Teichiku Records

Teichiku Entertainment, Inc.
Company typeKK
Industrymusic (record label)
PredecessorStandard Talking Machine Company of Japan
FoundedFebruary 11, 1934 (as Teikoku Chikuonki Kabushiki-gaisha)
Nara Prefecture, Empire of Japan
HeadquartersMinato, Tokyo,
OwnerXING Inc. (100%)
ParentBrother Industries[1]
Websiteteichiku.co.jp
The Kyocera Harajuku building in September 2011
Label from Michiyakko's 1950 recording of the Tankō Bushi

Teichiku Records (テイチクレコード, Teichiku Rekōdo) is a Japanese record label, run by Teichiku Entertainment (テイチクエンタテインメント, Teichiku Entateinmento), that specializes in enka, kayōkyoku, and similar music. Teichiku is an abbreviation for Teikoku Chikuonki (帝国蓄音機, lit. Imperial Records), the former name of the company.[a] Teichiku Entertainment also runs the record labels Imperial Records, Takumi Note, and Union Records (ユニオンレコード, Yunion Rekōdo). It is a division of commercial karaoke manufacturer XING Inc., itself a subsidiary of Brother Industries.

In the past, it also produced video games, such as God Panic: Shijō Saikyō Gundan.[3]

  1. ^ "Facilities all over the world - Japan". global.brother. Brother Industries. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  2. ^ https://zarigani3.web.fc2.com/spp/spp7.htm [bare URL]
  3. ^ "God Panic: Shijou Saikyou Gundan". nichebarrier.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.


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