumi was signed by Rhythm Zone and debuted with the song "Take Back
Take Back
"Take Back" is Japanese R&B singer Kumi Koda's debut single. It is her only single to date not to make the Oricon Top 50.-Japanese CD:#Take Back #Your Song #Take Back 3#Take Back...
".
Main
(As per 2011.)- 2NE12NE1Both the song and the group became popular online: Fire topped Mnet's online chart and 2NE1 became a popular search term. The group was awarded three Cyworld Digital Music Awards; "Lollipop" and "Fire" both won "Song of the Month" and the group won "Rookie of the Month" for May 2009...
(Avex/Rhythm Zone/YGEX) - Afra and the Incredible Beatbox Band
- Aili
- Aria
- Asako Toki
- Asia Engineer
- Baby M
- Boyz II MenBoyz II MenBoyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...
(Japan only) - BrightBright (Japanese band)Bright is a dance vocal band in Japan under major label Rhythm Zone.-History:At the average age of 17, A chorus group, was formed in 2001 with the members NAGI, MI-MI and MEG. These 3 members of the group were childhood friends from elementary school...
- Caravan
- The Chill
- Deep (formerly Color)
- DorlisDorlisDorlis is the stage name for a Japanese musician from Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. She started out in classical guitar, but at about age 17 became a street musician and dropped out of high school. In time she became a jazz and swing musician. Her music has at times been deemed nostalgic because of...
- DreamDream (Japanese band)Dream is a Japanese pop girl group signed to the Avex Trax since 2000 and Rhythm Zone since 2009.In 1999 Avex Trax organized a huge talent contest, called "Avex Dream 2000", with the aim of finding the right and talented girls for a new group. The result was dream, a three-piece group consisting of...
- DJ Emma
- Exile
- Fukumimi
- Giant Swing
- Miyuki Hatakeyama
- Yuko Ishida
- Iconiq (Ito Ayumi)
- J Soul Brothers
- Jamosa
- Jonte
- Ken the 390Ken the 390, aka Ken the 390, is a Japanese hip hop and R&B singer/rapper. He is an artist of the Rhythm Zone label owned by the Avex Group.-Life and career:...
- Kumi Koda
- Seara Ko-jo
- LisaLISA (musician)is a Japanese-Colombian singer and producer better known as LISA. In 1999 she formed the Japanese urban contemporary group M-Flo with Verbal and Taku Takahashi. Daughter of a Japanese father and Afro-Colombian mother, LISA met her fellow band members while attending international school in Tokyo...
- M-FloM-flois a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee Verbal.Former member Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career, and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists for each song over three albums, including the...
- Ryu Yeong-gi (Verbal)Verbal (rapper)Verbal is a Japanese third generation Zainichi Korean hip-hop MC, who debuted in 1998 as a member of the J-Pop hip-hop duo m-flo....
- Taku TakahashiTaku Takahashiis a Japanese DJ and record producer, who debuted in 1998 as a member of the group M-Flo. The group rose to prominence in the early 2000s, with hit singles such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again." Takahashi was also a member of Avex's 20th anniversary dance music project Ravex, and has...
- Ryu Yeong-gi (Verbal)
- MaiMai (singer), real name is a J-Pop singer from Hokkaidō, Japan. She is a talent of the Fit One management company and part of the artists' roster of Rhythm Zone owned by Avex Entertainment Inc. She originally debuted as "Ruppina"...
- May J.May J., better known by her stage name May J., is a R&B and pop singer from Yokohama, Japan. Born to a mother of Iranian descent and to Japanese father, May J. made her major label debut under Sony Music Japan on July 12, 2006 with her first mini-album All My Girls.-Early life:May J. was born on June...
- Micron' Stuff
- Mini Box
- minkMink (singer)mink is a female Korean pop singer active in Japan. Upon traveling to Japan in her early teens to continue her education, she was discovered after she submitted a demo to Avex Trax, one of Japan’s leading J-pop labels...
- Miray
- Shion MiyawakiShion MiyawakiShion Miyawaki is a Japanese pop singer under the label Rhythm Zone along with fellow rival, classmate and friend Seara Ko-jo.-Biography:At the age of 12, Shion was selected to go to the Avex Artist Academy...
- Nao
- Nesmith
- Ohashi Trio
- Shinichi Osawa
- Quadraphonic
- RyoheiRyohei Yamamoto, born December 30, 1974 in Kyoto) is a Japanese R&B singer, also known as just Ryohei. He debuted as "山本領平" under Warner Music Japan on 2003 with single "Almost There". Prior to that, on November 2002, he was featured on a track "Why Not?" by Fantastic Plastic Machine...
- Misako Sakazume
- SoweluSowelubetter known by her stage name, Sowelu, is a Japanese pop/R&B singer signed onto Avex Group's label Rhythm Zone.- History :Her career started in 2002 with the release of her first single Beautiful Dreamer, a soft love ballad which did very well in the charts, and was later featured on the Relaxin’...
- Satomi Takasugi
- Riki TakeuchiRiki Takeuchiis a Japanese actor best known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies.Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive by Takashi Miike...
- Tenjochiki
- Tomita Lab
- Twenty4-7
- Masaya Wada
- Warp-Generation
- Zan
Riddim Zone
(Genre: reggaeReggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
. Founded in 2006 by Ryo the Skywalker.)
- Akane
- NG Head
- Natural Radio Station
- Rankin Taxi
- Rickie-G
- Ryo the Skywalker
- Tsuyoshi Kawakami and His Moodmakers (Justa/Riddim Zone)
- U-Dou and Platy