King Records

Background

King Records Co., Ltd. is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is owned by a multinational entity. The headquarters are in Bunkyo, Tokyo.

(1996? -)

The early version cames from Orchestral Fantasia music video.
From Nana Mizuki's official YouTube version of COSMIC LOVE music video.
From DISCOTHEQUE music video.
From PHANTOM MINDS music video.
From POP MASTER music video.
From Synchrogazer music video.
An superimposed version (transparent variant) cames from Vitalization music video.
An Super Panavision 70 version from Kindan no Resistance music video.
A scary red version from Apassionato music video.
An superimposed version taken from Angel Blossom music video.
An CinemaScope/cyan-tinted version from Zettaiteki Koufukuron music video.
A black and white version from Suiren music video.
From WHAT YOU WANT music video.
A VCR/scope version
From Inori Minase's Catch the Rainbow! music video.

Logo: We see the text "KING RECORDS" with a tri-colored (red, blue, green) line on a black background.

Variants:

A superimposed version exists, spotted on the Angel Blossom music video..
Sometimes it's in full screen.
Sometimes it's a smaller or larger.
An early version has a slightly darker.
A CinemaScope/Super Panavision 70 version has been spotted, first appears on the music video version of Astrogation, the first song from the extended play single STARCAMP EP.
A red version has been spotted on Nana Mizuki's Apassionato music video.
A black and white version has been spotted.
One music video has a bigger King Records logo and a VCR effect.
The Kindan no Resistance music video had the text in light brown-yellow.
The PHANTOM MINDS music video had the text in bluish-white.
The METRO BAROQUE and BRIGHT STREAM music videos had a darker logo (possibly).
The Vitalization music video had the transparent King Records logo glitching out in a circled-stylized background with red-orange lasers, then the Nana Mizuki screen shuts off.
A rare variant that "KING RECORDS" has been replaced with "Bellwood Records" in a Times New Roman-like font.
A in-credit version also exists.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon so far.

First appeared on the music video version of with Nana Mizuki's Orchestral Fantasia.
A CinemaScope/Super Panavision 70 version has appeared on the music video versions of Nana Mizuki's BRIGHT STREAM, Kindan no Resistance, WHAT YOU WANT (first song from her 37th single WONDER QUEST EP), Destiny's Prelude, Mamoru Miyano's passage., and Inori Minase's Catch the Rainbow!
This logo is omitted on both music video versions of Nana Mizuki's Pray and SUPER☆MAN, and most AKB48 single songs.
The COSMIC LOVE music video however, had the logo in Nana Mizuki's official YouTube channel.
This logo is currently appeared on Nana Mizuki's FIRE SCREAM music video.

Editor's Note: This logo is similar to the last Perfini logo from 1989 and SF Studios from 1930 to 1932 and 1939 to 1995.