extra=stylized as DefSTAR Records was a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.
History
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1997 – Takashi Yoshida, the president of Warner Music Japan, founded the label as T Purojiekuto.
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2000 – Yoshida transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and he brought the T Project catalog. He renamed it Defstar Records.
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2001 – Defstar Records becomes a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Yoshida becomes its manager.
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2003 – Yoshida returned to Warner Music Japan, but did not try to reclaim his label. Instead, he focused on restructuring his first company.
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2014 - Defstar Records, Inc. is merged with the six other labels of Sony Music Japan to form Sony Music Labels Inc.
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2015 - Defstar is absorbed into SME Records.
Artists
Defstar Records' artists include:
Amoyamo,
Burnside Project,
Chemistry, Mariko Gotō,
Chiaki Kuriyama,
Shion Tsuji,
Ken Hirai,
GARNiDELiA, Hirakawachi 1-chome,
Beat Crusaders, Kylee,
Kanon Wakeshima,
Tomoko Kawase,
FLiP, universe, Long Shot Party, On/Off, Lil'B,
Sowelu, Pe'zmoku, The Harris and Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.
AKB48 used to release products under Defstar, before moving to King Records
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