- Company Name (Trade Name)
- King Record Artists Co., Ltd.
- Head Office
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1-2-3 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
1-2-3 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
- Representative
- Jun Endo, President and Representative Director
- Major Shareholder
- King Records Co., Ltd. (100% ownership)
- Capital
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25 million yen
25 million yen
- Banks
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MUFG Bank, Ltd. / Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Main Business Activities
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Planning, production, and sales of music and video products, digital content, and related products
Development and management of artists, musicians, and entertainers
Planning, production, operation, and management of live performances, concerts, and events
Planning, development, design, production, and sales of character merchandise
Planning, production, and sales of music and video products, digital content, and related products | Development and management of artists, musicians, and entertainers |
Planning, production, operation, and management of live performances, concerts, and events | Planning, development, design, production, and sales of character merchandise
- History
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Spring 1972
Bellwood Records was launched as an in-house label of King Records Co., Ltd.
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April 25, 1972
King Records Co., Ltd. released the first titles on the Bellwood Records label: two singles, Morio Agata’s “Sekishoku Elegy” and Masato Tomobe’s “Ippon Michi,” and three albums, Rokumonsen’s “King Salmon no Iru Shima,” Wataru Takada’s “Keizu,” and Kazuhiko Yamahira’s “Hoso Kinshi Uta.”
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May 17, 1973
The Bellwood Records label was incorporated as King Bellwood Records Co., Ltd.
Initially focused on partnerships with the Kansai folk music scene (including URC Records), the label released albums by distinctive new Tokyo artists such as Rokumonsen, Morio Agata, and Hachimitsu Pie, as well as Happy End, Wataru Takada, Ryo Kagawa, Shiba, and Dylan.
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1975
Mitsunori Miura, a key figure in the label’s founding, left King Records.
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1978
The label temporarily suspended operations. (By that time, it had released 90 LP titles and 48 singles.)
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1979
The company changed its trade name from King Bellwood Records Co., Ltd. to Bellwood Records Co., Ltd.
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Early 2000s onward
The label resumed operations by reissuing its early catalog together with King Records. Maintaining its own nationwide distribution network, it also began operating as an independent label affiliated with King Records (a major record company). Around the same time, it launched artist management services.
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June 21, 2026
The company changed its trade name to King Record Artists Co., Ltd. Bellwood Records became an in-house label brand, continuing to manage its catalog and pursue further development as a label.
