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Avex Group Holdings Inc.
http://www.avex.co.jp/e-site/
corporate
profile
Since its founding in 1988,
our passion has been for great entertainment
that moves the hearts of people.
move the world
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a-nation festival in 2014 at Yoyogi National Stadium, Yoyogi Gymnasium 1
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Since our beginning in 1988 as a record wholesaler operating out of a tiny apartment in Machida,
Tokyo, we ve always asked ourselves one simple question. Why? To find the answer we continually
think outside the box as we look at the trends and needs of people from the viewpoints of both
the creator and consumer in a quest to deliver artist-driven entertainment.
In recent years we ve found that people are enjoying music in ever more diverse ways. Music package
sales, which had always been our main business, are shrinking along with the industry as a whole.
The Live Business on the other hand is booming due to the public s growing appetite for live music.
Our online video distribution services, such as dTV and UULA, are also thriving and have become
one of the Avex Group s most steady sources of revenue.
It was against this backdrop that, in May 2015, we announced the Avex Group s Mid-Term Strategy 2018.
Over the nex t three years we will follow three courses of action outlined in the plan that are
designed to leverage our strengths and keep us ahead of the market curve.
1. Strengthen content
2. Evolve digital services
3. Expand the Live Business
In following these strategic paths, we will work to enhance the quality and quantity of our content
with an eye to taking our digital and live music as well as video platforms to new heights. That
means you can look forward to a whole new world of exciting entertainment coming your way.
July 2015
Avex Group Holdings Inc.
Masato Matsuura, Representative Director, CEO
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business
category
music
The Music Business focuses on planning,
production, sales, and digital distribution
of music content, as well as music publishing.
We offer music content designed to suit
variety
of consumer need.
●Planning and production of music content
●Production and sales of music packages
●Digital music distribution
●Music publishing
digital
The Digital Business operates video
distribution ser vices, provides digital
content, plans and produces original
content for each service, and operates
music
streaming services.
●Planning and production of online video content
distribution
●Operation of online video and music services
video
The Video Business encompasses the
planning and production of video content
as well as sales of DVDs and other video
packag e s. We c re ate qua lit y vi de o s
designed to meet a world of consumer
needs, lifestyles, and buying patterns.
●Planning and production of video content
●Production and sales of video packages
●Film distribution
dance & school
The Dance/School Business runs the
Avex Artist Academy, schools for aspiring
performers in locations across Japan.
We also plan and develop special dance
programs
and workshops.
●Scouting and training of aspiring artists and
entertainers
●Offer courses in entertainment business
●Planning and management of dance events and
workshops
●Talent agent services
management
live
The Management Business focuses on not
only artist management, but also representing
actors, performers, and athletes. It also
includes promotional and advertising agency
operations. We actively work with top players
in and outside the industry to create new
business opportunities via partnerships that
leverage
each other's strengths.
The Live Business includes planning,
producing, and running live concerts and
events featuring both Avex-affiliated and
non- affiliated artists. We also work with
our par tners both inside and outside
Japan to jointly produce live events.
merchandising
& fan club
other
entertainment
●Artist management
●Management of actors, performers, and athletes
●Advertising agency
The Merchandising/Fan Club Business
leverages the Avex Group's artist management operations to develop, produce, and
market artist merchandise as well as manage
their fan clubs. We also develop, produce,
and sell a wide range of merchandize for
various
organizations and events.
●Planning, production, and operation of live events
featuring domestic and international artists
●Planning and management of musicals
●Event planning and operation
●Ticketing
The Other Entertainment Business includes
mu-MU, Body Balance Dining (mu-MU),
and other restaurant outlets, as well as
beauty
business.
●Restaurants
●Beauty business
●Development, production, and sales of artist merchandise
● mu-mo Shop
●Fan clubs management
●Tree Village merchandise shop
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Company Overview
Net Sales
Avex Group is Japan s leading enter tainment company. The company was founded by the
Representative Director and CEO, Masato Matsuura, in 1988. Avex started the dance music
trend in Japan. Avex Group is comprised of three main business categories: Music business, Video business,
and Management & Live business. In 2014, Avex posted consolidated annual sales of 169.2
billion yen, marking record sales for four years running. Share in the Japanese recorded music
market is among the highest, and its total paid subscriber base for the video distribution
services is the largest in Japan. International offices are located in Singapore, Taiwan and London.
2015 marked the year for Avex to enter the music streaming service business with the launch of
AWA and LINE MUSIC.
