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{{Short description|Japanese record label}}
{{Short description|Japanese record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
{{Infobox record label
| name = Avex Trax
| image_name = Avex logo 2017.svg
| image_name = File:Avex logo 2017.svg
| image_size = <!-- size -->
| image_bg = <!-- (background color for logo, should remain empty/white unless required) -->
| parent = [[Avex Inc.]]
| parent = [[Avex Inc.]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|September 1990}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|September 1990}}
| founder = [[Max Matsuura]]
| founder = [[Max Matsuura]]
| distributor = {{Unbulleted list
| status = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" or "Defunct" -->
| distributor = [[Avex Inc.|Avex Entertainment]]
| Avex Music Creative ([[Avex Inc.]]) (since 1997)
| {{Collapsible list|title=Former distributors
| {{illm|SOHBI Corporation|ja|創美企画}} (1990–1992)
| [[Nippon Crown|Nippon Crown Co. Ltd.]] (1992–1997)
}}
}}
| genre = Various (mostly [[J-pop]] and [[Dance music|Dance]])
| genre = Various (mostly [[J-pop]] and [[Dance music|Dance]])
| country = Japan
| country = Japan
| location = [[Minato, Tokyo]]
| location = [[Minato, Tokyo]]
| url = {{url|www.avexnet.jp}}
| url = {{Official URL}}
}}
}}


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Two years after [[Max Matsuura]] began a career distributing [[studio album]]s from other countries, he and his two Avex co-founders, [[Tom Yoda]] and Ken Suzuki, decided to found their own label. Aiming to compete with more established labels such as [[Columbia Music Entertainment|Nippon Columbia]], [[Nippon Crown]], [[BMG Victor]], [[Victor Musical Industries]], [[Toshiba-EMI]], [[Sony Music Japan|CBS/Sony]], [[Teichiku Records]], [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]], [[Universal Music Japan|Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K.K.]], they created the Avex Trax label.
Two years after [[Max Matsuura]] began a career distributing [[studio album]]s from other countries, he and his two Avex co-founders, [[Tom Yoda]] and Ken Suzuki, decided to found their own label. Aiming to compete with more established labels such as [[Columbia Music Entertainment|Nippon Columbia]], [[Nippon Crown]], [[BMG Victor]], [[Victor Musical Industries]], [[Toshiba-EMI]], [[Sony Music Japan|CBS/Sony]], [[Teichiku Records]], [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]], [[Universal Music Japan|Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K.K.]], they created the Avex Trax label.


The first artist to sign to the label was the band [[TRF (group)|TRF]], which became a success. This led to Avex Trax becoming a "house of refuge" for artists who either ended contracts with their former labels (e.g. [[Namie Amuro]], [[Ami Suzuki]]). It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels (e.g. [[Gackt]]).
The first artist to sign to the label was the band [[TRF (group)|TRF]], which became a success. This led to Avex Trax becoming a "house of refuge" for artists who had left their former labels (e.g. [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], [[Namie Amuro]], [[Ami Suzuki]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=なぜ浜崎あゆみは平成で最も売れた女性歌手になったのか...ファンの心を一気につかんだラジオ番組での告白 若さ特有の孤独や不安を､歌に昇華させた |url=https://president.jp/articles/-/75520 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=President Online (プレジデントオンライン) |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-15 |title=業界は冷ややか...安室奈美恵"エイベックス移籍"の全舞台裏 |url=https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/geino/156396 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=日刊ゲンダイDigital}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=鈴木亜美のプロフィール・作品情報 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/artist/137 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja}}</ref> It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels (e.g. [[Gackt]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-17 |title=Gackt、エイベックスへの移籍を発表 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000060280 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=BARKS |language=ja}}</ref>


Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label excluding several early releases from 1990 to 1992 which were distributed by {{illm|SOHBI Corporation|ja|創美企画}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/287358-SOHBI-Corporation|title=SOHBI Corporation (Label)|website=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}</ref> in 1997 it became a self-distributed label together with [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]], which was formerly distributed by Toshiba-EMI.
Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label, excluding several early releases from 1990 to 1992 which were distributed by {{illm|Sohbi Corporation|ja|創美企画}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/287358-SOHBI-Corporation|title=SOHBI Corporation (Label)|website=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}</ref> in 1997 Avex became a self-distributed label together with [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]], which was formerly distributed by Toshiba-EMI.


