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This is a list of assets owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.
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Subsidiaries and affiliates by business segment
Electronics
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions
- Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (joint venture with TSMC and Denso)
- Sony Semiconductor Israel (formerly Altair Semiconductor)
- Sony Depthsensing Solutions (formerly SoftKinetic)
- Sony Advanced Visual Sensing
Sony Interactive Entertainment / PlayStation
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- Audeze
- Audiokinetic
- Bungie
- Evolution Championship Series (joint venture with Endeavor)
- Gaikai
- iSize
- PlayStation Productions
- PlayStation Studios
- Bluepoint Games
- Creative Arts
- Visual Arts
- Music
- Sound
- Creative
- Dark Outlaw Games
- Firesprite
- Fabrik Games
- Guerrilla Games
- Haven Studios
- Housemarque
- Insomniac Games
- Insomniac North Carolina
- Media Molecule
- Naughty Dog
- ICE Team
- Nixxes Software
- Polyphony Digital
- Bend Studio
- Team Asobi
- teamLFG
- Malaysia Studio
- San Diego Studio
- San Mateo Studio
- Santa Monica Studio
- Sucker Punch Productions
- Valkyrie Entertainment
- XDev
- PlayStation Mobile
- PlayStation Publishing
- Repeat.gg
- SN Systems
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
- Sony Pictures Studios
- Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
- Worldwide Product Fulfillment
- Madison Gate Records
- Sony Pictures Consumer Products
- Pixomondo
- Sony Pictures Experiences
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc.
- Madhouse (5%)
- Sony Pictures Europe
- Sony Pictures Interactive
- Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
- Columbia Pictures
- Sony Pictures Animation
- 3000 Pictures
- Screen Gems
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Sony Pictures Releasing International
- Sony Pictures Releasing de México
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Kids Zone
- Shout! Studios (minority stake; joint venture with Cineverse)
- Timeless Media Group
- Satellite of Love, LLC
- Majordomo Records
- Biograph Records
- New Concorde
- Kartoon Studios (7%)
- Genius Brands Music
- Kartoon Channel
- Baby Genius
- Stan Lee Universe
- A Squared Entertainment LLC
- Stan Lee Comics LLC (60%)
- Wow Unlimited Media
- Mainframe Studios
- Frederator Networks
- Frederator Studios
- Channel Frederator Network
- StashRiot
- Vidma Animation Broadcasting Cooperation
- Frederator Flux
- The Leaderboard Network
- Cinematica
- MicDrop
- Atomo Network (Joint venture with Ánima)
- Frederator Books
- Thirty Labs
- Ezrin Hirsh Entertainment (EHE)
- Big Picture Productions
- Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
- Destination Films
- Stage 6 Films
- Affirm Films
- Affirm Television
- Great American Pure Flix streaming (joint venture with Great American Media)
- TriStar Pictures
- Crunchyroll, LLC[1] (joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex)
- Crunchyroll streaming
- Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
- Crunchyroll Store Australia
- Crunchyroll EMEA
- Crunchyroll SAS
- Crunchyroll SA
- Crunchyroll GmbH
- Crunchyroll Games
- Crunchyroll Store
- Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Networks' Game Show Network, LLC)
- Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Aniplex)
- Sony Pictures Television
- CPT Holdings, Inc.