Breaking highest Net Sales
Record for 4 years
straight
138.7
FY2012
(billions of yen)
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Begins music production
and establishes avex trax
record label
Lists shares on
the First Section of
the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Enters music streaming
business with
the launch of AWA.
1990.9
1999.12
2015.5
1988.4
1993.8
2009.5
Masato Matsuura
incorporates Avex D.D., Inc.
as a record importer and
wholesaler in Machida, Tokyo.
Organizes avex rave 93
turning Tokyo Dome into
a one-night-only disco.
Enters online video
distribution business
with the launch of BeeTV.
Others 2%
169.2*
156.9
Music
Management
38%
& Live
37%
Video
23%
FY2013
FY2014
169.2 Billion JPY≒1.61 Billion USD (1USD=105JPY)
*Source:
Company Filings
Company History
Net Sales by Business
Segments (FY2014)
Source: Company Filings
Avex by the Numbers
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3.5
5.3
7
#1 music company in Japan
with largest market share
in recorded music.
Million fans attended an
Avex live concert in 2015
Million subscribers to the online video
streaming service dTV and BeeTV jointly
operated by Avex and NTT Docomo
Million Avex physical albums
sold in 2015
122
722
1,309
# of artists and groups in
management contract with Avex
# of Avex produced concerts
and events in 2015
Thousand memberships to
fan clubs operated by Avex
Fiscal year 2015 is from April 2014 to March 2015.
Figures are as of end of March 2015.
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avex group profile
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Key Titles Released in FY2014 (CD Albums)
Rank
Artist
Avex Group Holdings Inc.
Japan
Title
●
1,006 **
Various Artists
Frozen -Deluxe Edition-
2
J Soul Brothers Ⅲ
from EXILE TRIBE
PLANET SEVEN
948
3
Namie Amuro
Ballada
548
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Rank Company
Share
1
Avex Group
17%
2
Sony Music Entertainment 14%
3
Universal Music
4
J Storm
7%
5
King Record
7%
12%
Source:
Oricon Entertainment Market Report 2014 (2013/12/23→2014/12/15)
Overseas
Performance rights 3%
Synch 1%
UULA Inc.
Avex Classics International Inc.
Avex Pictures Inc.
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Japan market facts
Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc.
Avex Music Creative Inc.
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*Total Copies as of Mar.31,2015 **The gross sales of the album Frozen including Standard Edition initially released in March,2014 was 1.3 million copies
Recorded Music Sales by Sector
in Japan (2014)
Avex Digital Inc.
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(thousands)*
1
Recorded Music
Market Share in Japan (2014)
●
Copies
The Anime Times Company Inc.
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Avex Management Inc.
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Avex Vanguard Inc.
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Avex Live Creative Inc.
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Avex Planning & Development Inc.
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Avex Sports Inc.
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Avex Music Publishing Inc.
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Avex Nico Inc.
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Avex Asia Pte. Ltd.
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Avex Taiwan Inc.
Digital
17%
International office
US$ 2,628
Million
Physical
78%
London
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Taiwan
Japan is the world s second largest market.
Shingapore
Source:
Recording Industry in Numbers 2015 Edition (IFPI)
as of July 1. 2015
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Avex Group Holdings Inc.
Avex Digital Inc.
A pure holding company for all Avex-affiliated companies, Avex Group Holdings develops strategies and
provides shared services for the entire Group.
It also manages and implements artist training as well as pre-commercial projects.
Avex Digital operates video distribution services, BeeTV, dTV, and UULA, in addition to planning and producing
original content for these ser vices. It also invests in and operates music streaming ser vices, AWA and
LINE MUSIC.
Project Taro, turning aspiring performers into the world's top artists
Company Facts
Wheelchair racer Yuka Kiyama, an Avex Challenged Athlete
(as of July 1, 2015)
Headquarters Location
1-6-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6036 Japan
Date of Establishment
April 11, 1988
Number of Employees
273 (Number of Employees in Group:1,415) (as of March 31, 2015)
Capital
4,229.6 million yen
Board Members
Masato Matsuura (Representative Director, CEO), Ryuhei Chiba (Representative Director, CSO* ),
Shigekazu Takeuchi (Representative Director, CFO), Shinji Hayashi (Representative Director, CMO),
Toru Kenjo (Director part-time), Tomohiro Toyama (Outside Director), Yuichi Sato (Outside Director),
Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor), Toshiaki Katsushima (Outside Auditor),
Akihiro Tamaki (Outside Auditor), Takahiro Miura (Corporate Executive),
Company Facts
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
487 million yen
Board Members
Masato Matsuura (President), Ryuhei Chiba (Vice President), Rieko Muramoto (Executive Director),
Shinji Hayashi (Director), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director),
Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor)
Masahiro Anan (Corporate Executive), Seiichi Hatamoto (Corporate Executive),
Hajime Shibata (Corporate Executive)
*CSO = Chief Strategy Officer
**Independent directors/auditors required by the Tokyo Stock Exchange for the protection of general shareholders
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Avex Music Creative Inc.
