is a subsidiary

Subsidiary

A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...

 of Japan Victor Company

JVC

, usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927...

 (JVC) that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 and television shows in 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...

. It was formerly known as . It was affiliated with RCA Victor Records.

History

• April 1972: spun off as subsidiary of JVC
• February 1984: Sales and marketing department of JVC spun off as
• January 1988: Striked a deal with BMG Japan after Bertelsmann Music Group purchased RCA Records
• June 1991: Ended deal with BMG Japan after the US subsidiaries for Nihon AVC and Victor Music Industries opened two months earlier
• April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Music Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment
• March 1999: Moved main office

Major artists

Listed alphabetically by group or first name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).