Defstar Records

• Name — Defstar Records, Inc. • Parent — Warner Music Japan (1997–2000) Sony Music Entertainment Japan (2000–2014) • Founded — 1997 (as T Project) 2000 (as Defstar Records) • Founder — Takashi Yoshida • Genre — Rock, pop • Country — Japan • Defunct — 2015 (acquired by SME Records)

• 1997 – Takashi Yoshida, the president of Warner Music Japan, founded the label as T Project. • 2000 – Yoshida transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and he brought the T Project catalog. He renamed it Defstar Records. • 2001 – Defstar Records becomes a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Yoshida becomes its manager. • 2003 – Yoshida returned to Warner Music Japan, but did not try to reclaim his label. Instead, he focused on restructuring his first company. • 2014 - Defstar Records, Inc. is merged with the six other labels of Sony Music Japan to form Sony Music Labels Inc. and Defstar becomes one of labels of Sony Music Labels. • 2015 - Defstar is absorbed into SME Records.

Defstar Records' artists include: Amoyamo, Burnside Project, Chemistry, Mariko Gotō, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shion Tsuji, [[Hiroyuki Sawano|SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]]], Ken Hirai, GARNiDELiA, Hirakawachi 1-chome, Beat Crusaders, Kylee, Kanon Wakeshima, Tomoko Kawase, FLiP, universe, Long Shot Party, On/Off, Lil'B, Sowelu, Pe'zmoku, The Harris and Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku. AKB48 used to release products under Defstar, before moving to King Records