{{Short description|Japanese record label}} {{redirect-distinguish|T Project|Project T}} {{distinguish|Death Star}} {{infobox record label | name = Defstar Records, Inc. | image = [[Image:DefSTAR.png|200px]] | parent = [[Warner Music Japan]] (1997–2000)<br />[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]] (2000–2014) | founded = 1997 (as T Project)<br />2000 (as Defstar Records) | founder = {{Nihongo|Takashi Yoshida|吉田 敬|Yoshida Takashi}} | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Pop music|pop]] | country = [[Japan]] | defunct=2015 (acquired by SME Records) }}
{{nihongo|'''Defstar Records, Inc.'''|株式会社デフスターレコーズ|Kabushiki-gaisha Defusutā Rekōzu|extra=stylized as '''DefSTAR Records'''}} was a Japanese [[record label]], a subsidiary of [[Sony Music Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/Defstar/profile/index.html |title=Profile of DefSTAR Records |access-date=2008-03-13 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212221122/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/Defstar/profile/index.html |archive-date=2007-12-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History==
*1997 – [[Takashi Yoshida (businessperson)|Takashi Yoshida]], the president of [[Warner Music Japan]], founded the label as {{nihongo|'''T Project'''|Tプロジェクト|T Purojiekuto}}. *2000 – Yoshida transferred to [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]], and he brought the T Project catalog. He renamed it Defstar Records. *2001 – Defstar Records becomes a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Yoshida becomes its manager. *2003 – Yoshida returned to Warner Music Japan, but did not try to reclaim his label. Instead, he focused on restructuring his first company. *2014 - Defstar Records, Inc. is merged with the six other labels of Sony Music Japan to form Sony Music Labels Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sme.co.jp/eng/history/index.html |title=Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Corporate History |access-date=2016-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105085908/http://www.sme.co.jp/eng/history/index.html |archive-date=2017-01-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Defstar becomes one of labels of Sony Music Labels. *2015 - Defstar is absorbed into SME Records. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicman-net.com/report/06/index.html |title=Takashi Yoshida:A Special Report |access-date=2011-02-12 |language=ja |publisher=Musicman Net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011091259/http://www.musicman-net.com/report/06/index.html |archive-date=2010-10-11 }}</ref>
==Artists== Defstar Records' artists include: [[Amoyamo]], [[Burnside Project]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=BURNSIDE PROJECT / CUE THE PULSE TO BEGAIN|url=https://ticro.com/products/b00007187|access-date=2022-02-09|website=TICRO MARKET|language=ja}}</ref> [[Chemistry (band)|Chemistry]], [[Mariko Gotō]], [[Chiaki Kuriyama]], [[Shion Tsuji]], [[Hiroyuki Sawano|SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]]], [[Ken Hirai]], [[GARNiDELiA]], [[Hirakawachi 1-chome]], [[Beat Crusaders]], [[Kylee (singer)|Kylee]], [[Kanon Wakeshima]], [[Tomoko Kawase]], [[FLiP]], [[universe (band)|universe]], [[Long Shot Party]], [[On/Off (Japanese band)|On/Off]], [[Lil'B (group)|Lil'B]], [[Sowelu]], [[Pe'zmoku]], The Harris and [[Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku]]. [[AKB48]] used to release products under Defstar, before moving to King Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/Defstar/artist/index.html |title=List of Artists from DefSTAR Records |access-date=2008-03-13 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222212950/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/Defstar/artist/index.html |archive-date=2007-12-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022172457/http://www.defstar.jp/ Archived copy of Defstar website in 2012] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130716142958/http://www.sme.co.jp/sme/corporate/def.html Archived copy of Defstar Records] on [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]'s Corporate Portal
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