- Embassy Row
- Sony Pictures Television Studios
- Sony Pictures Television Game Shows
- Sony Pictures Television Kids
- Sony Pictures Television International Production
- Bad Wolf
- Bad Wolf America
- Wolf Studios Wales
- Blueprint Television (joint venture with Blueprint Pictures)
- Curio Pictures
- Eleven
- Eleventh Hour Films
- Fable Pictures
- Floresta Productions
- Hot Sauce Pictures
- Left Bank Pictures
- Satisfaction Group (20%)
- Satisfaction – The Television Agency
- Satisfy
- Starling
- AH! Production
- Enibas Productions
- Elimac Productions
- La Grosse Equipe
- Alef One
- Satisfaction Iberia
- Stellify Media
- Stolen Picture
- Teleset
- Teleset Mexico
- The Whisper Group
- Chapter 3 Graphics
- East Media
- Whisper Cymru
- Whisper North
- Whisper West
- Bad Wolf
- Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction
- 19 Entertainment
- B17 Entertainment
- The Intellectual Property Corporation
- This Machine Filmworks
- Sharp Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Television Networks
- Game Show Network, LLC
- Game Show Network (Cable channel)
- Game Show Central (FAST channel)
- Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan-owned Aniplex's Crunchyroll, LLC)
- CPE US Networks
- Get (Digital multicast network)
- Sony Movie Channel (Cable channel)
- Sony Cine (Spanish-language cable channel)
- International
- Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited
- Sony Entertainment Television
- Sony Ten
- Sony Max
- Sony Max 2
- Sony SAB
- SonyLIV streaming
- Sony Six
- Sony Aath
- Sony BBC Earth (joint venture with BBC Studios)
- Sony YAY!
- Sony Pix
- Sony Wah
- Sony Pal
- Sony Marathi
- Studio NEXT
- Sony Pictures Networks Productions
- AXN
- Sony AXN
- Lifetime Latin America (joint venture with A+E Networks Latin America, distributed by Ole Distribution)
- Sony Channel[2]
- Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited
- Game Show Network, LLC
Sony Music Group
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- Sony Music Publishing
- Bleeding Fingers Music
- Challenge Records
- EMI Music Publishing
- EMI Production Music
- Extreme Music
- Hickory Records
- KPM Music
- Remote Control Productions
- APM Music (joint venture with Universal Music Publishing Group)
- Sonoton
- Bruton Music
- Cezame Music
- Hard and Kosinus
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Columbia Records
- Epic Records
- Arista Records
- Bad Boy Records
- So So Def Recordings
- Kemosabe Records
- Legacy Recordings
- The Orchard
- RCA Records
- RCA Inspiration
- Fo Yo Soul
- GospoCentric Records
- B'Rite Music
- Quiet Water Entertainment
- Verity Records
- Roswell Records
- Volcano Entertainment
- RCA Inspiration
- Ultra Records
- Sony Masterworks
- Sony Music Australia
- Sony Music Brazil
- Amigo Records
- Phonomotor Records
- Som Livre
- Sony Music Canada
- Ratas Music Group
- Sony Music China
- Sony Music France
- Sony Music Germany
- Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong
- Sony Music India
- Sony Music Indonesia
- Sony Music Latin
- Sony Music Mexico
- Sony Music Nashville
- Arista Nashville
- Columbia Nashville
- RCA Records Nashville
- Provident Entertainment
- Sony Music Philippines
- Sony Music Entertainment Poland
- Sony Music Taiwan
- Sony Music Thailand
- Sony Music UK
- Black Butter Records (49%)
- Columbia Records UK
- Dream Life Records
- Insanity Records (joint venture with Insanity Group)
- Magic Star
- Ministry of Sound
- Music For Nations
- RCA Label Group UK
- Relentless Records
- Since '93
- Sony Commercial Group
- Sony Music Legacy - UK
- Sony Music Nashville UK
- Global Podcast Division
- Neon Hum Media
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
- Aniplex
- A-1 Pictures Inc.
- Aniplex of America Inc.
- Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. (51%)
- Boundary Inc.
- CloverWorks Inc.
- Crunchyroll, LLC (joint venture with Sony Pictures)
- Crunchyroll streaming
- Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
- Crunchyroll Store Australia
- Crunchyroll EMEA
- Crunchyroll SAS
- Crunchyroll SA
- Crunchyroll GmbH
- Crunchyroll Games
- Crunchyroll Store
- Crunchyroll Channel (FAST streaming channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Networks' Game Show Network, LLC)
- Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Crunchyroll, LLC)
- Palworld Entertainment
- Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH)
- Myriagon Studio
- Lasengle
- Ariola Japan
- Epic Records Japan
- Kioon Music
- Fitz Beat
- Haunted Records
- Ki/oon Records2
- NeOSITE
- Siren Song
- Trefort
- M-On Entertainment, Inc.
