Universal Music Japan, also known as UMJ for short or Universal Music LLC (ユニバーサル ミュージック合同会社), is a Japanese record company founded in April 1990. It is a Japanese subsidiary of the Dutch-American music corporation label Universal Music Group.
It is the largest subsidiary for a foreign company in Japan regarding music distribution. The company is responsible for marketing and distribution in Japan for Japanese releases under Universal.
As of 2019, Universal Japan holds the second most shares in the Japanese music market, behind Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and is followed by Avex.
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- Polydor Records
- UNIVERSAL SIGMA
- Virgin Music
- EMI Records
- ZEN MUSIC
- USM JAPAN
- Kitty Records
- unBORDE
- ZERO-A