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Avex Inc.: History, Members, Art & Companies

Avex Inc. (Japanese: エイベックス株式会社, romanized: Eibekkusu kabushiki gaisha /əˈvɛks/ /ˈeɪvɛks/, commonly known as Avex and stylized as avex) is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki, TVXQ! and internet sensation PikoTaro. It…

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Avex Inc. topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Members, Art and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Avex Inc..

Related topics
145
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
153
Extracted relationships
29
Concept neighborhoods
49
Bridge connections
153

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 49 topics
History · 38 topics
Labels distributed · 32 topics
A-Nation · 13 topics
International partners · 8 topics
Name · 3 topics
IFPI membership · 1 topics
Promotional projects · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Various
Founded
April 11, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-04-11) (as Avex D.D., Inc.)*
Founders
Max Matsuura · Tom Yoda · Ken Suzuki
Industry
Entertainment
Owner
CyberAgent (11.98%) · Avex Inc. (7.43%) · Toshio Kobayashi (7.40%) · Max Matsuura (6.88%) · Others (66.31%)
Headquarters
Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, Mita, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Name

History

Labels distributed

Promotional projects

IFPI membership

  • IFPI International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

A-Nation

International partners

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Avex Inc. connects Entity context

The extracted context around Avex Inc. shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Avex Inc. → Avex Inc. (7.43%), CyberAgent (11.98%), Max Matsuura (6.88%), Others (66.31%), Toshio Kobayashi (7.40%) Another extracted example is Avex Inc. → Ken Suzuki, Max Matsuura, Tom Yoda. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Avex Inc.

Top relations

Owner · 5
Avex Inc. → Avex Inc. (7.43%), CyberAgent (11.98%), Max Matsuura (6.88%), Others (66.31%), Toshio Kobayashi (7.40%)
Founders · 3
Avex Inc. → Ken Suzuki, Max Matsuura, Tom Yoda
Key people · 3
Avex Inc. → Katsumi Kuroiwa (President and CEO), Max Matsuura (Chairman), Shinji Hayashi (CFO)
related to External links · 2
Avex Inc. → Anime News Network's, Avex Inc
Area served · 1
Avex Inc. → East Asia
Formerly · 1
Avex Inc. → Avex D.D. Inc. (1988–1998) Avex Inc. (1998–2004) Avex Group Holdings, Inc. (2004–2017)
Founded · 1
Avex Inc. → April 11, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-04-11) (as Avex D.D., Inc.)*
Genre · 1
Avex Inc. → Various
Headquarters · 1
Avex Inc. → Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, Mita, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Industry · 1
Avex Inc. → Entertainment

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

avex inc music group since entertainment company label japan matsuura max records year tokyo 2004 name yoda opened chiba labels

Avex Inc. relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 29 structured relationships around Avex Inc.. Examples in this analysis include Avex Inc. → Area served → East Asia and Avex Inc. → Formerly → Avex D.D. Inc. (1988–1998) Avex Inc. (1998–2004) Avex Group Holdings, Inc. (2004–2017). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Avex Inc.Area servedEast Asia1.00infobox
Avex Inc.FormerlyAvex D.D. Inc. (1988–1998) Avex Inc. (1998–2004) Avex Group Holdings, Inc. (2004–2017)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.FoundedApril 11, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-04-11) (as Avex D.D., Inc.)*1.00infobox
Avex Inc.FoundersMax Matsuura1.00infobox
Avex Inc.FoundersTom Yoda1.00infobox
Avex Inc.FoundersKen Suzuki1.00infobox
Avex Inc.GenreVarious1.00infobox
Avex Inc.HeadquartersSumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, Mita, Minato, Tokyo, Japan1.00infobox
Avex Inc.IndustryEntertainment1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Key peopleMax Matsuura (Chairman)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Key peopleKatsumi Kuroiwa (President and CEO)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Key peopleShinji Hayashi (CFO)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Native nameエイベックス株式会社1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Net income¥1.6 billion (US$14.58 million) (2021)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Number of employees1,514 (as of June 11, 2024[update])1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Operating income¥2.6 billion (US$23.69 million) (2021)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.OwnerCyberAgent (11.98%)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.OwnerAvex Inc. (7.43%)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.OwnerToshio Kobayashi (7.40%)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.OwnerMax Matsuura (6.88%)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.OwnerOthers (66.31%)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Revenue¥46.3 billion (US$421.87 million) (2021)1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Subsidiariessee subsidiaries1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Traded asTYO: 78601.00infobox
Avex Inc.TypePublic KK Industrial keiretsu1.00infobox
Avex Inc.Websitewww.avex.co.jp1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Avex Inc. bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Inc, Group and Music. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Avex Inc.
    • Inc
    • Group
    • Music
    • Entertainment
    • Label
    • Labels
    • Records
    • Publishing
    • Since
    • Max
    • Artists
    • Holdings
  • avex inc.
    • Inc
    • Group
    • Music
    • Entertainment
    • Factory
    • Labels
    • Japan
    • Label
    • Records
    • Publishing
    • Since
    • Holdings
  • entertainment conglomerate
    • Japan
    • Group
    • Sony
    • Incorporated
    • Records
    • Since
    • Subsidiaries
    • Music
    • Label
    • Tom
    • Record
    • Inc
  • sony music publishing
    • Japan
    • Group
    • Records
    • Entertainment
    • Music
    • Sony
    • Opened
    • Publishing
    • Label
    • Since
    • First
    • Factory
  • avex trax
    • Inc
    • Group
    • Music
    • Entertainment
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    • Labels
    • Records
    • Since
    • Artists
    • Holdings
    • Incorporated
    • Name
  • yg entertainment
    • Japan
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    • Sony
    • Incorporated
    • Records
    • Since
    • Subsidiaries
    • Music
    • Label
    • Tom
    • Record
    • Inc
  • avex music publishing
    • Inc
    • Group
    • Sony
    • Music
    • Opened
    • Records
    • Publishing
    • Label
    • Since
    • Entertainment
    • First
    • Factory
  • sony music entertainment japan
    • Japan
    • Sony
    • Group
    • Records
    • Entertainment
    • Incorporated
    • Since
    • Music
    • Opened
    • Subsidiaries
    • Publishing
    • Label

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Avex Inc., one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Avex Inc. with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Avex Inc. — Overview · splits 104 ⟂ 50
Avex Inc. — History · splits 115 ⟂ 39
Avex Inc. — Labels distributed · splits 121 ⟂ 33
Avex Inc. — A-Nation · splits 140 ⟂ 14
Avex Inc. — International partners · splits 145 ⟂ 9
Avex Inc. — Name · splits 150 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Avex Inc.

Nodes154
Edges153
Triples29
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012987
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Avex Inc. to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Members, Art & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Avex Inc. · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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