Teichiku Records
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ese record label
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, run by the Teichiku Entertainment company, that specialises in enka
Enka
is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more...
, kayōkyoku
Kayokyoku
is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times describes kayōkyoku as "standard Japanese pop" or "Showa era pop".Kayōkyoku is Western-style-inspired music of Japan. Music in this genre is extremely varied as a result...
, and similar music. Teichiku is an abbreviation for , the former name of the company. Teichiku Entertainment also runs the record labels Imperial Records, Takumi Note, and .It is a division of JVC Kenwood Holdings
JVC Kenwood Holdings
JVC Kenwood Holdings is a company formed from the merger of JVC and Kenwood Corporation on October 1st, 2008. Based in Yokohama, Kenwood Chairman Haruho Kawahara is the holding company's chairman, while JVC President Kunihiko Sato is company's president...
, Victor Entertainment
Victor Entertainment
is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...
's parent.
Offices of Teichiku Entertainment, Inc.
- Head office - Kyocera Harajuku Building, 27-8, Jingumae Rokuchome, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
- Osaka office - Sankyu Building, 2-14, Azuchimachi Sanchome, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
History
- February 11, 1934 - Teikoku Chikuonki Company (帝国蓄音機株式会社) was founded in NaraNara, Narais the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...
, Japan. - February 11, 1953 - Teikoku Chikuonki was renamed Teichiku, Inc. (テイチク株式会社)
- 1999 - Tokyo head office moved from Aobadai, Meguroku to Jingumae, Shibuya and the company was renamed "Teichiku Entertainment, Inc. (株式会社テイチクエンタテインメント)".