| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Genre | Talent agency |
| Founded | July 1985 Minato, Tokyo |
| Founder | Tetsuo Taira |
| Headquarters | Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served | Japan |
| Number of employees | 31 |
| Website | www |
RISNGPRO Holdings Co. Ltd. (株式会社ライジングプロ・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.
History
Rising Production was founded by Tetsuo Taira (平 哲夫, 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, 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.
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.
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.
Representative list of notable present and past clients
Music
Solo
- Akina
- Namie Amuro
- Asuka
- Rina Chinen
- Yumiko Fukuhara
- Kenichi Fujikawa
- Amika Hattan
- Asuka Hinoi
- Hitoe
- Eriko Imai
- Issa
- Ryoko Kuninaka
- Daichi Miura
- Alisa Mizuki
- Nobutoshi Nakamura
- Mariya Nishiuchi
- Yōko Oginome
- Olivia
- Kaori Sakagami
- Hiroko Shimabukuro
- Keita Tachibana
- Airi Taira
- Nana Tanimura
- Takako Uehara
Bands and groups
- Ai-Sachi
- AN-J
- Asian2
- Aya & Chika from D&D
- D-Loop
- D&D
- Da Pump
- Earth
- Fairies
- Flame
- Folder
- Folder 5
- Fuwafuwa
- Hinoi Team
- Hipp's
- Lead
- MAX
- Nakanomori Band
- Ota Crew
- Rockamenco
- Speed
- Tourbillon
- Vanilla Mood
- W-inds
- Zero
Others
- Nao Asahi (Former Idoling!!!)
- Manami Higa (actress)
- Yukari Taki (actress)
References
- "安室奈美恵、SPEEDらの所属プロダクションが公式サイト amuro-namie.netのメールアドレスが使えるプロバイダーサービスも開始". Internet Watch. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "Talent agency founder arrested in tax evasion case". Kyodo News (via The Free Library). 2001-10-18. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "Talent agency exec gets 30 months". The Japan Times. 2003-03-25. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "RISINGPRODUCTION：サイト名と社名変更のご案内". Rising Production. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "ISSAの呼びかけでDA PUMP、SPEED、w-inds.らがチャリティーライブ". Oricon. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "ｗ―ｉｎｄｓ．チャリティー収益で台風被害のレイテ島に小学校". Sponichi Annex. 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "上原多香子、復興支援ライブで9年ぶりソロ歌唱 荻野目&観月らも競演". Oricon. 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2021-07-31.