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BMG Japan

Founded: 1987-09-21^[1]

Defunct: 2009-10

T-series code: T-180

Headquarters:

Japan

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BMG Japan, Inc. (株式会社 BMGジャパン) is a former Japanese music and video game publisher. It was originally founded in 1987 as a joint venture between the US-based BMG Music (a subsidiary of the German Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), itself part of the Bertelsmann media empire) and Japanese Victor as BMG Victor Co., Ltd. (BMGビクター)^[1].

In September 1996, Victor withdrew from the venture, making BMG Victor a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMG. The following January it would be renamed BMG Japan, and would continue operations until July 1999, when a merger with rival Fun House created BMG Fun House. The company would revert back to its BMG Japan in October 2005.

BMG would merge with Sony Music Entertainment in August 2004, creating the Sony BMG Music Entertainment group. Bertelsmann sold the assets of its music division to Sony in 2008, with BMG Japan being absorbed into Sony Music shortly afterwards.

Softography

Saturn

BreakThru! (1995) (as BMG Victor)
Off-World Interceptor Extreme (1995) (as BMG Victor)
Titan Wars (1995) (as BMG Victor)
Gex (1995) (as BMG Victor)
Slam 'n Jam '96 Featuring Magic & Kareem (1996) (as BMG Victor)
The Horde (1996) (as BMG Victor)
Bishoujo Variety Game: Rapyulus Panic (1996) (as BMG Victor)
Tsuukai!! Slot Shooting (1996) (as BMG Victor)
Ippatsu Gyakuten: Gambling King he no Michi (1996) (as BMG Victor)
Gekiretsu Pachinkers (1996) (as BMG Victor)
3D Baseball (1996)
Mass Destruction (1997)
Seikai Risshiden: Yoi Kuni Yoi Seiji (1997)
Courier Crisis (1997)
Jungle Park: Saturn Jima (1998)
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (unreleased)
BreakThru! (unreleased) (as BMG Victor)

Discography

CD

SING!! Sega Game Music Presented by B.B. Queens (1992) (as BMG Victor)
Image from King Colossus: Tougi Ou no Gensou Kumikyoku (1992) (as BMG Victor)
Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan (1996) (as BMG Victor)
Sakura Taisen Teigeki Kayou Zenshuu (1996) (as BMG Victor)
Hanasaku Otome (1997)
Sakura Taisen Soundtrack Jouki Chikuonkan (1997)
Teikoku Kagekidan Hanagumi Natsu Kouen: Ai Yueni (1997)
Teikoku Kagekidan Hanagumi Aki Kouen: Ai ha Daiya (1997)
Teikoku Kagekidan Hanagumi Fuyu Kouen: Tsubasa (1997)
Teikoku Kagekidan Hanagumi Haru Kouen: Cinderella (1997)

Gallery

BMG Victor logo
BMG Japan logo

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://www.bmgjapan.com/_company/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2005-11-25 13:48)

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+{{sub-stub}}'''BMG Japan, Inc.''' (株式会社 BMGジャパン) is a former Japanese music and video game publisher. It was originally founded in 1987 as a joint venture between the US-based BMG Music (a subsidiary of the German Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), itself part of the Bertelsmann media empire) and Japanese [[Victor]] as '''BMG Victor Co., Ltd.''' (BMGビクター){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20051125134856/http://www.bmgjapan.com/_company/index.html}}.
-{{sub-stub}}'''BMG Victor''' (BMGビクター) is a partnership between [[BMG]] and [[Victor]]. In October 1996, they changed its name to ''BMG Japan'' (BMGジャパン).
+In September 1996, Victor withdrew from the venture, making BMG Victor a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMG. The following January it would be renamed BMG Japan, and would continue operations until July 1999, when a merger with rival Fun House created '''BMG Fun House'''. The company would revert back to its BMG Japan in October 2005.
+BMG would merge with [[Sony Music Entertainment]] in August 2004, creating the Sony BMG Music Entertainment group. Bertelsmann sold the assets of its music division to Sony in 2008, with BMG Japan being absorbed into Sony Music shortly afterwards.
 ==Softography==
-===[[Mega CD]]===
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|BMG Japan|BMG Victor}}
-*''[[SING!! Sega Game Music presented by B.B. Queens]]'' (1992)
-===[[Saturn]](Distributor)===
+==Discography==
-*''[[BreakThru!]]'' (1995)
+{{Discography|BMG Japan|BMG Victor}}
-*''[[Off-World Interceptor Extreme]]'' (1995)
-*''[[The Horde]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Gex]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Titan Wars]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Bishoujo Variety Game: Rapyulus Panic]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Tsuukai!! Slot Shooting]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Ippatsu Gyakuten: Gambling King he no Michi]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Gekiretsu Pachinkers]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Magic Johnson to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar no Slam Jam '96]]'' (1996)
-===[[Saturn]](Publisher)===
+==Gallery==
-*''[[Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu]]'' (1996)
+<gallery>
-*''[[3D Baseball]]'' (1997)
+BMGVictor logo.png|BMG Victor logo
-*''[[Seikai Risshiden: Yoi Kuni Yoi Seiji]]'' (1997)
+BMGJapan logo.png|BMG Japan logo
-*''[[Mass Destruction]]'' (1997)
+</gallery>
-*''[[Jungle Park: Saturn Jima]]'' (1998)
-*''[[Courier Crisis]]'' (1998)
-==Discography==
+==References==
-:''note: is this incomplete? if so, please help expand it''
+<references />
-*''[[SING!! Sega Game Music presented by B.B. Queens]]'' (1992)
-[[Category:Record labels]]
+[[Category:Third-party record labels]]
-[[Category:Third-Party Development Companies]]