==Sub-labels==
==Sub-labels==
===Current===
===Current===
* B-ME - [[joint venture]] with {{illm|BMSG|ja|BMSG}}
* B-ME – [[joint venture]] with {{illm|BMSG|ja|BMSG}}
* Bluestar Records (Since 2019) - formerly a sub-label of [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]
* Bluestar Records (Since 2019) – formerly a sub-label of [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]
* Love Life Records - [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]]'s [[vanity label|private label]]
* Love Life Records – [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]]'s [[vanity label|private label]]
* motorod (Since 2002) - formerly a sub-label of [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]
* motorod (Since 2002) – formerly a sub-label of [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]
* 影別苦須 虎津苦須 - [[Kishidan]]'s vanity label
* 影別苦須 虎津苦須 – [[Kishidan]]'s vanity label


===Defunct===
===Defunct===
* J-Friends Project (1997-2003) - joint venture with [[Johnny & Associates]]
* J-Friends Project (1997–2003) – joint venture with [[Johnny & Associates]]


==Artists==
==Notable artists==
{{see also|Category:Avex Trax artists|List of artists under the Avex Group}}
{{see also|Category:Avex Trax artists|List of artists under the Avex Group}}
{{col-begin}}
===Current===
{{col-2}}
* [[Aina the End]] (Since 2018)
;Groups
* [[Shinjiro Atae]] (Since 2016)
* [[Bridear]]
* [[Beverly (singer)|Beverly]] (Since 2016)
* [[BoA]] (Since 2001)
* [[Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu]]
* [[Da-ice|DA-ICE]]
* [[Bridear]] (Since 2019)
* [[Do As Infinity]]
* {{illm|BsGirls|ja|BsGirls}} (Since 2014)
* [[Every Little Thing (band)|Every Little Thing]]
* [[Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu]] (Since 2018)
* [[Exo]]{{efn|name = JD|Japanese distribution}}
* [[Da-ice|DA-ICE]] (Since 2020)
* GENIC
* [[Do As Infinity]] (Since 1999)
* [[Kamen Rider Girls]]
* {{illm|et-and|ja|et-アンド}} (Since 2021)
* [[Ketsumeishi]]
* [[Every Little Thing (band)|Every Little Thing]] (Since 1996)
* [[Exo]] (Since 2015)
* [[Kolme (group)|kolme]]
* [[lol (Japanese group)|lol]]
* {{illm|Gems Company|ja|GEMS COMPANY}} (Since 2020)
* [[Mameshiba no Taigun]]
* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] (Since 1998)
* [[NCT (group)|NCT]]{{efn|name = JD}}
* {{illm|Satoshi Hayashibe|ja|林部智史}} (Since 2016)
* [[@onefive]]
* {{illm|Hirai Dai|ja|平井大}} (Since 2013)
* [[Red Velvet (group)|Red Velvet]]{{efn|name = JD}}
* [[Chiaki Ito]] (Since 2018)
* [[SKE48]]
* [[Hitomi Kaji]] (Since 2016)
* [[Super Junior]]{{efn|name = JD}}
* [[Kamen Rider Girls]] (Since 2014)
* [[TRF (group)|TRF]]
* [[Keiko (singer, born 1985)|Keiko]] (Since 2020)
* [[TVXQ|Tohoshinki]]{{efn|name = JD}}
* [[Ketsumeishi]] (Since 2012)
* [[Tokyo Girls' Style]]
* {{illm|Kohana Lam|ja|こはならむ}} (Since 2021)

