Sony Music Labels Inc. (record company established in 2014; rights and manufacturer use primarily, not an imprint)
~ Label
Annotation
This record company was created in 2014 by merging most of SMEJ's divisions under one roof. As of 2019, the divisions' names are no longer advertised, but their imprints and catalog number formats are:
- AI**: Sony Music Associated Records
- BV**: Ariola Japan
- ES**: Epic Records Japan
- EJ**: Epic JYP
- KS**: Ki/oon Music
- MH**: Legacy Plus
- SE**: SME Records
- SME Records
- ClearWater
- NeOFRONT
- J (SixTONES' label)
- SI**: Sony Music Japan International
- Sony Records Int'l (boxed textless walking eye)
- Epic
- RCA
- RCA Red Seal
- SR**: Sony Music Records
- Sony Records
- gr8! Records
- MASTERSIX FOUNDATION
- 乃木坂46 (N46Div.)
- 欅坂46 (K46Div.)
- Around the World
- 22/7
- VV**: SACRA MUSIC
However, there are select artists whose releases do not wear one of SMEJ's release labels, in spite of the release's catalog number. These artists include:
- SE**: 米津玄師
- SR**: the GazettE, MAN WITH A MISSION
- VV**: Vaundy
Affiliated companies:
- KX**: Sony Music Solutions Inc.
- SM**: MusicRay'n Inc.
- XS**: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Previously known as: Ariola Japan Inc. (do NOT file releases here), Defstar Records Inc. (do NOT file releases here), Epic Records Japan Inc. (do NOT file releases here), Ki/oon Music Inc. (record company, do not use! - see subsidiaries for imprints), SME Records Inc. (do NOT file releases here), Sony Music Associated Records Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label), Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Do not use as a label, see the annotation.), Sony Music Records (Japanese label - no imprint), Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. (read the annotation before using!)