B Zone

B ZONE Inc.

Logo used since 2023

Native name

| 株式会社ビーイング (until 2023)
株式会社ビーゾーン (since 2023)

Romanized name

| Kabushiki gaisha Bīizōn
Type| Private kabushiki gaisha
Industry| Music, artist development, record production, marketing, audio engineering
Genre| Various
Founded| November 1, 1978
Founder| Daiko Nagato
Headquarters| Thomas Building, 5-2-2 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan[1]

Key people

| Toshinori Masuda (President & CEO)
Daiko Nagato (Major shareholder, Authorizer), Chiaki Nagato (Major Shareholder)
Revenue| 1,000,000 yen
Total assets| 757,2 billion yen

Number of employees

| Non-consolidated: 192
Consolidated 1097(as of 2023, including part-time workers and contracts)
Subsidiaries| Vermillion Records
Zain Records
B.Gram-Records
Giza Studio
Northern Music
O-TOWN Jazz
Weedz
D-Go
B-Zone
Crimson
NiM Records
Kaikyō Record
Asistobe
Website| BZONE.co.jp

B ZONE Incorporated (aka B ZONE Group),[2] formerly known as Being Incorporated (aka Being Giza Group), is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate and recording label based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by music producer Daiko Nagato.[1] The company and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of theme music for the anime series Detective Conan.[3] As of May 2023, over 100 theme songs have been supplied to the anime television series and movies by the B ZONE Group.[4] On 4 April 2023, Being changed company name to B Zone. [2]

## Labels[edit]

Nowadays production-based record company are no longer a rare thing, however the B ZONE Group has established a dedicated record company and label system in quick succession since 1991. Label companies under the label companies that are part of the group are also subsequently owned by the holding company. It includes indies labels as well.[5]

### Major labels[edit]

* Vermillion Records[6] (1990, previously named as BMG ROOMS) - formerly a joint venture with BMG Japan (now Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
* Zain Records[7] (1991) - previously named as B.Jin)
* B.Gram-Records[8] (1993) - formerly a joint venture with Nippon PolyGram (now Universal Music Japan)
* Giza Studio[9] (1999-)
* NORTHERN MUSIC[10] (2007-)
* O-TOWN Jazz (2012, previously named as Giza Jazz)
* D-Go[11] (2012-)
* B-Zone (2012-, until 2023 names ad Being)
* CRIMZON (2014-)
* NiM Records (2019-)
* Kaikyō Record (2019-)
* Asistobe (2020-)

### Indies labels[edit]

* Tent House(1999)[12]
* zazzy(2005)
* magnifique(2008)

### Former labels[edit]

* B-Vision (1993-2007)
* Amemura-O-Town Record (1997)
* BERG (1999)
* pure:infinity (2009-2014)[13]
* Styling Records (2003)
* DAY TRACK (2003)
* White Cafe (2015)
* Honey Bee Records (2016)

## Artists[edit]

See also: Category:B Zone artists

### Former Artists[edit]

See also: Category:Former B Zone artists

## Subsidiaries[edit]

### Music Publisher[edit]

* B Planning Office Co., Ltd.
* B Zone Music Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Being Publishing)
* Giza Music Co., Ltd.

### Management Office[edit]

* Vermillion Co., Ltd. (B’z’s personal office)
* Sensui (Izumi Sakai's personal office)
* Loop (Mai Kuraki's personal office)[14]
* Giza Artist
* Zain Artist
* Ading
* White Dream[15]
* Signaled Yellow
* Wormhole
* B Zone

### Promotion[edit]

* Music Freak Magazine (MFM)[16]

### Music Production Company[edit]

* ZAIN PRODUCTS Co., Ltd.
* Giza Co., Ltd.

### Studio Management[edit]

* REDWAY Co., Ltd.
* GREENDWAY Co., Ltd.

### Design/Video[edit]

* Grunge Co., Ltd.
* Onto Co., Ltd.
* Susan Co., Ltd.

### Internet related/distribution[edit]

* YouTube B Zone channel
* NicoNico Douga B Zone channel

### Real-estate company[edit]

* B-Planets Co., Ltd.
* B Planning Co., Ltd.
* Atlas Co., Ltd.
* Luna Co., Ltd.
* Brilliant Estate Co., Ltd.
* Zeze Corporation Co., Ltd.
* Futaba Building Co., Ltd.
* Real Estate Co., Ltd.
* Bluesy Real Estate Co., Ltd.
* Dreamaps Co., Ltd.
* Celeste Co., Ltd.
* Chiakiss Co., Ltd.[17]
* Weeds Co., Ltd.

