DefSTAR RECORDS

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Relationships

signed:	平井堅 (Ken Hirai) (from 2000 until 2013) Sowelu (from 2002 until 2009) AKB48 (from 2006-08 until 2008-10) GARNiDELiA (from 2014 until 2015)
artists and repertoire persons:	竹内徹 (A&R of SME Records) (ended)

renamed into:	SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”) (from 2015-06 to present)
imprint of:	Defstar Records Inc. (do NOT file releases here) (from 2001-01 to present) Sony Music Labels Inc. (record company established in 2014; rights and manufacturer use primarily, not an imprint) (from 2014-04-01 until 2015-07)

VGMdb:	https://vgmdb.net/org/530 [info]
logos:	https://web.archive.org/web/20150416013057/http://saiyo.sme.co.jp/graduate_15/company/img/logo_04.jpg [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/label/50011 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/Defstar/ [info]
Wikidata:	Q1072803 [info]