Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (December 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 1,434 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント (日本)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント (日本)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc.

Headquarters in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Sonī Pikuchāzu Entateinmento
Formerly	RCA Columbia Pictures Video Co., Ltd. (1984-1991)
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	February 10, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-02-10)
Headquarters	〒105-8415 No. 28, 4-chome, Toranomon, Minato Tokyo Toranomon Towers Office Japan
Key people	Naomi Nakazawa (Representative Director) Soichi Sagawa (Statutory Auditor)
Products	Motion pictures Television programs Anime
Owner	Sony Pictures Entertainment (66.7％) Sony Group Corporation (33.3%)
Number of employees	75 (as of April 1, 2024)
Subsidiaries	Music On! TV (with SMEJ) Madhouse, Inc. (5%, with Nippon Television)
Website	sonypictures.jp

Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc. (株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント, Kabushiki gaisha Sonī Pikuchāzu Entateinmento), abbreviated SPE or SPEJ, is a Japanese film studio, based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, with the majority of SPEJ's shares held by Sony Pictures Entertainment.^[1][2]

They have also distributed most of Sony Pictures films for Japan, as well as producing some anime and anime films as well.^[3]

On March 22, 2024, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan made an agreement to outsource its home media distribution operations to Happinet through its Media Marketing unit.