Avex Pictures Inc.
Avex Music Creative engages in planning, production, sales, and online distribution of music. It operates the
"mu-mo" online music distribution site as well as "mu-mo Shop," an e-commerce site. The company also
works on music merchandising and cultivates new business oppor tunities through alliances with other
corporations and organizations.
Avex Pictures engages in acquiring licensing rights to various video contents from animation to live-action films
in addition to planning, producing, and selling video products. It also focuses on video-related work such as
managing voice actors, organizing events, merchandising, producing soundtracks and related music, as well as
other peripheral business.
Namie Amuro _genic
NORAGAMI ARAGOTO
KEMURI SKA BRAVO
Company Facts
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V6 SUPER Very best
J Soul Brothers Ⅲ from EXILE TRIBE R.Y.U.S.E.I.
ayumi hamasaki A ONE
Frozen -Deluxe Edition-
©disney
Ryuichi Sakamoto Year Book 2005-2014
EXO EXO FROM. EXOPLANET＃1
-THE LOST PLANET IN JAPAN
(as of July 1, 2015)
©ADACHITOKA,KODANSHA/
NORAGAMI ARAGOTO COMMITTEE
LUPIN The THIRD
©2014 Monkey Punch/
"LUPIN The THIRD" Movie Project
i☆Ris
Company Facts
Wake Up, Girls！
©Green Leaves / Project Wake Up,Girls！2
Pripara
Wake Up, Girls！
©T-ARTS/syn Sophia/TV TOKYO/PP Project
Dance with Devils
©Room Grimoire/Dance with Devils Project
Tazza: The Hidden Card
©2014 LOTTE ENTERTAINMENT
All Rights Reserved.
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
200 million yen
Capital
100 million yen
Board Members
Shinji Hayashi (President), Tomoaki Sato (Director), Shintaro Higuchi (Director),
Ryuhei Chiba (Director), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director), Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Director),
Hiroyuki Kishi (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Kenji Nomura (Auditor)
Board Members
Yoshiki Terashima (President), Hideo Katsumata (Vice President), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director),
Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor)
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Avex Management Inc.
Avex Vanguard Inc.
A t t h e h e a r t o f Ave x M a n a g e m e n t i s o u r t a l e n t m a n a g e m e n t o p e r a t i o n s t h a t a r e g e a r e d t o a r t i s t s ,
actor s, performers, models, creators, cultural figures, and other s. It provides a wide range of ser vices,
in clu din g joint c o nte nt deve l o p me nt with p r ivate e nte r p r i s e s, e nte r t a inm e nt news di s tr ibu ti o n vi a its
online maga zine, and more.
Avex Va n gu a r d e n g ag e s in t a l e nt ma nag e m e nt a s we ll a s eve nt c a s tin g a l o n g with othe r adve r ti s in g
agency operations.
BoA
TRF
Every Little Thing
SEAMO
ai otsuka
Company Facts
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ayumi hamasaki
AAA
TOHOSHINKI
EXO
Kumi Koda
Dream 5
(as of July 1, 2015)
Koyuki
Company Facts
Saeko
Erika Sawajiri
SUPER☆GiRLS
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
80 million yen
Capital
60 million yen
Board Members
Masato Matsuura (Chairman of the Board), Hiroaki Ito (President), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director),
Shinji Hayashi (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor),
Hideki Endo (Corporate Executive), Harumasa Maeda (Corporate Executive)
Board Members
Akira Akutsu (President), Ryuhei Chiba (Director), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director),
Shinji Hayashi (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor),
Masato Iijima (Corporate Executive), Koki Sato (Corporate Executive)
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Avex Live Creative Inc.
Avex Planning & Development Inc.
Avex Live Creative plans, produces, and operates shows such as concerts, events, theatrical performances,
and musicals featuring Avex as well as non-Avex artists. It also engages in ticket sales via Yahoo! Ticket, fan club
management, and merchandising.