### Administrative/legal affairs[edit]

* Treasury Co., Ltd.
* Zaimu Co., Ltd.

### Event hall/facilities[edit]

* Dojima River Forum (堂島リバーフォーラム)[18]
* Dojima Forum Team
* Hills Pan Koujou (hillsパン工場)[19]
* Fuji Grand Imabari (フジグラン今治)
* Safa Fukuyama (サファ福山)

## Creators[edit]

Notes: The B ZONE Group official website has listed in the Japanese alphabetical order its "Music Creators".[20]

* Aoi Yamazaki - lyricist, composer, vocal, chorus
* Akira Onozuka - composer, arranger, keyboard, piano
* Daisuke Ikeda (arranger) \- composer, arranger, produce-direction
* Daria Kawashima\- composer, lyricist, vocal, chorus
* Endcape-lyricist
* Genki Fukui - lyricist, composer, arranger
* Hiroki (Lilly sayonara) - lyricist, composer, vocal, chorus
* Hiroki Kawazoe - composer
* Hiroshi Imai - composer
* Hiya & Katsuma - composer, arranger
* Ichiri Shisui - composer
* Kaharu Maemura - composer, arranger
* Kan Natsumi - lyricist, composer
* Katsuma Togashi - composer, vocal, chorus
* Kazuki Katsuta - saxophonist
* Kazuki Kurosawa - composer, arranger, guitarist
* Kenta Takamori - lyricist, composer, arranger, guitarist, vocal, chorus
* Kōichi Naga - composer, arranger
* Kōji Goto - composer, arranger, guitarist, produce-direction
* Kōsuke Kataoka - composer
* Kousuke Ohshima (ex Wands) - composer, arranger, keyboard, piano, produce-direction
* Kurose Kazuichi - drummer
* Masaki Kureji - composer
* Masazumi Ozawa (ex. Pamelah) - composer, arranger, guitar, produce-direction
* Masanori Kobayashi - composer, arranger
* MissTY - composer, arranger, produce-direction
* Miwa Sasaki - lyricist
* Motoyoshi Hiyamizu - composer, arranger, guitarist
* Nao Kimura - composer
* Ocean94 - composer, arranger
* Rui (fade) - composer, arranger, produce-direction
* Ryoki Watanabe - composer, guitarist
* Ryoko Meguro - composer
* Ryosuke Nikamoto - bassist
* Shaoka - composer, arranger
* Taishi Izumida - composer, arranger
* Takahiro Minato - lyricist, composer, arranger
* Takashi Masuzaki \- guitarist
* Toshiaki Ōta - composer
* Yoshifumi Kouchi - lyricist, composer, arranger
* Yuiko Tsubokura - vocal, chorus
* Yuki Takahara - vocal, chorus
* Yukito - composer
* Yurie Mochizuki - lyricist, composer, vocal, chorus

### Controversy[edit]

In June 2001, the company (then named Being) and its subsidiary B+U+M[21] (now merged into Vermillion Records) was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income.[22] They were acquitted after the investigation.[21]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "B ZONE Inc. "About us"". B ZONE Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
2. ^ a b "B'z／倉木麻衣／ZARD／WANDSら所属、BeingがB ZONEに社名変更" [B'z/Mai Kuraki/ZARD/WANDS agency, Being changed company name to B ZONE]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link Corporation under license from Billboard Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation. April 4, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
3. ^ "Detective Conan theme music" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
4. ^ "名探偵コナン OP-ED". Music Tower JP. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. ^ Being labels (in Japanese) http://www.beinggiza.com/en/label.html
6. ^ records, vermillion. "B'z Official Website".
7. ^ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
8. ^ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
9. ^ "GIZA studio : 株式会社ギザ".
10. ^ "NORTHERN MUSIC WEB SITE".
11. ^ "D-GO - ディーゴ".
12. ^ Indies labels (in Japanese) http://www.beinggiza.com/indies.html
13. ^ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
14. ^ "Loop Music Publishers" (in Japanese). Loop,Inc. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
15. ^ "White Dream" (in Japanese). White Dream. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
16. ^ "Music Freak Magazine" (in Japanese). MRM. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
17. ^ "Chiakiss" (in Japanese). Chiakiss. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
18. ^ "Dojima River Forum" (in Japanese). Dojima River Forum. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
19. ^ "大阪心斎橋 ヒルズパン工場・ライブハウス" (in Japanese). ヒルズパン工場ライブハウス. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
20. ^ "B Zone Music Creators" (in Japanese). ©B ZONE,Inc. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
21. ^ a b "B'z production company failed to declare 840 mil. yen income". The Free Library. 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
22. ^ "Entertainment Firm in Tax Evasion Tangle". The Japan Times. 2001-08-29. Retrieved 2012-08-28. "This incident comes just two months after the Tokyo-based production firm behind pop music duo B'z was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income."

