A-Sketch (エー・スケッチ) is a record label and subsidiary of AMUSE. In the past, it was in charge of consigning sales to Amuse Software Entertainment Inc., a video and music software subsidiary of the company.
On April 1, 2008, AMUSE, a management office for music artists and actors, started a joint venture with KDDI to create a record label whose purpose was to effectively produce and supply good songs. The label was named "A-Sketch" as a combination of the acronym "A" of "au", "Amuse", "Artist", "Audience" and "Sketch". The representative director of A-Sketch is Nobuyuki Soma, a former managing director of Amuse, who was the chief manager of Southern All Stars in the past.
Flumpool was the first artist signed to A-Sketch in 2008 and WEAVER the second artist in 2009. Since A-Sketch's creation, A-Sketch artists have participated in many OP/ED themes for a variety of animes.
In August 2013, A-Sketch established the anime label called Astro Voice and released MimimemeMIMI's debut single "Sentimental Love" as their first release. In March 2018, A-Sketch established another label called DMM music in collaboration with DMM.com.
On February 14, 2025, it was announced that Universal Music Japan would acquire all shares of A-Sketch. Through this transaction Universal Music acquired 66% of A-Sketch's issued shares, becoming the company's largest shareholder.[1]
Artists[]
A-Sketch[]
- Ayumu Imazu
- Flumpool
- ONCE
- SANARI
- Saucy Dog
- syudou
- Oizumi Yo
- Suda Keina
- Frederic
- Maeda Kaori
- Mafumafu
- Miura Haruma
- Mori Yamato
- Yoshii Kazuya
- Tsukikawa Rei
- Kodama Ameko
- DEAN FUJIOKA
- Mayday
- Jay Chou
Astro Voice[]
- Aida Rikako (co-produced with DMM music)
- Takahashi Rie
- Yamashita Daiki
- Sakamoto Shogo
Former Artists[]
- Applicat Spectra
- THE NAMPA BOYS
- IsamU
- NICO Touches the Walls
- MimimemeMIMI (Astro Voice label)
- NOISEMAKER
- ONE OK ROCK
- LEGO BIG MORL
- LAMP IN TERREN
- WEAVER
- Hello Sleepwalkers
- THE ORAL CIGARETTES
- Panorama Panama Town
- Dinosaur Pile-Up
- Deaf Havana
- Hikari no Naka ni
Trivia[]
- In 2021, ONE OK ROCK announced their departure from Amuse/A-Sketch to establish independent companies.