Private company

Watanabe Productions

Multimedia management company in Japan

Watanabe Productions Co., Ltd. (株式会社渡辺プロダクション, Kabushiki-gaisha Watanabe Purodakushon) is a multimedia management company in Japan dealing in recordings, films, television, music publishing and artist management as well as the main subsidiary of the Watanabe Production Group. Formed by bandleader Shin Watanabe and his wife Misa Watanabe in 1955, the company has become one of the most influential of its kind in Japan. It is referred to informally in Japanese as Nabe-pro (ナベプロ, nabepuro).2 It is headquartered in Tokyo.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Apr 3, 1959Founded1

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Watanabe Productions Co., Ltd. (株式会社渡辺プロダクション, Kabushiki-gaisha Watanabe Purodakushon) is a multimedia management company in Japan dealing in recordings, films, television, music publishing and artist management as well as the main subsidiary of the Watanabe Production Group.2

Corporate structure

Watanabe Productions sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Watanabe Productions reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Shin Watanabe on Apr 3, 1959.1

Leadership

Who has led Watanabe Productions, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Watanabe Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Watanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd.

Watanabe Kikaku Co., Ltd.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Apr 3, 1959Founded Founded1

Sources

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