Up-Front Group

Up-Front Group

Native name	アップフロントグループ
Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Music, entertainment
Founded	January 14, 1983
Headquarters	Azabu-koei Building 28-12 Higashi-Azabu Ichichōme, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 106-0044
Key people	Naoki Yamazaki (chairman and representative director) Yukio Seto (president and executive director) Junichiro Iwata (managing director)
Subsidiaries	Up-Front Promotion Up-Front Works Up-Front Books Up-Front International Up-Front DC Up-Front Hawaii etc.
Website	www.ufg.co.jp

UP-FRONT GROUP Co., Ltd. (株式会社アップフロントグループ Kabushiki gaisha Appu-Furonto Gurūpu) is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies.^[1] Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion and Up-Front Works, a music production and sales company that manages such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, and Hachama.

Up-Front Promotion

UP-FRONT PROMOTION Co., Ltd. (アップフロントプロモーション), formerly UP-FRONT AGENCY Co., Ltd. (アップフロントエージェンシー), is a talent agency under the umbrella of Up-Front Group.

Female artists

• Chisato Moritaka
• Shoko Aida
• Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
• Hello! Project
  • Morning Musume
  • Berryz Kobo
  • Cute
  • S/mileage
  • Juice=Juice
• Hello Pro KenshÅ«sei
• Ex-Hello! Project
  • Dream Morning Musume
• Ex-Hello Pro Egg
  • You Kikkawa
  • Up Up Girls (subject to change)

Sapporo branch

• Erika Miyoshi (ex-Hello! Project)^[2]

Male artists

• Sharam Q
• Hiroshi Itsuki

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Up-Front Works

UP-FRONT WORKS Co., Ltd. (アップフロントワークス) is a record company under the umbrella of Up-Front Group. It specializes in planning, production, and sales of music and video content.

Artists

Zetima (record label, distribution: Sony Music)

• Ongaku Gatas
• Kan
• Cute
• Country Musume
• Sharan Q
• Yuko Nakazawa
• High-King
• Buono!
• Aya Matsuura
• Morning Musume
• Dream Morning Musume
• Chisato Moritaka
• Hello! Project shuffle units
• Natsumi Abe
• Rumiko Koyanagi
• 808 State

Hachama (record label, distribution: Pony Canyon)

• Natsumi Abe
• Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
• Peaberry
• S/mileage
• T-Pistonz+KMC (transferred to Frame, then to Avex)

Piccolo Town (record label, distribution: King Records)

• Aa!
• Berryz Kobo

Rice Music (record label)

• Miki Fujimoto — transferred from Hachama in August 2008
• Yuki Maeda — transferred from Zetima in September 2004

Chichūkai Label (record label)

• Shōko Aida
• Kaori Iida

Up-Front Works (independent record label)

• Cute
• Bekimasu
• Hello! Pro KenshÅ«sei
• All Hello! Project DVD magazines
• Lovendor

Frame (record label)

• Sayaka Kitahara
• T-Pistonz+KMC (transferred to Avex)

Seventh Code (record label)

• Emyli

Gothuall (record label)

• Hangry & Angry-f

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

TNX

Male artists

• Tsunku

Female artists

• Nice Girl Project!
  • The Possible
  • Canary Club
  • TokkÄ«

See also

• Hello! Project
• Japanese Wikipedia
  • Up-Front Promotion
  • Up-Front Works
  • Up-Front Books
  • Up-Front Trend
  • Up-Front Egg
  • Up-Front Music School

References

1. ""でき婚"辻希美の所属プロが株式上場する！？". Livedoor News. 2007-05-22. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
2. "元モー娘。保田圭、元美勇伝・三好絵梨香の結婚を祝福　「彼との話もいろいろ聞いてたから…」". RBB Today. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

External links

• Official website
• Up-Front Group's channel on YouTube
• Up-Front Group's related companies
• Up-Front Promotion
  • Up-Front Promotion's official site
• Up-Front Works
  • Up-Front Works' official site
  • Up-Front Works at musicbrainz.com