* [[Kolme (group)|kolme]] (Since 2015)
{{col-2}}
* [[lol (Japanese group)|lol]] (Since 2015)
;Soloists
* [[m.c.A.T]] (Since 1993)
* [[Mameshiba no Taigun]] (Since 2020)
* [[Aina the End]]
* [[Shinjiro Atae]]
* {{illm|MaRiNaSu|ja|まりなす}} (Since 2021)
* [[Beverly (singer)|Beverly]]
* [[Michael Fortunati]] (Since 1995)
* [[BoA]]{{efn|name = JD}}
* {{illm|Miyuu|ja|Miyuu}} (Since 2015)
* [[Che'Nelle]]
* {{illm|mzsrz|ja|mzsrz}} (Since 2020)
* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
* [[NCT (group)|NCT]] (Since 2018)
* [[Chiaki Ito]]
* [[Takahiro Nishijima|Nissy]] (Since 2014)
* [[Hitomi Kaji]]
* {{illm|onefive|ja|@onefive}} (Since 2022)
* [[Keiko (singer, born 1985)|Keiko]]
* {{illm|One Love One Heart|ja|ONE LOVE ONE HEART}} (Since 2022)
* [[m.c.A.T]]
* [[Seiko Oomori]] (Since 2014)
* [[Michael Fortunati]]
* [[Ai Otsuka]] (Since 2003)
* [[Takahiro Nishijima|Nissy]]
* [[Daimaou Kosaka|Piko Taro]] (Since 2016)
* [[Seiko Oomori]]
* [[Red Velvet (group)|Red Velvet]] (Since 2018)
* [[SKE48]] (Since 2011)
* [[Ai Otsuka]]
* [[Daimaou Kosaka|Piko Taro]]
* {{illm|Tsubasa Sakiyama|ja|崎山つばさ}} (Since 2017)
* [[Shuta Sueyoshi]] (Since 2017)
* [[Shuta Sueyoshi]]
* [[Super Junior]] (Since 2011)
* [[Misako Uno]]
* [[Naoya Urata]]
* {{ill|Emiko Suzuki (singer)|lt=Emiko Suzuki|ja|鈴木瑛美子}} (Since 2017)
* [[Takuro Yoshida]]
* [[TRF (group)|TRF]] (Since 1992)
{{col-end}}
* {{ill|Akira Takano (singer)|lt=Akira Takano|ja|高野洸}} (Since 2019)

* [[TVXQ|Tohoshinki]] (Since 2011)
===Labels===
* [[Tokyo Girls' Style]] (Since 2010)
* [[Misako Uno]] (Since 2007)
* [[Naoya Urata]] (Since 2017)
* {{illm|Vicke Blanka|ja|ビッケブランカ}} (Since 2016)
* [[Takuro Yoshida]] (since 2009)
* {{illm|yukaDD|ja|yukaDD(;´∀`)}} (Since 2023)
====B-ME====
====B-ME====
* [[Be First]] (Since 2021)
* [[Be First]]
* Novel Core (Since 2020)
* Novel Core
* [[Mitsuhiro Hidaka|Sky-Hi]] (Since 2013-2020 at the main label and 2020-present; co-founder)
* [[Mitsuhiro Hidaka|Sky-Hi]]

====Bluestar Records====
====Bluestar Records====
* {{ill|MASH (musician)|lt=MASH|ja|MASH (ミュージシャン)}} (Since 2019)
* {{ill|MASH (musician)|lt=MASH|ja|MASH (ミュージシャン)}}

====Love Life Records====
====Love Life Records====
* [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]] (Since 1994-2005 at the main label and 2005-present)
* [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]]

====motorod====
====motorod====
* [[Nanase Aikawa]] (Since 1995)
* [[Nanase Aikawa]]

