Toy's Factory

Toy's Factory Inc. (株式会社トイズファクトリー, Kabushiki-gaisha Toizu Fakutorī) is a Japanese record label founded in the late 1980s as a subsidiary of the entertainment company VAP, based in Japan. On May 30, 1990, it was established as an independent company. It is an associate member of the Recording Industry Association of Japan.^[1] By the first half of 2012, Toy's Factory was the fourth-biggest Japanese record label.^[2]

Toy's Factory Inc.

Head office at the Daiwa building located in Miyamasu-zaka, Shibuya
Native name	株式会社トイズファクトリー
Company type	Private
Industry	Music industry
Founded	May 30, 1990; 35 years ago (1990-05-30)
Headquarters	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan
Products	CDs, DVDs
Subsidiaries	Senha and Company
Website	www.toysfactory.co.jp

Toy's Factory
Parent company	Toy's Factory
Founded	May 30, 1990; 35 years ago (1990-05-30)
Distributor(s)	VAP (1990–2021) Sony Music Solutions (2021–present)
Genre	Rock pop punk metal
Country of origin	Japan
Location	Shibuya, Tokyo

History

On May 30, 1990, the second production department at VAP, an entertainment company under Nippon Television, was spun-off and established as Toy's Factory Records. In 1995, the name was changed to its current name. VAP remained the label's distributor until April 1, 2021, when it switched to Sony Music Solutions.^[3]

Sub-labels

• Bellissima!
• BMD Fox Records
• Carnage
• Deep Blue
• Idyllic
• Jūonbu Records
• Kimi
• Meme Tokyo
• Noframes Recordings

Notable artists

• ano
• Armageddon
• Babymetal – on Jūonbu Records and then BMD Fox Records
• Brahman – on Noframes
• Bump of Chicken
• Daoko
• Dempagumi.inc
• Ego-Wrappin'
• Eve
• Livetune
• Melody
• Meme Tokyo
• Mr. Children
• Reol
• Riria
• Salyu
• Sekai no Owari
• Shōnan no Kaze
• Taichi Mukai
• Toshiki Masuda
• Unison Square Garden
• Yuzu