Native name
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株式会社スターダストプロモーション |
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Kabushiki gaisha | |
Traded as | Unlisted |
Industry | Service industry (entertainment) |
Genre | Tarento, singer, actor and model management, etc. |
Founded | February 1979 |
Headquarters | Takeda Bldg., 3-3, Ebisu Nishi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0021 |
Area served
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Japan |
Key people
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Yoshirō Hosono (representative) |
Subsidiaries | Stardust Net SDP (Stardust Pictures) Stardust Music Publishing SDI (Stardust Interactive) Smooch SDM (Stardust Marketing) SDR (Stardust Music, Inc.) |
Website | www |
Stardust Promotion Co., Ltd. (株式会社スターダストプロモーション?) is a leading Japanese talent agency, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1979 and specializes in entertainment (music, cinema, modelling, etc.).
The agency has a dominant share in the management of actresses. For example, it manages Yūko Takeuchi (best known for the movie Be with You), Miki Nakatani (Densha Otoko), and Kō Shibasaki (Socrates in Love). The agency is also famous for its all-female musical groups musical groups such as Momoiro Clover Z,Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, and all-male musical groups such as Bullet Train,Dish and also has its own independent record label, namely SDR (Stardust Records).
In 2009, Stardust Promotion opened a branch in South Korea. In addition to the head office in Tokyo, Stardust Promotion has offices in Nagoya, in Osaka, and since lately in Fukuoka. The agency has recently started to put an emphasis on local talents and created several local idol groups, namely Team Syachihoko (in Nagoya) and Tacoyaki Rainbow (in Osaka).