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{{Short description|Japanese talent agency}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Horipro Inc.

| logo = Horipro Logo.png

| former_names = Hori Productions (1960-1990)

| native_name = 株式会社ホリプロ

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Kabushiki-gaisha Horipuro

| type = Subsidiary

| genre = Tarento, actors, actresses, musical artists, comedians, entertainment management, commercial and television production

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1960|5}}

| founder = Takeo Hori

| location = Ichome, 2–5, Shimomeguro

| location_city = Meguro, Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| key_people = Yoshitaka Hori (Chairman, CEO)

| area_served = Japan

| industry = Service industry (entertainment)

| products =

| revenue =

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| subsid = Hori Agency
Horiprocom
Horipro Enterprise
Horipro International
Taiyo Ongaku

| owner = Horipro Group Holdings

| homepage = {{URL|www.horipro.co.jp/}}

| footnotes =

}}

File:Yoshitaka Hori.jpg

{{nihongo|Horipro|株式会社ホリプロ|Kabushiki-gaisha Horipuro}} is a Japanese talent agency that manages actors, entertainers and musicians, as well as commercial and television productions. It has locations in Nashville and Los Angeles in the United States.

History

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It was founded in 1960 as Hori Productions (ホリプロダクション Hori Purodakushon) and changed to its present name in 1990.

In the 1970s, Hori Productions managed singer Momoe Yamaguchi.

In 1989, Horipro purchased the publishing assets of rock band Kiss. Next, the company moved on to invest in more catalogs. A year later, HoriPro Entertainment Group opened their first U.S. location in Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6465258/mediahorse-sync-rights-horipro|title=MediaHorse to Represent Sync Rights for HoriPro|last=Gallo|first=Phil|date=February 5, 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 16, 2018}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2018}} Over the years, Horipro's songwriters would go on to write hits for country musicians.{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}

In the late 1990s, Horipro planned to create a "virtual idol", an electronic rendition using motion capture methods of Kyoko Date.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/nipponpop00mccl#page/20/search/horipro|title=Nipponpop|last=McClure|first=Steve|publisher=Charles E. Tuttle Publishing|year=1998|isbn=0-8048-2107-0|location=Singapore|pages=21|oclc=247384040|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/webdevelopercomg00wilc/page/453|title=Guide to 3D Avatars|last=Wilcox|first=Sue Ki|publisher=Wiley Computer Publishing (John Wiley & Sons)|year=1998|isbn=0-471-24216-0|location=United States|pages=[https://archive.org/details/webdevelopercomg00wilc/page/453 453–455]|chapter=19. Beyond Snowcrash: The Future of Avatars|oclc=851137094|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/webdevelopercomg00wilc#page/452/search/horipro|via=Internet Archive|url-access=registration}} The virtual idol based on Date charted in Tokyo in 1996, and provided inspiration for the character of Idoru in William Gibson's eponymous novel.{{Cite book|title=future face: image, identity, innovation|last=Kemp|first=Sandra|publisher=The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust|others=contributions from Vicki Bruce and Alf Linney|year=2004|isbn=1-86197-768-9|location=Great Britain|pages=[https://archive.org/details/futurefaceimagei00kemp/page/135 135]|chapter=data face|author-link=Sandra Kemp|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/futurefaceimagei00kemp#page/101/|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/futurefaceimagei00kemp/page/135}}

In 2006, Horipro's first Los Angeles location opened. The company's catalog has expanded to include over 13,000 songs in each major genre. HEG's Los Angeles location is in partnership with Horipro Music Academy, a music enrichment school for children. Additionally, HEG Los Angeles began MusicTaste, a boutique artist development label that is placed within the publishing company. MusicTaste's artists include Matt Palmer and Dori Caymmi.

Horipro contracted with MediaHorse, an American music licensing and marketing firm, in 2015 for synchronization licensing in the United States. Horipro sold HoriPro Entertainment Group to Mojo Music & Media in 2019.{{Cite web| title = Mojo Music & Media Launches; Acquires Horipro Entertainment Group – Mojo Music & Media| access-date = 2020-12-30| url = https://mojomusicandmedia.com/mojo-music-acquires-horipro-entertainment-group/}}

Notable talents

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Former Horipro artists

References

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External links

  • [https://www.horipro.co.jp/ Horipro] (in Japanese)
  • {{anime News Network|company|1313}}
  • [https://www.horipro.com HoriPro Entertainment Group](USA)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807025254/http://horipro.com/MusicTaste/ Music Taste, a boutique artist development label of HoriPro Entertainment Group]
  • [https://www.horipromusicacademy.org/ HoriPro Music Academy]
  • [https://www.horipro-international.com/ HoriPro International]

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Category:Japanese voice actor management companies

Category:Japanese talent agencies

Category:Companies formerly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Category:Mass media companies established in 1960

Category:Television production companies of Japan