Polydor K.K.

Japanese record company (ポリドール株式会社), established on October 1, 1971. Do not enter Polydor K.K. as label but as a company, with roles like 'Manufactured By' or 'Record Company', depending on how they are mentioned on the release. It was a joint-venture between Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. and succeeded Nippon Grammophon Co., Ltd.. The company represented a number of PolyGram labels in Japan, such as DGG, Polydor, Riverside, Verve, MGM, Archiv, and Daybreak but also Stax and Ricordi. - In July 1999 Polydor K.K. renamed Universal Music K.K.. Universal Music K.K. in January 2009 merged into ユニバーサル ミュージック合同会社 (UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC which originally established in October 2008)