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Stardust Promotion

{{Short description|Japanese talent agency}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020|cs1-dates=y}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Stardust Promotion Co., Ltd.

| logo =

| native_name = 株式会社スターダストプロモーション

| native_name_lang = ja

| type = Kabushiki gaisha

| genre = Tarento, singer, actor and model management, etc.

| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1979|2|24}}

| founder =

| location = Takeda Bldg., 3-3, Ebisu Nishi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 150-0021

| key_people = Yoshirō Hosono (representative)

| area_served = Japan

| industry = Service industry (entertainment)

| products =

| revenue =

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| subsid = Stardust Net
SDP (Stardust Pictures)
Stardust Music Publishing
SDI (Stardust Interactive)
Smooch
SDM (Stardust Marketing)
SDR (Stardust Music, Inc.)

| owner =

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.stardust.co.jp/}}

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{{nihongo|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,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJEv_rKJvHkC&dq=%22Stardust+Promotion%22&pg=PA41|title=Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture|author=Patrick Galbraith, Jason Karlin|date=31 August 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=9780230298309}}{{cite web|url=http://starbeauty.jp/bosyu|title=スターダストプロモーショングループ運営 STAR BEAUTYへ、あなたもアンバサダー（ライター）として参加してみませんか？！|publisher=Star Beauty|language=ja|access-date=2014-05-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324081808/http://starbeauty.jp/bosyu|archive-date=2013-03-24}} headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1979 and invests in entertainment forms including music, cinema, and modelling.

The agency has a dominant share in the management of actresses.{{cite web|url=http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/special/20080515/1011115/?ST=life&P=1|script-title=ja:女優に強い芸能プロの戦略|publisher=日経トレンディ|language=ja|access-date=2014-05-12}} For example, it had managed Yūko Takeuchi (best known for the movie Be with You) and Kō Shibasaki (Socrates in Love).{{cite web|url=http://japanese.joins.com/article/137/123137.html|title=日本の芸能プロダクション、 韓国で新人発掘へ|work=JoongAng Ilbo|date=2009-11-24|access-date=2014-05-09|language=ja}} The agency is known for its all-female musical groups such as Momoiro Clover Z,{{cite news |date=2013-10-22 |script-title=ja:あべのでスターダストプロモーション面接－瀧本美織さんも登場 |language=ja |publisher=あべの経済新聞 |url=http://abeno.keizai.biz/headline/624/ |access-date=2014-05-09}} Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku,{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/music/pp/3bjunior|title=[Power Push] 3Bjunior "Stardust of Seven Colors" — special feature (1/10)|work=Natalie|access-date=2014-05-09|language=ja}} and all-male musical groups such as Bullet Train,{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/pp/ultratrain|title=ナタリー - [Power Push] ウルトラ超特急「Starlight」インタビュー (1/4)|work=Natalie|access-date=2014-03-07|language=ja}} Dish{{cite news|url=http://news.music.biglobe.ne.jp/201306/article_71.html|title=DISH// メジャーデビューをスラッシャー3000人が熱く祝福!|newspaper=BIGLOBE 音楽芸能ニュース|date=2013-06-24|access-date=2013-11-14}} and also has its own independent record label SDR (Stardust Records).{{cite news|url=http://stardustrecords.jp|title=STARDUST RECORDS スターダストレコーズ SDR|language=ja}}

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{{When|date=June 2024}} 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).{{cite news |date=2014-04-01 |script-title=ja:スターダストプロモーション「九州男児・九州撫子 全員面接オーディション」 |language=ja |publisher=Deview |url=http://deview.co.jp/AuditionOutline&am_audition_id=15501 |access-date=2014-05-09}}

Current notable roster

= Actors =

= Actresses =

= Voiceover talent =

= Models =

= Musical artists =

  • Bullet Train{{cite news|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000077818|title=超特急 EBiDAN選抜ユニット、超特急に草川拓弥が加入|work=Barks News|date=2012-03-13|access-date=2014-03-07|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/pp/ultratrain|title=ナタリー - [Power Push] ウルトラ超特急「Starlight」インタビュー (1/4)|work=Natalie|access-date=2014-03-07|language=ja}}
  • Dish{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/page/387/|title=DISH//『どでかい"大皿"を目指して…』|publisher=Oricon|access-date=2013-11-14}}
  • Kenichi Maeyamada
  • Vaundy
  • Hinata Kashiwagi (singer, former Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
  • Cent Chihiro Chittiii (former BiSH)

= [[Stardust Planet|STAR PLANET]] talents =

  • Momoiro Clover Z (Kanako Momota, Shiori Tamai, Ayaka Sasaki, Reni Takagi)
  • Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku (Rika Mayama, Ayaka Yasumoto, Mirei Hoshina, Kaho Kobayashi, Riko Nakayama, Cocona Sakuragi, Yuno Kokubo, Nonoka Kazami, Ema Sakurai, Yuna Nakamura)
  • TEAM SHACHI (Honoka Akimoto, Nao Sakura, Yuzuki Ōguro, Haruna Sakamoto)
  • Batten Shōjo Tai(BATTEN GIRLS) (Ai Kiyama, Riko Ueda, Kiina Haruno, Sakura Seta, Rirua Aoi, Miyu Yanagi)
  • Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu (Kanami Tsujino, Julia An, Hitoka Sakai, Haruka Koizumi, Aki Suda, Hiyori Yoshikawa)
  • AMEFURASSHI (Aira, Yuduki Ichikawa, Hana Kojima, Moeka Suzuki)
  • Iginari Tohoku San(MADE IN TOHOKU) (Karen Tachibana, Hikaru Ritsuki, Rine Kitami, Waka Yasumori, Shinju Kichise, Hinano Sakura, Miu Fujitani, Kaaya Date, Yuna Haduki)
  • ukka (Riju Murahoshi, Sora Akane, Moa Serizawa, Rina Yūki, Ruri Aoi, Yū Miyazawa, Koharu Wakana)
  • CROWN POP (Rina, Ibuki Mita, Saho Tanaka, Airi Fujita, Mia Yuduki)
  • Namie Joshihatsu Kumiai(Joshihatsu Association Namie; JA Namie) (Ayaka Sasaki, Luna Naitō, Kana Harima, Saho Tanaka, Mia Yuduki, Moana Chihama, Nanoha Aoyama)
  • STAPLA Kenkyusei (a female trainee group under STARDUST PLANET) (Mizuki Yasui, Moana Chihama, Miu Kurosaka, Ruri Shiraishi, Riri Takatsuki, Rinna Shimada, Yū Watanabe, Miumi Nishimura, Aya shirahama, Nanoha Aoyama, Mai Harada, Juri Suzue)

=Others=

Former Stardust Promotion artists

Artists, managed by Stardust Promotion in the past.

= Female =

= Male =

= Groups =

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.stardust.co.jp/ Stardust Promotion official website]
  • [http://www.stardustpictures.co.jp/ Stardust Pictures official website]
  • {{YouTube|user=stardustdigital|Stardust Music}}

Category:Mass media companies based in Tokyo

Category:Talent agencies based in Tokyo

Category:Entertainment companies of Japan

Category:Modeling agencies

Category:Japanese voice actor management companies

Category:Music companies of Japan

Category:Japanese independent record labels

Category:Mass media companies established in 1979

Category:Japanese companies established in 1979

Category:Japanese talent agencies

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