April 1998. Established as "."
In October 2001, it was spun off from the production division of Sony Music Entertainment as Sony Music Associated Records Inc.
In April 2014, Sony Music Records Inc. merged with seven companies—SME Records Inc., Sony Music Associated Records Inc., Epic Records Japan Inc., Defstar Records Inc., Ariola Japan Inc., Qun Music Inc., and Sony Music Japan International Inc.—through an absorption merger and changed its name to .