RecoChoku Co., Ltd.(RecoChoku Co., Ltd.) IsJapan OfITAffiliated company.Also,"RecochokuIs a paid service operated by the companyMusic distributionsite.

The company name is the old name of the management site "Directly managed by a record company"(RecoCompany直Business →Reco direct), And as the name implies, it was a company jointly funded by a major domestic record company, but since December 2013.NTT DoCoMoBecame the largest shareholder^[2]..We develop Japan's largest music download service and all-you-can-listen service.In recent years, the business has expanded to the BtoB area.

The communication slogan is "Music dreams.』.

Services provided

Recochoku

For singles, albums, video clipsMusicDownloadServiceThe largest and the firstRinging songIt is also the site that started the service.Smartphone (available for Android and iPhone), PC,Nintendo 3DS,Nintendo SwitchCorresponding to.

RecMusic

A flat-rate all-you-can-listen service centered on J-POP.980 yen (tax included) per month.The number of songs is over 1000 million.All-you-can-listen to major domestic and foreign artists.

History

• 2001年7/3, "Label Mobile Co., Ltd." (LABEL MOBILE INC.) Established as.The original investor was Avex Network (now merged)Avex Marketing)・Sony Music Entertainment-Victor Entertainment) 3 companies.
• 2002年In December, under the name of "directly managed by a record company"au(KDDI/Okinawa Cellular PhoneUnion) ForRinging songStarted delivery.
• 2004年In November, for au (KDDI / Okinawa Cellular Telephone Union) under the name of "Record Company Directly Managed Full"Chaku-Uta FullStarted delivery.
• 2008年10/31,Ringing song,Chaku-Uta FullCumulative number of paid downloads exceeded 10 billion downloads.The number of paid downloads exceeded 10 billion, the world's first record^[3][4].
• 2008年12/25, Dedicated to au (KDDI / Okinawa Cellular Telephone Association) under the name of "Record Company Directly Managed Full Plus"Chaku-Uta Full PlusStarted delivery.
• 2009年1/15, CD / DVD mail order site "RecoChoku shoppingIs established.
• 2009年2/1, Company name changed to "RecoChoku Co., Ltd."^[5].
• 2010年4/1,Smartphone"AndroidThe music distribution service "RecoChoku App" has started.
• 2011年11/18, For DoCoMo's android-equipped smartphonesd market"MUSIC Store powered by RecoChoku" is now available.
• 2012年4/25, KDDI and Okinawa Cellular android-equipped smartphones start offering "LISMO Store powered by RecoChoku".
• 2012年11/12, All songs DRM-free, delivered by 320Kbps on AndroidiPhone(iOS) Not only available on PC^[6].
• 2012年12/3,Nintendo 3DS/ Started providing music distribution service "RecoChoku App Nintendo 3DS" for 3DS LL.
• 2013年3/4, J-POP-based flat-rate unlimited listening service "RecoChoku BestIs now available.
• July 2013, ``RecoChoku prepaid cardNow available.
• 2015 year 2 month,Tower Record,NTT DoCoMoDeveloped "Eggs Project", a project aimed at discovering new artists^[7].
• 2015 year 7 month,USENStarted providing BGM service "OTORAKU" for stores in partnership with.
• In March 2016, the value-added service for CD / DVD / Blu-ray "Play passNow available.
• In August 2016, a co-creation / experience-based music platform "WIZYNow available.
• 2016年8/25,High resolution sound sourceStarted download distribution service.
• On December 2016, 12, as a communication slogan, "Music dreams. 』Established.
• On December 2016, 12, various services of music distribution services for mobile phones "Chaku-Uta" and "Chaku-Uta Full" will end.^[8].
• August 2017, new plan of "RecoChoku Best"RecoChoku Best Light PlanNow available.
• August 2018, 10,Nintendo SwitchStarted offering music distribution service "RecoChoku App Nintendo Switch" for

Participating companies (2019年11Current)

Current participating companies

• Up front group
  • Up front works
• Amuse
  • A-Sketch　
• Webkoo
• Avex Group
  • Avex Entertainment
• King record
• Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan
• Johnny's Office
  • Jay Storm
    • Johnny's Entertainment
    • Jay One Records
    • Infinity Records
• Sony Music Entertainment
  • Sony Music Records
  • SME Records
  • EPIC Records Japan
  • Kiune music
  • Sony Music Associated Records
  • Defstar Records
  • Ariora Japan
  • Sakura music
  • Sony Music Japan International
  • Sony Music Direct
  • Aniplex
• TNX
• Teichiku Entertainment
• Toys factory
• Tokuma Japan
• Dolly music
• Japanese crown
• Nippon Columbia
• Bop
• BANDAI NAMCO ARTS
• Being
• Victor Entertainment
  • Flying dog
• Pryaid Records
  • BounDEE by SSNW
  • Polyster
• Bruce Interactions
• Four life music entertainment
• Pony canyon
• Yamaha Music Communications
• Universal Music
• Yoshimoto R & C
• Roadrunner Japan
• Warner Music Japan

etc.

Past participating companies

• Mutual Communications

etc.

RecoChoku Annual Ranking

Full delivery (Chaku-Uta Full,Smartphone) The songs with the highest number of downloads per year on the company's website are announced.The aggregation period is from December 12st of the previous year to November 1th of the current year.The first place in the past year is as follows.

• 2009 Year　GReeeeN"far'^[9]　* This year, as the highest award of the RecoChoku Award, non-full distributionRinging songWe also give awards,JUJU With JAY'ED"If tomorrow comesWas also commended^[10].
• 2010 Year　Nishino Kana"I miss you I miss you'^[11]
• 2011 Year　Sonar pocket"I like it. ~ 100 regrets"^[12]
• 2012 Year　Namie Amuro"Love Story'^[13]
• 2013 Year　Golden Bomber"Feminine'^[14]
• 2014 Year　Takako Matsu"Let It Go-as it is'^[15]
• 2015 Year　Third generation J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE"RYUSEI'^[16]
• 2016 Urashima Taro (Kenta Kiritani) "Voice of the sea'^[17]
• 2017 Year　Hoshino Gen"love'^[18]
• 2018 Year　Kenshi YONEZU"Lemon'^[19]
• 2019 Year　Kenshi YONEZU"Lemon'^[20]
• 2020 Year　LiSA"Gurenhua'^[21]

RecoChoku Rookie Cup

Since 2008, it has been holding music awards for new singers on an irregular basis.About 20 groups participate each time, and the singer whose entry song Chaku-Uta is downloaded most during the period will be the Grand Prix (winner).Until the second time, it was called "Reco Nao ♪ Rookie Cup".Successive Grand Prix winners are as follows (entry songs in brackets).

• 1st (February 2008-March)- Shota Shimizu "HOME'
• 2nd (November 2008)- Shine Tsuji "Candy kicks'
• 3nd (November 2009)- Sayuri Sugawara "Song for you"
• 4nd (November 2009)- COMA-CHI "TIME 2 PARTY feat. AK-69"

RecoChoku audition

• 1nd (November 2010)- Fumika Mitsui "Heaven door'

Program provided by one company

• Reco☆Hits!
• Semason ♪
• Ototabi

footnote

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• Chaku-Uta Full Plus
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外部 リンク

• Recochoku
• RecoChoku Co., Ltd.
• RecMusic
• Recochoku (@recochoku_store)- Twitter
• Recochoku - Facebook
• Recochoku (recochoku_official)- Instagram
• Recochoku - YouTubeChannel