Defstar Records

"T Project" redirects here and is not to be confused with Project T.

Defstar Records, Inc. (株式会社デフスターレコーズ, Kabushiki-gaisha Defusutā Rekōzu, stylized as DefSTAR Records) was a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.^[1]

Defstar Records
Parent company	Warner Music Japan (1997–2000) Sony Music Entertainment Japan (2000–2014)
Founded	1997 (as T Project) 2000 (as Defstar Records)
Founder	Takashi Yoshida (吉田 敬, Yoshida Takashi)
Defunct	2015 (acquired by SME Records)
Genre	Rock, pop
Country of origin	Japan

History

• 1997 – Takashi Yoshida, the president of Warner Music Japan, founded the label as T Project (Tプロジェクト, T Purojiekuto).
• 2000 – Yoshida transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and he brought the T Project catalog. He renamed it Defstar Records.
• 2001 – Defstar Records becomes a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Yoshida becomes its manager.
• 2003 – Yoshida returned to Warner Music Japan, but did not try to reclaim his label. Instead, he focused on restructuring his first company.
• 2014 - Defstar Records, Inc. is merged with the six other labels of Sony Music Japan to form Sony Music Labels Inc.^[2] and Defstar becomes one of labels of Sony Music Labels.
• 2015 - Defstar is absorbed into SME Records.

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Artists

Defstar Records' artists include: Amoyamo, Burnside Project,^[4] Chemistry, Mariko Gotō, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shion Tsuji, SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], Ken Hirai, GARNiDELiA, Hirakawachi 1-chome, Beat Crusaders, Kylee, Kanon Wakeshima, Tomoko Kawase, FLiP, universe, Long Shot Party, On/Off, Lil'B, Sowelu, Pe'zmoku, The Harris and Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku. AKB48 used to release products under Defstar, before moving to King Records^[5]