{{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<br/>(Joint-stock company) | traded_as = Unlisted | industry = Service industry (entertainment) | genre = Newscaster and Tarento management | foundation = July 1994 | founder = | location = Neonat Annex 502, 4-Chome 1-22, Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0013 | area_served = Japan | key_people = Miharu Kubochi (Representative chairman) | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = | subsid = Sprout Co., 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 headquartered in Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1994 and focuses on talent management for newscasters and ''tarento''.
==Overview== The primary talents the agency holds are free announcers, casters and reporters. The company holds a subsidiary talent agency, Sprout Co., 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In 2016, the company extended operations with a new branch in the Kansai region.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Notable talents ==
=== Tarento/Casters === * Elina Arai<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Maki Okazoe<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Aiko Kaitou<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Hiromi Kawata (former Yomiuri TV)<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Mitsuyo Kusano (former NHK, TBS) * Reiko Shiota (former badminton player) * Aya Shibata (former SKE48) * Mai Shinuchi (former Nogizaka46) * Mika Sugisaki (former SBC) * Junko Yaginuma * Marie Yanaka
=== Others === * Kei Igarashi (basketball player) * Takashi Usami (association football player)<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Tatsuya Masushima (association football player) * Mana Iwabuchi (association football player) * Ayane Kurihara (badminton player)
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== 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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