B Zone

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B ZONE, Inc.
Native name
株式会社B ZONE
Romanized name
Kabushiki gaisha B Zone
FormerlyBeing, Inc. (1978-2023)
Company type Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Music, artist development, record production, marketing, audio engineering
GenreVarious
FoundedNovember 1, 1978;46 years ago (1978-11-01)
Founder Daiko Nagato
HeadquartersThomas Building, 5-2-2 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan [1]
Key people
Toshinori Masuda (President & CEO)
Daiko Nagato (Major shareholder, Authorizer), Chiaki Nagato (Major Shareholder)
Revenue1,000,000 yen
Total assets 759 billion yen
Number of employees
Non-consolidated: 192
Consolidated 1097(as of 2024, 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
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006 -
Subscribers75,100 [2]
Total views58,780,486 [2]
Last updated:February 26, 2025

B ZONE, Inc. (株式会社B ZONE, Kabushiki-gaisha B Zone) (aka B ZONE Group), [3] formerly known as Being, Inc. [a] (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 . [4] As of May 2023, over 130 theme songs have been supplied to the anime television series and movies by the B ZONE Group. [5] On 4 April 2023, Being changed company name to B Zone. [3]

Contents

Labels

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 that are part of the group are also subsequently owned by the holding company. It includes indie labels as well. [6]

Major labels

Indies labels

Former labels

Artists

Subsidiaries

Music Publisher

Management Office

Promotion

Music Production Company

Studio Management

Design/Video

Internet related/distribution

Real-estate company

Administrative/legal affairs

Event hall/facilities

Creators

Notes: The B ZONE Group official website has listed in the Japanese alphabetical order its "Music Creators". [22]

Controversy

In June 2001, the company (then named Being) and its subsidiary B+U+M [23] (now merged into Vermillion Records) was found to have failed to declare 840 million yen in income. [24] They were acquitted after the investigation. [23]

Notes

  1. ↑ 株式会社ビーイング, Kabushiki-gaisha Being

References

  1. 1 2 "B ZONE Inc. "About us"". B ZONE Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "About B Zone". YouTube.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Detective Conan theme music" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ "名探偵コナン OP-ED". Music Tower JP. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Being labels (in Japanese) http://www.beinggiza.com/en/label.html
  7. ↑ records, vermillion. "B'z Official Website".
  8. ↑ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
  9. ↑ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
  10. ↑ "GIZA studio : 株式会社ギザ".
  11. ↑ "NORTHERN MUSIC WEB SITE".
  12. ↑ "D-GO - ディーゴ".
  13. ↑ "D5 Records".
  14. ↑ Indies labels (in Japanese) http://www.beinggiza.com/indies.html
  15. ↑ ".:: Being GROUP ::".
  16. ↑ "Loop Music Publishers" (in Japanese). Loop, Inc. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  17. ↑ "White Dream" (in Japanese). White Dream. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  18. ↑ "Music Freak Magazine" (in Japanese). MRM. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  19. ↑ "Chiakiss" (in Japanese). Chiakiss. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  20. ↑ "Dojima River Forum" (in Japanese). Dojima River Forum. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  21. ↑ "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.
  22. ↑ "B Zone Music Creators" (in Japanese). ©B ZONE, Inc. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  23. 1 2 "B'z production company failed to declare 840 mil. yen income". The Free Library. 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  24. ↑ "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."
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