{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Speedstar Records | image = Speedstar Records.svg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | parent = Victor Entertainment | founded = {{start date|1992|10}} | founder = Takeshi Takagaki | defunct = | genre = Rock<ref name="Asahi">{{cite web|last=Jozuka|first=Ryo|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASR3J55CGR3JUCVL01S.html|script-title=ja:「方針を言語化しない」強みとは 星野源ら所属レーベルが記念フェス|work=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|date=March 17, 2023|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref> | country = Japan | location = | website = {{URL|www.jvcmusic.co.jp/speedstar/}} }} '''Speedstar Records''' is a Japanese record label and subsidiary of Victor Entertainment. It was founded in October 1992<ref name="Musicman">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicman.co.jp/business/17263|script-title=ja:スピードスターレコーズ25周年記念企画、無料登録制の総合メディアをオープン|work={{ill|Musicman (magazine)|lt=Musicman|ja|Musicman (書籍)}}|language=ja|date=June 13, 2018|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref> by Takeshi Takagaki, who had discovered the rock band Southern All Stars for Victor Entertainment.<ref name="Asahi"/> Akira Ono became head of the label in 2010.<ref name="RealSound">{{cite interview|last=Ono|first=Akira|interviewer-last=Kamiya|interviewer-first=Kouichi|url=https://realsound.jp/2016/04/post-7155.html|script-title=ja:SPEEDSTAR RECORDSレーベル長、小野朗氏インタビュー「メジャーレーベルとして、タコツボの臨界を超えていく」|work={{ill|Real Sound (website)|lt=Real Sound|ja|リアルサウンド}}|language=ja|date=April 17, 2016|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref>
== Artists == Selected list of Speedstar artists. Adapted from Uta-Net<ref name="UtaNet">{{cite web|url=https://www.uta-net.com/record_label/24/|script-title=ja:SPEEDSTAR RECORDSの所属アーティスト|work={{ill|Uta-Net|ja|歌ネット}}|language=ja|date=n.d.|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref> <!-- Artists with articles on English Wikipedia --> {{div col}} *Ajico *Ame no Parade *Ichiko Aoba *The Back Horn *Gen Hoshino *Haruomi Hosono *Jungle Smile *Kick the Can Crew *Kreva *Love Psychedelico *Mugi the Cat *Masatoshi Nagase *Never Young Beach *Maki Nomiya *Kiyofumi Ohno *Quruli *Kazuyoshi Saito *Sheena & the Rokkets *Shikao Suga *Keiichi Tomita *Ayano Tsuji *Ua *Wino *Akiko Yano {{div col end}}
== Concerts and events == * Live Speedstar Express: 15-sai no Hatsu-taiken Hatsu-taiken — Shibuya-AX — November 8, 2007<ref name="15thAnniversary">{{cite web|url=https://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/-/16169|script-title=ja:UA×細野晴臣／Cocco×岸田繁! SPEEDSTARアーティストによる一夜限りのコラボレート・ライヴが実現|work={{ill|CDJournal|ja}}|language=ja|date=August 16, 2007|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref> * Speedstar Records 20th Anniversary Live — Zepp DiverCity — January 18–20, 2013<ref name="20thAnniversary">{{cite web|last=Imai|first=Tomoko|url=https://music.fanplus.co.jp/news/20130102007a00e5e|script-title=ja:斉藤和義、浜崎貴司などが出演したSPEEDSTAR RECORDSの設立20周年記念イベントの模様をレポート!|work=FanPlus Music|language=ja|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref> * Live the Speedstar — Makuhari Messe — March 18, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/123141/2|script-title=ja:LOVE PSYCHEDELICO／竹原ピストル／藤巻亮太／スペアザら15組が熱演、【LIVE the SPEEDSTAR】のレポート到着～ROAR STAGE|work=Billboard Japan|language=ja|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/123138/2|script-title=ja:星野源／斉藤和義／スガ シカオ／くるり／KREVA／矢野顕子ら15組が熱演、【LIVE the SPEEDSTAR】のレポート到着～BARK STAGE|work=Billboard Japan|language=ja|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref>
== Discography == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+List of Speedstar Records compilation albums ! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:16em;"| Released |- ! scope="row" |''Hammer Songs: Speedstar Records 15th Anniv. Compilation''<ref name="Compilation1">{{cite web|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/1180|script-title=ja:スピードスターレコーズがレーベル・ベスト・アルバムをリリース!|work=Rockin'On Japan|language=ja|date=October 11, 2007|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref> |November 8, 2007 |- ! scope="row" |''Tag Songs: Speedstar Records 15th Anniv. Compilation 2''<ref name="Compilation2">{{cite web|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/1714|script-title=ja:SPEEDSTAR RECORDS 15周年記念コンピ第２弾が発売に!|work=Rockin'On Japan|language=ja|date=December 16, 2007|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref> |December 19, 2007 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website|URL=jvcmusic.co.jp/speedstar/|name=Speedstar Records}} at Victor Entertainment {{in lang|ja}} * {{Discogs label}} {{Authority control}} {{Record-label-stub}}
Category:Japanese companies established in 1992 Category:Japanese record labels Category:Victor Entertainment