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* B Zone's channel on YouTube
* B Zone's channel on Nico Nico Douga

* v
* t
* e

Wands

* Hiroshi Shibasaki
* Shinya Kimura
* Daishi Uehara

* Show Wesugi
* Kosuke Oshima
* Jiro Matsumoto
* Issei "Suginho" Ambo

Studio albums|

* Toki no Tobira
* Piece of My Soul
* Awake
* Burn the Secret
* Version 5.0

Extended plays|

* Wands
* Little Bit…

Compilations|

* Singles Collection +6
* Wands Historical Best Album
* Best of Wands History

Singles|

* "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Being Inc.
* Masao Akashi
* Takeshi Hayama
* Daria Kawashima
* Tetsurō Oda
* Miho Nakayama

* v
* t
* e

Music of Japan

"Kimigayo" (National anthem)

Traditional|

Instruments

| Genres and styles|

*     * Bugaku
* Bushi
* Dainichido Bugaku
* Danmono
* Gagaku
* Gigaku
* Jōruri
* Kouta
* Min'yō
* Nagauta
* Rōkyoku
* Saimon Ondo [ja]
* Komori-uta (lullaby)
* Warabe Uta [ja]
* Kazoe Uta [ja]
* Ekaki Uta [ja]
* Temari Uta [ja]

|

Post Meiji Restoration

(1868–present)|

* Commercial song [ja]
* Gakusēka (student song) [ja]
* Kōka (school song) [ja]
* Ryōka (dormitory song) [ja]
* Daigaku-Ōenka (cheering song of university) [ja]
* Enzetsuka/Enka
* Gunka (military song)
* Jazz
* Kayōkyoku
* Senji-kayō [ja]
* Gunkoku-kayō [ja]
* Radio calisthenics song
* Ryūkōka
* Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja]
* Shōka [ja]
* Manshū-Shōka [ja]
* Shin-min'yō [ja]

Post-War

(1945–present)|

| 1945–present|

* Kayōkyoku
* Mood-kayō [ja]
* Idol-kayō [ja]
* Group Sounds
* Image song
* J-pop
* Rock

|

1970–present|

* Anime song
* Chiptune
* City pop
* Denpa song
* Disco [ja]
* Electro
* Electropop
* Eurobeat
* Disco [ja]
* Hardcore punk
* Hip hop
* Metal
* Noise
* Noise rock
* Nu-music [ja]
* Ōenka (cheering song)
* Reggae
* Synth-pop
* Ska
* Visual kei
* Italo Disco
* Italo House
* Juliana’s techno

1990–present|

* Bitpop
* Grime
* Being-kei [ja]
* J-core
* Japanese net label scene
* Kawaii metal
* Komuro-kei [ja]
* Onkyokei
* Shibuya-kei
* Akishibu-kei
* Visual kei
* Eroguro kei
* Nagoya kei
* Vocaloid music

Ethnic and regional|

* Ainu music
* Rekuhkara
* Southern Islands

Charts|

* Oricon
* Singles Chart
* Albums Chart
* Karaoke Chart
* Billboard Japan
* Hot 100
* RIAJ Digital Track Chart (discontinued)

Achievements|

* List of best-selling music artists in Japan
* List of best-selling Western artists in Japan
* List of best-selling albums in Japan
* List of best-selling singles in Japan

Record companies|

| "Big 10"

(as of 2023[update])|

* Avex Group
* Sony Music Entertainment Japan
* Universal Music Japan
* King Record Co.
* J Storm
* Victor Entertainment
* Being Inc.
* Warner Music Group
* Pony Canyon
* Teichiku Entertainment

|

Others|

* Major
* Independent

Musicians|

* List of musical artists from Japan
* List of Japanese musical groups
* List of J-pop artists
* List of Japanese composers
* List of Japanese hip hop musicians
* List of Japanese singers
* List of J-pop concerts held outside Asia

Years|

* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Online distributors|

* iTunes Store
* Apple Music
* Google Play Music
* Amazon Music
* Spotify
* KKBox (the successor of LISMO Unlimited)
* RecoChoku [ja]
* Music.jp [ja]
* Mora
* Dwango.jp
* E-Onkyo music
* Oricon Music Store
* Line Music
* MySound [ja]
* OTOTOY [ja]
* AWA [ja]

Other topics|

* Awards
* Shinto music
* Min-On Concert Association

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz label
* 2

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