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JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment

JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation[a], also known as Victor Entertainment[b] in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RCA Victor label.

Company type

Subsidiary

Entertainment

April 25, 1972
Yokohama, Japan

Shibuya, Tokyo,

Japan

Yuichi Kaito (president)
Toshiaki Shibutani (managing director)

Audio, visual and computer software media products

400 (as of July 2017)

JVCKenwood

www.jvcmusic.co.jp

April 1972: Victor Musical Industries, Inc. (ビクター音楽産業株式会社, Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC.

September 30, 1982: JVC Musical Industries, Inc. is founded in the U.S.

[1]

February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as Nihon AVC, Inc. (日本エイ・ブイ・シー株式会社, Nihon EiBuiShī Kabushiki-gaisha).

January 1990: JVC Musical Industries announces its first video game release will be .[2]

Boulder Dash

October 30, 1991: JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. is founded.

[3]

April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Musical Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment, Inc. (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社, Bikutā Entateinmento Kabushiki-gaisha)

October 1, 1996: takes over video game-related activities after Pack-In-Video is merged with Victor Entertainment.

Victor Interactive Software

May 1, 1997: JVC Musical Industries is renamed to JVC Music, Inc.

[4]

May 14, 1997: JVC Musical Industries Europe is renamed to JVC Music Europe, Ltd.

[5]

February 24, 1999: JVC Music, Inc. is dissolved

[6]

March 1999: Victor Entertainment's main office is moved.

March 31, 2003: Victor Interactive Software is acquired by and becomes Marvelous Interactive. [7]

Marvelous Entertainment

May 8, 2006: JVC Music Europe is dissolved.

[8]

April 2014: Victor Entertainment's corporate name is changed to JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation.

Subsidiaries of

JVC Kenwood

– Multi-band portable radio company

EF Johnson Technologies

(in Japanese)

Victor Entertainment

at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Victor Entertainment