Watanabe Productions

Watanabe Productions Co., Ltd. (株式会社渡辺プロダクション, Kabushiki-gaisha Watanabe Purodakushon) is a multimedia management company in Japan dealing in recordings, films, television, music publishing and artist management as well as the main subsidiary of the Watanabe Production Group.

Watanabe Productions Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社渡辺プロダクション
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha (Joint-stock company)
Traded as	Unlisted
Industry	Service industry (entertainment)
Genre	Tarento management Entertainment
Founded	April 3, 1959
Founder	Shin Watanabe
Headquarters	Shibuya Infos Annex, 12-10, Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0091
Area served	Japan
Key people	Masaki Yoshida (Representative chairman) Mayumi Watanabe (Representative president)
Subsidiaries	Watanabe Entertainment Co., Ltd. TOP COAT Co., Ltd. THE WORKS Co., Ltd. and more
Website	www.watanabe-group.com

Formed by bandleader Shin Watanabe and his wife Misa Watanabe in 1955, the company has become one of the most influential of its kind in Japan. It is referred to informally in Japanese as Nabe-pro (ナベプロ, nabepuro).

Talent clients

Current

• Sayaka Aoki
• Mickey Curtis
• D-Boys

• Hirofumi Araki
• Takahisa Maeyama
• Masashi Mikami
• Shuto Miyazaki
• Masaki Nakao
• Jun Shison
• Hiroki Suzuki
• Masahiro Usui
• Masato Wada
• Yuki Yamada

• Ryo Fukawa
• Taizo Harada
• Nora Hirano
• Ayako Imoto
• Yuki Kashiwagi
• Masaki Kaji
• Yoshiko Kuga
• Tamiyo Kusakari
• Little Glee Monster
• Sei Matobu
• Akiko Matsumoto
• Toshiaki Megumi
• Shoko Nakagawa
• Mie Nakao
• Nokko
• Rag Fair
• Saori Seto
• Yuichi Tsuchiya
• Hitoshi Ueki

Former

• Osamu Adachi
• Candies
• Yuya Endo
• Shunji Igarashi
• Yukiko Iwai
• Sonoko Kawai
• The Lillies
• Takahisa Maeyama
• Tetsuya Makita
• Alan Merrill
• Shingo Nakagawa
• Masaya Nakamura
• Yūichi Nakamura
• The Peanuts
• Kenji Sawada
• Kōji Seto
• Atsushi Shiramata
• Yu Shirota
• Ryuki Takahashi
• Kei Tani
• Kotaro Yanagi
• Tomo Yanagishita
• Reiko Ohara

Foreign publishing and licensing rights

• David Bowie
• Deep Purple
• Golden Half
• Led Zeppelin
• Queen

Group subsidiaries

• Watanabe Entertainment Co., Ltd.
• Watanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd.
• Watanabe Kikaku Co., Ltd.
• Izawa Office Co., Ltd.
• Iwappara Ski Resort
• The Works Co., Ltd.
• Sound City Co., Ltd.
• Watanabe Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Mates Co., Ltd.
• Mania Mania Inc.
• Top Coat Co., Ltd.
• Watanabe Music Culture Forum Foundation

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Watanabe Production Group (in English)