Watanabe Productions

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Watanabe Productions Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社渡辺プロダクション
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
(Joint-stock company)
Unlisted
IndustryService industry (entertainment)
GenreTarento management
Entertainment
FoundedApril 3, 1959
FounderShin Watanabe
HeadquartersShibuya Infos Annex, 12-10, Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0091
Area served
Japan
Key people
Masaki Yoshida (Representative chairman)
Mayumi Watanabe (Representative president)
SubsidiariesWatanabe Entertainment Co., Ltd.
TOP COAT Co., Ltd.
THE WORKS Co., Ltd.
and more
Websitewww.watanabe-group.com

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.

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).

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Foreign publishing and licensing rights

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Group subsidiaries

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  • 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
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