- mora
- Sacra Music
- Sony Creative Products Inc.
- Peanuts Worldwide (39%; with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%))
- Sony DADC Japan Inc.
- Sony Music Artists Inc.
- Sony Music Communications Inc.
- Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
- Sony Music Labels Inc.
- Sony Music Marketing Inc.
- Sony Music Associated Records
- Sony Music Publishing
- Sony Music Records
- gr8! Records
- Mastersix Foundation
- N46Div
- Niagara Records
- VVV Records
- Unties
- Jisedai Inc.
- MusicRay'n Inc.
- room NB Inc.
- Zepp Hall Network Inc.
Sony Financial Group
- Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
- Sony Assurance Inc.
- Sony Bank Inc.
- Sony Lifecare Inc.
- Sony Financial Ventures Inc.
Sony Honda Mobility
- Afeela (50%)
Foundations and schools
- Sony Foundation for Education
- Sony Music Foundation
- Sony USA Foundation Inc.
- Sony Foundation Australia Trustee Ltd.
- Sony of Canada Science Scholarship Foundation Inc.
- Sony Europe Foundation
- Shohoku College
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Subsidiaries and affiliates by location
Japan
- Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
- Sony Music Labels Inc.
- Sony Music Marketing Inc.
- Sony Music Communications Inc.
- Sony Music Artists Inc.
- Sony Creative Products Inc.
- Sony DADC Japan Inc.
- Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
- Sony Energy Devices Corporation[3]
- Sony Network Communications Inc.
- Sony Biz Networks Corporation
- SMN Corporation (formerly So-net Media Networks Co., Ltd.) (58.7%)
- MotionPortrait, Inc.
- Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
- Sony PCL Inc.
- Sony Marketing Inc.
- Sony Global Solutions Inc.
- Sony Global Education, Inc.
- P5, Inc.
- FeliCa Networks, Inc. (51%; joint venture with NTT Docomo and JR East)
- AII Inc. (60.9%)
- Frontage Inc. (60%)
- SRE Holdings (formerly Sony Real Estate Corporation) (36.9%)
- Aerosense Inc. (joint venture with ZMP Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation)[4]
- M3, Inc. (34%)
- Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (51%; joint venture with Olympus)[5]
- Sony Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Sony People Solutions Inc.
- Sony Honda Mobility (50%; joint venture with Honda)
Canada
United States
- Sony Corporation of America
- Sony Entertainment Inc.
- Sony Creative Software
- Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
- Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America
- Sony Latin America
Latin America
- Sony Argentina S.A.
- Sony Comércio e Indústria Ltda. (Brazil)
- Sony Componentes Ltda. (Brazil)
- Sony da Amazônia Ltda. (Brazil)
- Sony Chile Ltda. (Chile)
- Sony de México S.A. de C.V.
- Sony de Mexicali, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
- Sony Nuevo Laredo, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
- Sony de Tijuana Oeste, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
- Sony Corporation of Panama, S. A.
- Sony Puerto Rico, Inc.
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment de México S.A. de C.V.[6]
Europe
- Sony Austria GmbH.
- Sony DACD Austria A.G.
- Sony DADC Europe Limited
- Sony DADC, OOO (Borovsk, Russia)
- Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. (Brussels, Belgium)
- Sony Overseas S.A. (Switzerland)
- Sony Czech, spol. s.r.o.
- Sony Berlin G.m.b.H. (Germany)
- Sony Deutschland G.m.b.H. (Köln, Germany)
- Sony Europe GmbH (Germany)
- Sony Nordic A/S (Denmark)[7]
- Sony España S.A. (Spain)
- Sony France S.A.
