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Rising Production

"Vision Factory" redirects here. For the defunct Dutch CD-i video game developer, see The Vision Factory.

RISNGPRO Holdings Co. Ltd. (株式会社かぶしきがいしゃライジングプロ・ホールディングス, Kabushiki gaisha Raijingupuro Hōrudingusu), operating as Rising Production, is a Japanese talent agency. It largely works with musical talent, but has branched out in recent years to include actors and comedians. The company came into prominence after the widespread successes of musical acts Namie Amuro, MAX, Speed and Da Pump in the mid to late 1990s.[1]

Rising Production
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
GenreTalent agency
FoundedJuly 1985
Minato, Tokyo
FounderTetsuo Taira
Headquarters
Aoyama, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Japan
Number of employees
31
Websitewww.rising-pro.jp

History

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Rising Production was founded by Tetsuo Taira (平たいら 哲夫てつお, Taira Tetsuo) in Minato, Tokyo in July 1985, with Japanese idol Yōko Oginome being the agency's first talent. Oginome's success led to Taira becoming a producer under the pseudonym "Jonny Taira" (ジョニー平たいら, Jonī Taira). In the fall of 1986, 12-year-old Kaori Sakagami signed with Rising Production after being invited to an Oginome concert in Nagasaki Prefecture. In 1991, the agency signed up-and-coming talent Alisa Mizuki.

In 1992, Rising Production formed a partnership with the Okinawa Actors School, which debuted the music group Super Monkey's that year. Super Monkey's would later evolve into two separate acts: Namie Amuro and MAX. Speed, Da Pump, Rina Chinen, Daichi Miura, and Folder 5 were also products of the partnership.

In 2001, Taira was arrested for tax evasion. During this time, Rising Production changed its name to Freegate Promotion (フリーゲートプロモーション, Furīgēto Puromōshon) on September 1. A year later during Taira's trial, the company renamed itself to Vision Factory (ヴィジョンファクトリー, Vijon Fakutorī). Taira served a 30-month prison sentence before returning to the company. In 2003, the agency ended its partnership with the Okinawa Actors School.[2][3]

In the fall of 2006, Vision Factory opened the website Vision Cast and the record label Rising Records.

On December 11, 2014, the agency announced it would revert to its original name Rising Production.[4]

Rising Production has hosted several charity events to help victims of disasters such as the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, and the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.[5][6][7]

Representative list of notable present and past clients

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Music

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Solo

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Bands and groups

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Others

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References

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  1. ^ "安室あむろ奈美恵なみえ、SPEEDらの所属しょぞくプロダクションが公式こうしきサイト amuro-namie.netのメールアドレスが使つかえるプロバイダーサービスも開始かいし". Internet Watch. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ "Talent agency founder arrested in tax evasion case". Kyodo News (via The Free Library). 2001-10-18. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ "Talent agency exec gets 30 months". The Japan Times. 2003-03-25. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ^ "RISINGPRODUCTION：サイト名めいと社名しゃめい変更へんこうのご案内あんない". Rising Production. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. ^ "ISSAの呼よびかけでDA PUMP、SPEED、w-inds.らがチャリティーライブ". Oricon. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  6. ^ "ｗ―ｉｎｄｓ．チャリティー収益しゅうえきで台風たいふう被害ひがいのレイテ島れいてとうに小学校しょうがっこう". Sponichi Annex. 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  7. ^ "上原うえはら多香子たかこ、復興ふっこう支援しえんライブで9年ねんぶりソロ歌唱かしょう 荻野目おぎのめ&観月かんげつらも競演きょうえん". Oricon. 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
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