K Dash (talent agency)

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K Dash Co., Ltd. (株式会社ケイダッシュ) is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo.^{[1][user-generated source]} It was founded in 1993 and focuses on talent management for actors, comedians, musical artists and tarento alongside its subsidiary K Dash Stage Co., Ltd. (株式会社ケイダッシュステージ).^[2] The main K Dash agency consists of mainly actors and tarento while K Dash Stage emphasizes on managing comedians, variety tarento and theater production. The current CEO, Hideo Matsuda was formerly the manager of veteran comedian Masaaki Sakai.^[3]

K Dash Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社ケイダッシュ
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha (Joint-stock company)
Traded as	Unlisted
Industry	Service industry (entertainment)
Genre	Tarento management
Founded	December 20, 1993
Headquarters	Okamoto LK Building, Higashi Nichome 17-10, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0011
Area served	Japan
Key people	Tatsuo Kawamura (Representative chairman) Hideo Matsuda (CEO)
Website	kdash.jp/kdash/

K Dash Stage Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社ケイダッシュステージ
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha (Joint-stock company)
Traded as	Unlisted
Industry	Service industry (entertainment)
Genre	Tarento management, theater production
Founded	March 7, 1995
Headquarters	Premier Building 4th Floor, Higashi 2-16-4, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0011
Area served	Japan
Key people	Tatsuo Kawamura (Representative chairman) Hideo Matsuda (CEO)
Website	www.kdashstage.jp

Notable talents

K Dash

• Tsuyoshi Ihara
• Katsunori Takahashi
• Hatsunori Hasegawa
• Yoko Minamino
• Ken Watanabe
• Norika Fujiwara (Business alliance)

K Dash Stage

• Audrey (Masayasu Wakabayashi, Toshiaki Kasuga)^[4]
• Tom Brown (Hiroki Nunokawa, Michio)^[5]
• Hi-Hi (Kojiro Ueda, Kazunori Iwasaki)
• Hanawa
• Hamakan (Kenji Hamatani, Shinichiro Kanda)
• Akimasa Haraguchi
• Suzanne
• Mika Hagi
• Masafumi Akikawa
• Fudanjuku