- Sony United Kingdom Ltd.
- Sony Global Treasury Service Plc (UK)
- Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (UK)
- Sony Hungaria Kft. (Hungary)
- Sony Italia S.p.A. (Italy)
- Sony Benelux B.V. (Netherlands)
- Sony Europa B.V. (Netherlands)
- Sony Logistics Europe B.V. (Netherlands)
- Sony Poland Sp.z.o.o. (Poland)
- Sony Portugal Ltda. (Portugal)
- Sony Slovakia s r. o. (Slovakia)
- Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)
China
- Sony (China) Ltd.
- Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
- Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd.
- Sony International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
South Korea
- Sony Electronics of Korea Corporation
- Sony Korea Corporation
India
- Sony India Private Limited
- Sony India Software Services Pvt. Ltd[8]
- Culver Max Entertainment
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- PT Sony Indonesia
- Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia
- Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
- Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia
- Sony Technology (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
- Sony Philippines, Inc.
- Sony Music Entertainment Philippines
- Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. LTD.
- Sony Magnetic Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Sony Mobile Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Sony Device Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Sony Siam Industries Co., Ltd.
- Sony Australia Limited
- Sony Computer Entertainment Australia Pty. Ltd
- Sony New Zealand Ltd.
- Sony Vietnam Ltd.
Middle East
- Sony Middle East and Africa FZE (UAE)
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Non-affiliate holdings
Japan
- Kadokawa Corporation (10.11%)[9][10]
- From Software (14.09%)[11]
- MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%)
- VAIO Corporation (5%)
- Tamron (14.8%)
United States
- Devolver Digital (5%)[12]
- Epic Games (4.9%)[13][14]
- Mangamo[15]
- Discord[16]
- AccelByte[17]
Mainland China
- Bilibili, Inc. (4.98%)
Europe
Former holdings and subsidiaries
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Sold or spun off
- AK Holdings – sold to Nojima
- Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (joint venture with Bandai Namco, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems)
- Kids Station
- Avex Group[20]
- Chart Show TV – sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Hits)
- Chart Show Hits – sold to TRACE Group
- Crackle – sold to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
- FEARnet HD (joint venture with Comcast and Lionsgate) – sold to Comcast and folded into Syfy and Chiller
- Film1 – sold to SPI International
- Gracenote – sold to Tribune Media (later sold to Nielsen)
- Lean-M – sold to JVM Holdings
- Loews Cineplex Entertainment – sold to Onex Corporation in 2002; theatres now owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and AMC Theatres in the United States
- Movielink (joint venture with Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros.) – sold to Blockbuster LLC
- The Orchard Film Group – divested and became 1091 Media
- Sony Chemicals Corporation – sold off and became Dexerials.
- Sony Online Entertainment – sold to Columbus Nova and became Daybreak Game Company
- Sony Pictures Television France – sold to Satisfaction Group
- Sony Pictures Television Germany – sold to Banijay and became Noisy Pictures
- Sony Pictures Television's Southeast Asian channels – sold to KC Global Media[21]
- Sony Pictures Television's UK channels – sold to Narrative Capital[22]
- Sony Channel – became Great! TV
- Sony Movies – became Great! Movies
- Sony Movies Action – became Great! Movies Action
- Sony Movies Classic – became Great! Movies Classic
- Pop
- Pop Max
- Tiny Pop
- Starling – sold to Satisfaction Group
- Viasat 3 – sold to ANT1 Group
- Viasat 6 – sold to ANT1 Group
- Sunbow Entertainment – sold to TV-Loonland AG
- Starz TV – sold to TRACE Group
- The Vault – sold to TRACE Group
- Shine Group – stake sold back to the company
- Syco Entertainment (excluding Syco Music)[23] – stake sold back to Simon Cowell
- Tuvalu Media – stake sold back to the company
Defunct
Electronics
All of these companies below were merged into Sony Electronics Corporation in April 2021, with the surviving entity changed its name to Sony Corporation.
- Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
- Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc.
- Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
Sony Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, merged the following company in April 2021.[24]
- Sony Business Solutions Corporation
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Sony LSI Design Inc. – Merged into Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation in April 2022.[25]
Sony Interactive Entertainment
- 989 Studios
- Bigbig Studios
- Evolution Studios
- Firewalk Studios
- Guerrilla Cambridge
- Incognito Entertainment
- Japan Studio
- Polys Entertainment – spun off into Polyphony Digital
- Team Asobi – spun off into a separate studio
- Team Ico
- Team Gravity
- London Studio
- Manchester Studio
- Neon Koi
- Pixelopus
- Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool
- Sony Imagesoft
- Team Soho
- Zipper Interactive
Sony Pictures Entertainment
- 2waytraffic – became Sony Pictures Television International Formats
- 2waytraffic Mobile
- 2waytraffic International
- Hooq
- 3D NetCo LLC (3net, joint venture with Discovery Communications and IMAX)
- Adelaide Productions
- Animax Europe
- Crunchyroll Manga
- Crunchyroll Studios
- Anime Digital Network
- Anime on Demand
- Kazé
- AnimeLab
- Right Stuf – folded into Crunchyroll Store
- Nozomi Entertainment – folded into Crunchyroll, LLC
- 5 Points Pictures
- Critical Mass Video
- Lucky Penny Entertainment
- Wakanim
- Ellation – folded into Crunchyroll, LLC
- VRV – folded into Crunchyroll
- Funimation streaming – folded into Crunchyroll
- Funimation Channel – became Toku
- Funimation Films
- Bliss
- Bolder Media
- Culver Entertainment
- CSC Media Group – folded into Sony Pictures Television
- Electric Ray – folded into Sony Pictures Television
- First Independent Films – folded into Columbia TriStar Home Video
- Genius Products – folded into Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment
- Flava
- Gemstone Studios – folded into Sony Pictures Television's drama department[26]
- Huaso (joint venture with Hua Long Film Digital Production)
- Human Media
- Movies4Men 2
- Palladium Fiction
- Pop Girl
- Scarlet Media
- Scuzz
- Silver River Productions
- Sony Channel Southeast Asia
- Sony Crime Channel
- Sony Le Plex HD
- Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
- Sony Pictures Mobile
- Sony Rox HD
- True Crime
- True Drama
- True Movies 2
- TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (joint venture with CBS Studios International and NBCUniversal)
- Victory Television
- TriStar Television – folded into Sony Pictures Television
- Columbia TriStar Television – rebranded as Sony Pictures Television
- Sony Pictures Networks India
Sony Music Group
- 550 Music
- Abril Music – bought from Editora Abril in 2003 by BMG and absorbed by Ariola Records
- Battery Records (hip hop)
- Bertelsmann Music Group
- BNA Records
- Burgundy Records
- Chaos Recordings
- C2 Records
- Colpix Records/Colgems Records
- Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
- Frenchkiss Label Group
- Indolent Records
- J Records
- GUN Records
- Kinetic Records
- LaFace Records
- Logic Records
- MTM Music Group
- MTM Records
- BriarPatch Music
- CottonPatch Music
- DebDave Music, Inc.
- Mallven Music
- Multitone Records
- Novus Records
- Odd Future Records
- Ode Records
- Odyssey Records
- Philles Records
- Playbill Records
- Private Music
- Profile Records
- RCA Camden
- RCA Gold Seal
- RCA Italiana
- RCA Victrola
- Ruthless Records
- S2 Records
- Windham Hill Records
- Vinyl Solution
- Windswept Pacific Music – catalog acquired by EMI Music Publishing
- Work Group
- Zomba Group of Companies
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
- Quatro A Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
- Rialto Entertainment Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
- ForwardWorks – absorbed into Aniplex
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