# Cent. Force
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{{Infobox company
| name = cent. Force CO., LTD
| logo =
| native_name = 株式会社セント・フォース
| native_name_lang = ja
| type = [Kabushiki gaisha](/source/Kabushiki_gaisha)
([Joint-stock company](/source/Joint-stock_company))
| traded_as = Unlisted
| industry = [Service industry](/source/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy) ([entertainment](/source/entertainment))
| genre = [Newscaster](/source/Newscaster) and [Tarento](/source/Tarento) management
| foundation = July 1994
| founder =
| location = Neonat Annex 502, 4-Chome 1-22, [Ebisu, Shibuya](/source/Ebisu%2C_Shibuya), Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0013
| area_served = Japan
| key_people = Miharu Kubochi ([Representative chairman](/source/Representative_director_(Japan)))
| products =
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| owner =
| num_employees =
| subsid = [Sprout Co., Ltd](/source/Sprout_Co.%2C_Ltd)
| footnotes =
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.centforce.com/}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''cent. Force Co., Ltd'''|株式会社セント・フォース}} is a Japanese [talent agency](/source/talent_agency) headquartered in [Ebisu](/source/Ebisu%2C_Shibuya), [Shibuya](/source/Shibuya), [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo). It was founded in 1994 and focuses on talent management for [newscasters](/source/newscasters) and ''[tarento](/source/tarento)''.
==Overview==
The primary talents the agency holds are free announcers, casters and reporters. The company holds a subsidiary talent agency, [Sprout Co., Ltd](/source/Sprout_Co.%2C_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.[{{Cite web|url=https://trendnews.yahoo.co.jp/archives/662465/|title="日本最強の美女アナ軍団"セント・フォースに潜入......倍率100倍以上の部署「スプラウト」とは？|website=トレンドニュース（GYAO!）|language=ja|access-date=2020-01-28|archive-date=2020-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128185521/https://trendnews.yahoo.co.jp/archives/662465/|url-status=dead}}]
In 2016, the company extended operations with a new branch in the [Kansai region](/source/Kansai_region).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2074563/full/|title=セント・フォースが新部門設立 関西拠点に"金の卵"発掘＆育成へ|website=ORICON NEWS|access-date=2020-01-28}}]
== Notable talents ==
=== Tarento/Casters ===
* [Elina Arai](/source/Elina_Arai)[{{Cite web|url=https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200119-00000134-spnannex-ent|title=新井恵理那、岡副麻希、川田裕美…美人キャスターのテレビと違う素顔が満載（スポニチアネックス）|website=Yahoo!ニュース|language=ja|access-date=2020-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122034455/https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200119-00000134-spnannex-ent|archive-date=2020-01-22|url-status=dead}}]
* [Maki Okazoe](/source/Maki_Okazoe)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140923/oth14092305010013-n1.html|title=早大生・岡副麻希、「めざまし－アクア」でキャスターデビュー！|date=2014-09-23|website=サンスポ|language=ja-JP|access-date=2020-01-28}}]
* [Aiko Kaitou](/source/Aiko_Kaitou)[{{Cite web|url=http://news.aol.jp/2015/12/02/centforce/|title=AOLニュース - 国内外の最新ニュースや写真・動画を配信 - AOLニュース|website=AOL News JP|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}]
* [Hiromi Kawata](/source/Hiromi_Kawata) (former [Yomiuri TV](/source/Yomiuri_TV))[{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20200119/geo20011905020006-n1.html|title=皆藤愛子、川田裕美らの素顔満載！セント・フォース美人大図鑑発売|date=2020-01-19|website=SANSPO.COM（サンスポ）|language=ja-JP|access-date=2020-01-28}}]
* [Mitsuyo Kusano](/source/Mitsuyo_Kusano) (former [NHK](/source/NHK), [TBS](/source/Tokyo_Broadcasting_System_Television))
* [Reiko Shiota](/source/Reiko_Shiota) (former badminton player)
* [Aya Shibata](/source/Aya_Shibata) (former [SKE48](/source/SKE48))
* Mai Shinuchi (former [Nogizaka46](/source/Nogizaka46))
* [Mika Sugisaki](/source/Mika_Sugisaki) (former [SBC](/source/Shin-etsu_Broadcasting))
* [Junko Yaginuma](/source/Junko_Yaginuma_(model))
* [Marie Yanaka](/source/Marie_Yanaka)
=== Others ===
* [Kei Igarashi](/source/Kei_Igarashi) (basketball player)
* [Takashi Usami](/source/Takashi_Usami) (association football player)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.narinari.com/Nd/20110615794.html|title=ドイツ1部移籍の宇佐美貴史選手結婚、キャスターで幼なじみの田井中蘭と。|website=ナリナリドットコム|language=ja|access-date=2020-01-28}}]
* [Tatsuya Masushima](/source/Tatsuya_Masushima) (association football player)
* [Mana Iwabuchi](/source/Mana_Iwabuchi) (association football player)
* [Ayane Kurihara](/source/Ayane_Kurihara) (badminton player)
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.centforce.com/ Official website]
Category:Talent agencies based in Tokyo
Category:Mass media companies established in 1994
Category:Mass media companies based in Tokyo
Category:Entertainment companies of Japan
Category:Japanese companies established in 1994
Category:Japanese talent agencies
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