Cube

CUBE Group, also known as CUBE, Inc., is a Japanese talent-management and entertainment-production company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Founded in 1997, the company operates in the Japanese entertainment industry, where it represents and develops performers across acting, music, broadcasting, announcing, content creation, and variety entertainment. Its business is therefore broader than a conventional actor-management office: CUBE combines representation with the production and organization of music, theater, and other entertainment projects. The agency’s roster has included established Japanese actors such as Naohito Fujiki, Kong Kuwata, Ryō Katō, Yūji Kishi, Nobuo Kyo, Ryosei Konishi, Kunio Murai, and Kentarō Ōtani, as well as performers including Noriko Nakagoshi and First Summer Uika. Its music-related activities have included artists and groups such as Junna, Tokyo Performance Doll, The Mass Missile, and ManaKana. The company has also represented talents involved in stage and screen performance, reflecting the cross-media nature of its business. CUBE’s operating structure includes a relationship with Ricomotion Inc., an Osaka-based agency associated with the wider CUBE organization. Ricomotion has represented performers including Katsuhisa Namase, Arata Furuta, Atsushi Yamanishi, and Akoya Sogi. This arrangement gives the group a presence beyond its Tokyo headquarters and allows it to work across complementary talent and production networks. In addition to managing individual careers, CUBE participates in entertainment production. Its stated scope includes music and theater, areas that require coordination among performers, producers, venues, rights holders, and other industry partners. This combination of talent representation and production enables the company to support work across television, film, stage, music, and related entertainment formats, although the available reference material does not provide a detailed breakdown of revenue, subsidiaries, ownership, or current workforce. The agency received public attention in January 2020 after the entertainment magazine Friday reported allegations of non-consensual advances involving Yamashita, the guitarist of the music group Ikimono-gakari, then associated with the agency. CUBE president Hiryoyuki Kitamaki issued a statement disputing the report’s allegations and characterizing them as factually inaccurate. The incident is included here as a reported controversy; the supplied material does not establish a court judgment or an independently verified finding against the company. CUBE remains identifiable primarily as a Japanese professional talent agency with a diversified entertainment remit. Its brand is built around career management, performer representation, and production work rather than consumer goods. Public information supplied for this entry does not establish a stock-market listing, a corporate parent, a founder, or a separate international operating network.

CUBE, Inc. was established in Japan in 1997 as a talent agency. From its Tokyo base in Shibuya, the company developed a business centered on representing performers and managing their professional activities. Its scope covers actors, musicians, announcers, content creators, and tarento, placing it within Japan’s broad entertainment-management sector rather than limiting it to a single medium. Over time, CUBE’s activities expanded beyond individual representation into entertainment production. The company has worked across music, theater, and other forms of entertainment, allowing its business to connect performer management with the creation and delivery of productions. This model is common to larger Japanese entertainment offices, where agencies may coordinate appearances, recordings, stage work, television activity, and related commercial opportunities for their rosters. The wider organization also operates in Osaka through Ricomotion Inc., an associated agency with its own roster. Ricomotion’s listed talents include actors Katsuhisa Namase, Arata Furuta, and Atsushi Yamanishi, as well as Akoya Sogi. The relationship broadens CUBE’s geographic and professional reach while preserving a distinction between the Tokyo CUBE operation and the Osaka Ricomotion agency. CUBE’s roster has included performers from several parts of the Japanese entertainment industry. Its actor-related names include Naohito Fujiki, Kong Kuwata, Ryō Katō, Yūji Kishi, Nobuo Kyo, Ryosei Konishi, Kunio Murai, and Kentarō Ōtani. Other represented performers include Noriko Nakagoshi and First Summer Uika. The music roster has included Junna, Tokyo Performance Doll, The Mass Missile, and ManaKana. The supplied reference material also identifies Ikimono-gakari and Satoshi Hashimoto among former talents. In January 2020, the company became the subject of public controversy after Friday reported allegations concerning Yamashita, the guitarist of Ikimono-gakari. The report described alleged non-consensual advances toward a woman. CUBE president Hiryoyuki Kitamaki issued a response rejecting the allegations and disputing the report’s factual basis. The available reference does not provide further legal findings or a definitive adjudication, so the event is recorded as a reported scandal and corporate response rather than as an established legal conclusion. CUBE’s present identity is that of an active Japanese talent agency and entertainment producer. It maintains an official corporate website and continues to be described through its representation of performers and involvement in music, theater, and related entertainment. Publicly supplied sources do not establish detailed financial results, ownership information, a stock listing, or a complete chronology of management changes.

• 2020

  Public response to reported allegations involving Yamashita

  [1]Cube (talent agency)en.wikipedia.org

  Following a January report by Friday concerning allegations involving Ikimono-gakari guitarist Yamashita, CUBE president Hiryoyuki Kitamaki publicly rejected the report’s allegations.

• 1997

  CUBE established

  [1]Cube (talent agency)en.wikipedia.org

  CUBE, Inc. was founded in Japan as a talent agency focused on representing and managing entertainment performers.

A diversified Japanese talent agency combining performer representation with music, theater, and entertainment production capabilities.

• Professional services · 1997

  Talent management

  CUBE’s core service is professional representation and career management for performers in Japan. Its roster spans actors, musicians, announcers, creators, and tarento. Management activities can include coordinating professional opportunities and supporting careers across television, film, theater, music, and other entertainment formats, although the supplied sources do not detail the agency’s contractual structure or service fees.

• Music entertainment

  Music production and artist management

  CUBE manages or has managed musicians and music groups while also identifying music production as part of its broader entertainment remit. Referenced music-related talents include Junna, Tokyo Performance Doll, The Mass Missile, and ManaKana. The available material does not specify particular labels, catalogs, recording facilities, or distribution arrangements.

• Entertainment production

  Theater and entertainment production

  Alongside talent representation, CUBE provides production services connected with music, theater, and other entertainment. This work places the agency within the production side of the Japanese entertainment business and allows it to participate in projects involving performers, stage work, and other media. Specific productions and current titles are not identified in the supplied references.

• 2020

  Report concerning allegations involving Yamashita

  In January 2020, Friday reported allegations of non-consensual advances involving Yamashita, the guitarist of Ikimono-gakari. CUBE president Hiryoyuki Kitamaki denied the allegations and said the report was not factual. The supplied source does not document a subsequent court ruling or independently verified finding.

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1. 1Cube (talent agency)en.wikipedia.org
2. 2CUBE Official Websitecubeinc.co.jp
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