Avex Planning & Development operates schools for aspiring performers (Avex Artists Academy) and handles licensing
of Avex Dance Master dance curriculum. It also operates the Japan Street Dance Association (JSDA), the Avex
Proworks casting service, and mu-MU restaurant outlets.
a-nation stadium fes.
DANCE NATION
Yahoo! tickets
Company Facts
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mama fes
a newsletter of the KODA GUMI
for fan club members
Monty Python s SPAMALOT
AAA ARENA TOUR 2015 T-shirt
Ramen girls Festival
ULTRA JAPAN
(as of July 1, 2015)
a-nation official dancer
Company Facts
avex artist academy
MORe Dance
mu-MU
avex proworks
lol
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
30 million yen
Capital
20 million yen
Board Members
Katsumi Kuroiwa (President), Toshiro Hayashi (Vice President),
Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Senior Executive Director), Ryuhei Chiba (Director), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director),
Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor), Katsunori Yoshimura (Corporate Executive)
Board Members
Yoshihito Aoki (President), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor),
Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor), Kenji Honda (Corporate Executive)
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Avex Sports Inc.
Avex Music Publishing Inc.
Avex Spor ts focuses on managing the career s of top athletes and various spor ts-related productions.
It aims to realize the full potential sports has to offer and deliver excitement via a world of spor ts business
operations.
Avex Music Publishing administrates music copyrights owned by Avex Group companies and promotes
the secondary use of their music and master recordings.
In recent years the company has been aggressively working to sign publishing contracts with acclaimed writers
from across the globe.
Takahiro Arai
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hiroyasu Shimizu
Hideto Tanihara
Yu Darvish
Yuka Fujimori
Keisuke Honda
Daisuke Miura
Company Facts
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(as of July 1, 2015)
Andy Platts
Bryan Michael Cox ※
Teddy Riley ※
David Paich
※Photographer: Laretta Houston/ Mua: Jamie Kimbrough/The Machine Group
Company Facts
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
20 million yen
Capital
10 million yen
Board Members
Shojiro Ito (President), Shinji Hayashi (Director), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor)
Board Members
Masahiro Anan (President), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor),
Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor)
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Avex Nico Inc.
Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc.
Avex Nico is harnessing the Avex Group's diverse spectrum of content rights and workshop expertise to provide
a wide range of workshop programs catering to mothers caring for children as well as working women.
Avex Broadcasting & Communications is a joint venture launched between Avex and NTT Docomo, Inc. to create
a new video entertainment market. It offers and operates video distribution services Bee TV and dTV.
Company Facts
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(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
20
50 million yen
Board Members
Shojiro
Ito (President),
Shinji
hayashi
(Director),
Nobuyuki
Kobayashi
(Auditor)
Hitomi Suzuki
(President),
Natsuko
Fukuzoe
(Vice
President),
Nobuyuki
Kobayashi (Auditor)
Company Facts
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
3500 million yen
Board Members
Masato Matsuura (Chairman of the Board), Ryuhei Chiba (President), Shinji Hayashi (Director),
Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director), Akira Akutsu (Director), Rieko Muramoto (Director),
Yoshiaki Maeda (Director), Naoki Ooshima (Director), Kenji Onoue (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor),
Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor), Yoshio Yanagisaki (Corporate Executive),
Tomomasa Yamashita (Corporate Executive)
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UULA Inc.
Avex Classics International Inc.
UUL A is a joint venture launched with SoftBank Group Corp. that offers 360-degree entertainment services
including flat-rate music and video streaming services. The company operates the entertainment app UULA.
Based in Tokyo and London, Avex Classics International is a global operation specializing in planning and
producing of classical music concerts, musical and video content, and management of classical musicians.
J Soul Brothers Ⅲ from EXILE TRIBE
J Soul Brothers Ⅲ LIVE TOUR 2014「BLUE IMPACT」
Ayaka Nijiiro
Titanic Live at the Royal Albert Hall (London)
M:I-2
TM & Copyright
2014 Paramount Pictures.
All rights reserved.
GRIMM Season 2
©2012/13 Open 4
Business Productions LLC
All rights reserved.