====影別苦須 虎津苦須====
====影別苦須 虎津苦須====
* [[Kishidan]] (Since 2009)
* [[Kishidan]]


===Former===
==Former artists==
;Groups
* [[AAA (band)|AAA]] (2005-2021; currently on indefinite hiatus. All members except [[Yukari Goto]] are still under the label as soloists.)
* [[AAA (band)|AAA]]
* [[Sae Ōtsuka]] (2020-2023; now under [[Great Romance Records]])
* [[After School (group)|After School]]
* [[Hitomi Shimatani]] (1999-2021; now under AI.R LAND RECORD/[[Daiki Sound]])
* [[Sweets (group) |SweetS]]
====J-Friends Project====

* [[J-Friends]] (1997–2003; now disbanded)
;Soloists
====motorod====
* [[Sae Ōtsuka]]
* [[Dead End (band)|Dead End]] (2011–2015; currently on indefinite hiatus)
* [[Hitomi Shimatani]]
* [[Janne Da Arc]] (1991–2007; disbanded in 2019 after 12-year hiatus)
* [[Namie Amuro]]
* [[Oblivion Dust]] (1997–2008; now under [[Virgin Records|Virgin Music]]/[[Universal Music Japan]])

===J-Friends Project===
* [[J-Friends]]

===motorod===
* [[Dead End (band)|Dead End]]
* [[Janne Da Arc]]
* [[Oblivion Dust]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
<references/>


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 19:07, 9 December 2024

Avex Trax
Parent companyAvex Inc.
FoundedSeptember 1990; 34 years ago (September 1990)
FounderMax Matsuura
Distributor(s)
GenreVarious (mostly J-pop and Dance)
Country of originJapan
LocationMinato, Tokyo
Official websitewww.avexnet.jp Edit this at Wikidata

Avex Trax (Japanese: エイベックス トラックス, Hepburn: Eibekkusu Torakkusu) is a record label owned by Japanese entertainment conglomerate Avex Inc. The label was launched in September 1990, and was the first label by the Group.[1]

History

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Two years after Max Matsuura began a career distributing studio albums from other countries, he and his two Avex co-founders, Tom Yoda and Ken Suzuki, decided to found their own label. Aiming to compete with more established labels such as Nippon Columbia, Nippon Crown, BMG Victor, Victor Musical Industries, Toshiba-EMI, CBS/Sony, Teichiku Records, King Records, Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K.K., they created the Avex Trax label.

The first artist to sign to the label was the band TRF, which became a success. This led to Avex Trax becoming a "house of refuge" for artists who had left their former labels (e.g. Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, Ami Suzuki).[2][3][4] It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels (e.g. Gackt).[5]

Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label, excluding several early releases from 1990 to 1992 which were distributed by Sohbi Corporation [ja],[6] in 1997 Avex became a self-distributed label together with Cutting Edge, which was formerly distributed by Toshiba-EMI.

Sub-labels

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Current

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Defunct

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Notable artists

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See also: Category:Avex Trax artists and List of artists under the Avex Group

Labels

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B-ME

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Bluestar Records

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Love Life Records

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motorod

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影別苦須 虎津苦須

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Former artists

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Groups
Soloists

J-Friends Project

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motorod

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Japanese distribution

References

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  1. ^ "Avex Group | About Avex Group | History". Avex Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "なぜ浜崎あゆみは平成で最も売れた女性歌手になったのか...ファンの心を一気につかんだラジオ番組での告白 若さ特有の孤独や不安を､歌に昇華させた". President Online (プレジデントオンライン) (in Japanese). 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  3. ^ "業界は冷ややか...安室奈美恵"エイベックス移籍"の全舞台裏". 日刊ゲンダイDigital. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  4. ^ "鈴木亜美のプロフィール・作品情報". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  5. ^ "Gackt、エイベックスへの移籍を発表". BARKS (in Japanese). 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  6. ^ "SOHBI Corporation (Label)". Discogs. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
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