Stardust Promotion
Stardust Promotion Co., Ltd. (株式会社スターダストプロモーション) is a leading Japanese talent agency,[1][2] headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1979 and invests in entertainment forms including music, cinema, and modelling.
Native name | 株式会社スターダストプロモーション |
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Kabushiki gaisha | |
Traded as | Unlisted |
Industry | Service industry (entertainment) |
Genre | Tarento, singer, actor and model management, etc. |
Founded | 1 February 1979 |
Headquarters | Takeda Bldg., 3-3, Ebisu Nishi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0021 |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Yoshirō Hosono (representative) |
Subsidiaries | Stardust Net SDP (Stardust Pictures) Stardust Music Publishing SDI (Stardust Interactive) Smooch SDM (Stardust Marketing) SDR (Stardust Music, Inc.) |
Website | www |
The agency has a dominant share in the management of actresses.[3] For example, it manages Yūko Takeuchi (best known for the movie Be with You) and Kō Shibasaki (Socrates in Love).[4] The agency is known for its all-female musical groups such as Momoiro Clover Z,[5] Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku,[6] and all-male musical groups such as Bullet Train,[7] Dish[8] and also has its own independent record label SDR (Stardust Records).[9]
In 2009, Stardust Promotion opened a branch in South Korea.[4] In addition to the head office in Tokyo, Stardust Promotion has offices in Nagoya, in Osaka, and since lately in Fukuoka. The agency has recently started to put an emphasis on local talents and created several local idol groups, namely Team Syachihoko (in Nagoya) and Tacoyaki Rainbow (in Osaka).[10]
Current notable roster
Production 1 talents
Actors
Actresses
Musical artists
- Brother Tom
- PrizmaX (band)
Production 2 talents
Actors/actresses
Production 3 talents
Actors
Actresses
- Yuko Araki
- Fumina Hara
- Akari Hayami (former Momoiro Clover)
- Mika Hijii
- Aika Hirota (former Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
- Yuka Hoshaku
- Kaho
- Keiko Kitagawa
- Nana Komatsu
- Takayo Mimura
- Yuika Motokariya
- Runa Natsui
- Erika Okuda
- Aya Ōmasa
- Phongchi (former Idoling!!!)
- Megumi Sato
- Megumi Seki
- Kō Shibasaki[4][5]
- Kyoka Shibata
- Shiho
- Kanako Tahara
- Yuko Takayama
- Miori Takimoto (former SweetS)[5]
- Yuuka Yano
Models
Musical artists
- Bullet Train [12][13]
- Dish [8][14] (see also Takumi Kitamura)
- M!LK (see also Mizuki Itagaki)
- SUPER★DRAGON (スパドラ)
- ONE 'N ONLY
- DAN⇄JYO
- Kenichi Maeyamada
Stardust Planet talents
- Momoiro Clover Z (Reni Takagi, Kanako Momota, Shiori Tamai, Ayaka Sasaki)[5]
- Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku (Rika Mayama, Hinata Kashiwagi, Ayaka Yasumoto, Mirei Hoshina, Kaho Kobayashi, Riko Nakayama)[6]
- Team Shachi[5][10]
- Tacoyaki Rainbow[5][10]
- Batten Showjo Tai
- Tokimeki Sendenbu
- Hachimitsu Rocket
- Sakura Ebis
- Iginari Tohoku San
- Crown Pop
Others
- Momoyo Koyama (voice actress)
- Takahiro Miki (film director)
- Maki Miyamae (tarento, former CoCo)
- Orange Range (rock band)
- K (singer)
- June (singer)
- Flower Flower (rock band)
- Yui (singer)
Former Stardust Promotion artists
Artists, managed by Stardust Promotion in the past.
Female
- Tomoko Akiya (voice actress)
- Momoka Ariyasu (singer, former Momoiro Clover Z)
- Anza (singer)
- Miori Ichikawa (tarento, former AKB48 and NMB48)
- Aiko Itō (actress)
- Keiko Utoku (singer)
- Anna Umemiya (model)
- Ayumi Oka (actress)
- Yukina Kashiwa (actress, former Momoiro Clover and Nogizaka46)
- Mayu Gamō (actress)
- Aya Kiguchi (gravure idol)
- Ayumi Kinoshita (actress)
- Haruna Kojima (model, former AKB48)
- Izumi Sakai (singer, deceased)
- Erika Sawajiri (actress)[15][16]
- Mayumi Shintani (voice actress)
- Hana Sugisaki (actress)
- Kiki Sugino (actress)
- Anri Sugihara (tarento)
- Aya Sugimoto (tarento)
- Risa Junna (actress)
- Saki Takaoka (actress)
- Miyu Takeuchi (singer, former AKB48)
- Makoto Takeda (tarento)
- Anna Nagata (actress)
- Miki Nakatani (actress)
- Kaori Natori (singer)
- Kyoko Hinami (actress)
- Aika Hirota (singer, former Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
- Lena Fujii (model)[17][18]
- Erina Masuda (announcer)
- Rina Matsuno (former Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, died on 8 February 2017)
- Hiroko Mita (actress)
Male
- Masanobu Ando (actor)
- Kei Inoo (idol, currently in Hey! Say! JUMP)
- Kento Ono (actor)
- Ryosei Konishi (actor)
- Shun Shioya (actor)
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa (actor)
- Sousuke Takaoka (actor)
- Shinpei Takagi (former actor)
- Manpei Takagi (actor)
- Takayuki Tsubaki (actor)
- Kenji Haga (former tarento)
- Mokomichi Hayami (actor)
- Yoshihiko Hosoda (actor)
- Osamu Sato (boxer)
- Yukihiro Takiguchi (deceased)
Groups
See also
- 3B Junior
- Ebidan
- List of modeling agencies
References
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- "日本の芸能プロダクション、 韓国で新人発掘へ". JoongAng Ilbo (in Japanese). 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- あべのでスターダストプロモーション面接-瀧本美織さんも登場 (in Japanese). あべの経済新聞. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
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- "DISH// メジャーデビューをスラッシャー3000人が熱く祝福!". BIGLOBE 音楽芸能ニュース. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
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- スターダストプロモーション「九州男児・九州撫子 全員面接オーディション」 (in Japanese). Deview. 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
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- "超特急 EBiDAN選抜ユニット、超特急に草川拓弥が加入". Barks News (in Japanese). 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
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- "DISH//『どでかい"大皿"を目指して…』". Oricon. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
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- "In Search of the Living, Purring, Singing Heart of the Online Cat-Industrial Complex". Wired. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2014-05-09.