ＹＯ−ＫＡＩ ＷＡＴＣＨ
©L5/YWP・TX
Nobuyuki Tsujii
Company Facts
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(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
3250 million yen
Board Members
Masato Matsuura (Chairman of the Board), Ryuhei Chiba (President), Shinji Hayashi (Director)
Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director), Rieko Muramoto (Director), Yasuyuki Imai (Director),
Hajime Baba (Director), Kazutaka Hasumi (Director), Shinichiro Okayama (Director),
Hajime Shibata (Auditor)
Company Facts
Nobuyuki Tsujii Piano Recital at Carnegie Hall (New York)
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
50 million yen
Board Members
Hiroyuki Nakashima (President), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Auditor)
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overseas companies
The Anime Times Company Inc.
Avex Asia Pte. Ltd.
Avex teams up with Kodansha Company Ltd., SHUEISHA Inc., SHOGAKUKAN Inc., and other investment partners
to provide wide range of anime titles to online video distribution services run by the Avex Group and others
with an eye to meeting increasingly diverse consumer needs. The company is committed to breathing new life
into the anime market.
As Avex Group's Asian headquarters in Singapore, Avex Asia implements the Group's regional strategies for
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other markets in East and Southeast Asia. It also organizes a wide range of live music,
cartoon, sports, and other types of events across the region.
The company supports other Avex Group companies to conduct marketing and research with an eye to tapping
into regional markets.
［Examples of contents provided by the company（as of July, 2015）］
ＹＯ−ＫＡＩ ＷＡＴＣＨ
©L5/YWP・TX
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
©2015 Hiromu Arakawa, Yoshiki Tanaka・KODANSHA/
LEGEND OF ARSLAN Project Committee,MBS.
All Rights Reserved.
Company Facts
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Assassination Classroom
©Yusei Matsui/SHUEISHA,
ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM Committee
(as of July 1, 2015)
Capital
100 million yen
Board Members
Hideo Katsumata, President; Yoshiki Terashima, Director; Shigekazu Takeuchi, Director;
Kohei Furukawa, Director (Kodansha Company Ltd.); Masahiko Ibaraki, Director (SHUEISHA Inc.);
Shinichiro Tsuzuki, Director (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co.,Ltd.);
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Auditor; Nobuyasu Suzuki, Corporate Executive (Kodansha Company Ltd.);
Naoki Watanabe, Corporate Executive (SHUEISHA Inc.);
Masakazu Kubo, Corporate Executive (SHOGAKUKAN Inc.)
Shareholders
Wagakki Band performing at a-nation Singapore, 2014
Avex Pictures Inc. / Kodansha Company Ltd. / SHUEISHA Inc. / SHOGAKUKAN Inc. / Sunrise Inc.
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. / SHIN-EI ANIMATION co., Ltd,
TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO.,LTD. / Pierrot Co.,Ltd. / Animate Co.,Ltd / OLM, Inc.
KING RECORD CO., LTD. / BANDAI VISUAL CO., LTD.
Company Facts
(as of September 1, 2015)
Capital
250,000 Singapore dollars
Board Members
Stevie Yoshida (President), Masato Matsuura (Director), Shigekazu Takeuchi (Director),
Barry Desker (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor), Katsumi Kuroiwa (Corporate Executive)
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Contact Information
Avex Taiwan Inc.
Avex Taiwan produces and sells music merchandise in addition to running shows featuring Avex artists as well as
other artists from across Asia. It also organizes anime-themed exhibitions, athletic events, and more throughout
Taiwan. The company supports other Avex Group companies to drive sales and production in Asian markets and
conducts local marketing and research with an eye to discovering new business horizons in Taiwan.
Avex Group Holdings Inc.
1-6-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
106-6036, Japan
Tel: +81 3 5545 9200
Avex Classics London Office
5 Young Street, London W8 5EH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7361 7653
Email: info_aci@av.avex.co.jp
Avex Asia Pte. Ltd.
6 Battery Road #16-01,
Singapore 049909
Tel: +65 6536 4321
Fax: +65 6536 7441
A-Lin 2015 SONAR LIVE
a-nation taiwan 2014
Music software distributed by Avex Taiwan
ONE PIECE RUN in Taipei, 2015
Wagakki Band Taipei Dai Ensoukai, 2015
Crayon Shin-chan Exhibit in Taipei, 2014
Company Facts
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Avex Taiwan Inc.
12F-3, No. 88, Dunhua N. Rd.,
Taipei 105, Taiwan
Tel: +866 2 8771 7318
Fax: +886 2 8771 7559
(as of September 1, 2015)
Capital
215 million NT dollars
Board Members
Shinji Miyazaki (Chairman of the Board, President), Katsumi Kuroiwa (Director),
Katsunori Yoshimura (Director), Shinkichi Iwata (Auditor)
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