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Originally Posted by Kenpachi11
Hey, I was wondering if your an american musician/band. Can you get signed to a japanese record company and live there?
I was watching Cartoon Kat-tun and there was an american girl on there that was signed to a japanese record company and lives in japan.
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I don't want to burst your bubble but the chances of you succeeding in Japan via a Japanese record company without any Japanese is next to zero. Even if you spoke fluent Japanese it would still be pretty slim. The entertainment industry in Japan is vicious and takes no prisoners.
But if you still want to try, go nuts and create a demo tape and send it to the major record publishers. I'll give you the link for Avex for starters. The most popular publisher in Japan. They will contact you if you think you are good or they'll just chuck your tape in the bin and won't bother notifying you about it. They don't notify failed applicants.
http://avex-audition.jp/always/
No there isn't a English version of the page.
Just to get you prepared, they receive about 40,000 of these entries a year so you better be pretty bloody good.
You could also try other publishers like Toshiba EMI, Sony EPIC, Sony Music Group and heaps of others. Anyway good luck.