Private company

Toy's Factory

Logo: © TOY'S FACTORY INC., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese record label

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.2 It is part of VAP Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

May 30, 1990Founded1
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Photo: しっかかもっかか, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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. By the first half of 2012, Toy's Factory was the fourth-biggest Japanese record label.2

Corporate structure

Toy's Factory is part of a group headed by Nippon Television Holdings. 38 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Toy's Factory, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • compact disc

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • BMD Fox Records

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Timeline

  1. May 30, 1990Founded Founded1

Sources

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