Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.

Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd. (日本ビクター株式会社) is a Japanese electronics giant, mainly known for the JVC brand. It is part of the JVC Kenwood Corporation.
In the past Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd. was directly involved in the music industry, but nowadays it serves that industry via subsidiary companies such as Victor Entertainment, Inc. and Teichiku Entertainment, Inc.

Also appears as:
- Victor Company Of Japan Limited

History in the music industry:
label 727152 was established in Japan by the US label 80573 in September 1927. It owned the Victor label and manufactured and distributed records for several others.
In 1943 the company name was changed to Nippon Onkyo, K.K. (label 1841715).
On December 29, 1945, the company name was changed to Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
March 1947: first post-war releases appear.

In 1972 the music division spun off into Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
Another spin-off was Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., established in June 1970, that handled Philips and associated labels.

label 478674 (ビクタークリエイティブメディア株式会社) was established as a spin-off from Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd. in July 2007.


This company also operated large vinyl, cassette, VHS and CD manufacturing plants in Yokohama, Rinkan and Yamato.

Please use label 4466764 for adding LCCN roles derived from the Matrix/Runouts of releases.