{{Short description|Japanese record company}} {{Infobox record label | name = Aozora Records | image = 150px | image_bg = | parent = Clear Sky Corporation | founded = May 3, 2000 | founder = | defunct = | distributor = Toshiba-EMI(2000-2005)<br />Avex Group(2005-present) | genre = J-pop | country = Japan | location = Shibuya, Tokyo | url = {{url|aozorarecords.com}} }}__NOTOC__ '''{{nihongo|Aozora Records|青空|Blue Sky Records}}''' is a Japanese record company owned by [https://web.archive.org/web/20061023092306/http://www.clearsky.co.jp/ Clear Sky Corporation]. It was established on May 3, 2000, to handle the independent release of Hitomi Yaida's debut maxi CD ''Howling'' in the Kansai area of Japan. It was the subject of a bidding war amongst the larger recording companies for distribution rights, which were won by Toshiba-EMI.
The distribution contract with Toshiba-EMI was cancelled in September 2005,<ref>http://www.aozorarecords.com/info.html accessed October 26, 2006, entry discussing change of company role and distribution.</ref> with Avex Marketing Communications winning the new rights.<ref>[http://www.avex.co.jp/e_site/press/2006/050912.pdf Start of Commission Sales of the Aozora Records Catalogue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203045/http://www.avex.co.jp/e_site/press/2006/050912.pdf |date=2007-09-27 }} ''Avex Group Holdings Inc. press release'' September 15, 2005</ref>
==Notable Artists== *Hitomi Yaida *SATOMI' *Imogen Heap *Mary Lou Lord *Daishi Kataoka (solo artist and label Producer)
==See also== * List of record labels * GMT Records
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==External links== *{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060214124830/http://www.aozorarecords.com/ Aozora Records homepage]
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Category:Japanese record labels Category:Record labels established in 2000