Tanabe Music Publishing

Tanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社田辺音楽出版) is a Japanese music copyright management company and talent agency headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was established in June 1977 by Akikazu Tanabe as a subsidiary of Tanabe Agency. The company manages music copyrights and related rights for a range of artists, including THE ALFEE, and is a member of the Music Publishers Association of Japan. It is part of the K-Dash corporate group. Beyond copyright administration, Tanabe Music Publishing has been active in talent scouting and artist management. It organized the "Drastic Trabaye Audition" to discover new talent, producing acts such as MOMOSE. The company has represented talents and artists including Yuko Asano, Emi Fujita (business partnership), and Keiko Kojima (business partnership). Former affiliated talents include Nozomi Omura (Non), HOT LEGS, Kenji Shiono, Kinmokusei (2001–2008), Mayuki Hiramatsu, MisaChi (2005–2008), Yuki Hirao (until March 2016), Issei Yoshimi (until September 2018), and Shungo Ito (until March 2020). In television production, the company has been involved in planning cooperation for numerous programs, largely through chief producer Yuichi Sano. These include "Mucha DOLL Box Otome no Inori" (2005, Yomiuri TV/Chukyo TV), "Happy Mix" (2008, NTV) as composition cooperation, "Ariyoshi AKB Republic" (2010, TBS), "AKB to XX!" (2010, Yomiuri TV), "Sakura kara no Tegami: AKB48 Sorezore no Sotsugyou Monogatari" (2011, NTV), "Naruhodo! High School" (2011, NTV), "Naniwa Nadeshiko" (2011, NTV), "SKE48 no Magical Radio" (2011–2013, NTV), "Muse no Kagami" (2012, NTV), "Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou" (2012, NTV) as production brain, "Gachi Gase" (2012, NTV), "NMB48 Geinin!" (2012–2014, NTV), "Megutan tte Mahou Tsukaeru no?" (2012, NTV), "SKE48 ZERO POSITION" (2014–, TBS Channel 1), "HaKaTa Hyakkaten" (2012, NTV), "So long!" (2013, NTV), "Saturday Night Child Machine" (2013, NTV), "NOGIBINGO!" (2013–2018, NTV), "SKE48 no Ebi Friday Night" (2013, NTV), "Tentoumu Chu! no Sekai wo Muchu ni Sasemasu Sengen!" (2014, NTV), "SKE48 Ebi Shou!" (2014, NTV), "SKE48 Ebi Karucho!" (2014, NTV), "AKB48 Tabi Shoujo" (2015, NTV), "AKB48 no Konya wa Otomari" (2015, NTV), "KEYABINGO!" (2016–2018, NTV), "STU48 no Setobingo!" (2018, NTV), "HKTBINGO!" (2018, NTV), "SKEBINGO!" (2019, NTV), and "HINABINGO!" (2019, NTV). Affiliated companies include Brand New Music Co., Ltd., K-Dash Co., Ltd., K-Dash Stage, K-Park, S-Dash, Our Songs, Our Songs Creative, Peach, Pearl, and Pearl Dash.

Tanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd. was established in June 1977 by Akikazu Tanabe as a subsidiary of Tanabe Agency. The company was created to manage music copyrights and related rights for the Tanabe Agency group and its affiliated artists. Over the decades, it has managed the music rights of numerous artists, including THE ALFEE, and became a member of the Music Publishers Association of Japan. In addition to copyright administration, the company expanded into talent management and scouting. It organized the "Drastic Trabaye Audition" to discover new talent, producing acts such as MOMOSE. The company has represented talents including Yuko Asano, Emi Fujita (business partnership), and Keiko Kojima (business partnership). Former affiliated talents include Nozomi Omura (Non), HOT LEGS, Kenji Shiono, Kinmokusei (2001–2008), Mayuki Hiramatsu, MisaChi (2005–2008), Yuki Hirao (until March 2016), Issei Yoshimi (until September 2018), and Shungo Ito (until March 2020). The company also became involved in television production planning, largely through chief producer Yuichi Sano. It provided planning cooperation for many programs, often related to AKB48 and its sister groups, including "Ariyoshi AKB Republic," "AKB to XX!," "SKE48 no Magical Radio," "NOGIBINGO!," "KEYABINGO!," and "HINABINGO!" among others. The company is part of the K-Dash corporate group, and its affiliated companies include Brand New Music, K-Dash, K-Dash Stage, K-Park, S-Dash, Our Songs, Our Songs Creative, Peach, Pearl, and Pearl Dash.

• 2020

  Shungo Ito left in March.

• 2018

  Issei Yoshimi left in September.

• 2016

  Yuki Hirao left in March.

• 2005

  MisaChi affiliated (until 2008).

• 2001

  Kinmokusei affiliated (until 2008).

• 1977

  Established in June by Akikazu Tanabe as a subsidiary of Tanabe Agency.

A music copyright management company and talent agency within the K-Dash group, also active in television production planning.

Product categories. Music copyright management · Talent agency services · Television production planning cooperation

1. 1Tanabe Music Publishing - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2田辺音楽出版 - Wikipedia (Japanese)ja.wikipedia.org
3. 3Tanabe Music Publishing Official Websitetanabe-ongaku.jp