Cent. Force

cent. Force Co., Ltd (株式会社セント・フォース) is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1994 and focuses on talent management for newscasters and tarento.

cent. Force CO., LTD

Native name	株式会社セント・フォース
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha (Joint-stock company)
Traded as	Unlisted
Industry	Service industry (entertainment)
Genre	Newscaster and Tarento management
Founded	July 1994
Headquarters	Neonat Annex 502, 4-Chome 1-22, Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0013
Area served	Japan
Key people	Miharu Kubochi (Representative chairman)
Subsidiaries	Sprout Co., Ltd
Website	www.centforce.com

Overview

The primary talents the agency holds are free announcers, casters and reporters. The company holds a subsidiary talent agency, Sprout Co., Ltd, which focuses on talent management for students at a college level. Sprout was formerly a part of cent. Force until 2012, when the agency split to become a subsidiary.^[1]

In 2016, the company extended operations with a new branch in the Kansai region.^[2]

Notable talents

Tarento/Casters

• Elina Arai^[3]
• Maki Okazoe^[4]
• Aiko Kaitou^[5]
• Hiromi Kawata (former Yomiuri TV)^[6]
• Mitsuyo Kusano (former NHK, TBS)
• Reiko Shiota (former badminton player)
• Aya Shibata (former SKE48)
• Mai Shinuchi (former Nogizaka46)
• Mika Sugisaki (former SBC)
• Junko Yaginuma
• Marie Yanaka

Others

• Kei Igarashi (basketball player)
• Takashi Usami (association football player)^[7]
• Tatsuya Masushima (association football player)
• Mana Iwabuchi (association football player)
• Ayane Kurihara (badminton player)