Vermillion Records

Vermillion Records is the private music label of Tak Matsumoto and Koshi Inaba that is responsible for releasing and marketing all B'z releases. It is a subsidiary of Being GIZA and is headed by Vermillion, Inc., a company established to manage the assets of the label. In addition to publishing all B'z works, the label also handles all respective solo works.

History of B'z labels

B'z began their career with a subsidiary of BMG Japan known as BMG Victor.

Label	Sub-label	From	First Release
BMG Victor	AIR	September 1988	B'z
BMG Rooms	ZEZ	August 1992	ZERO
BMG Rooms	Vermillion	May 1995	Negai
Rooms Records	Vermillion	September 1995	LOVE PHANTOM
Vermillion Records	———	June 2002	Atsuki Kodou no Hate

Transition from BMG to Being

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Publishing and distribution

The band's works were originally published by BMG Victor. Publishing duties for the band's works were later handed over to J-DISC, who now operate as J-DISC Being, beginning with the November 1996 release of the mini-album FRIENDS II.

Sub-labels

In 2004, Tak launched a sub-label by the name of House Of Strings that was to primarily publish guitar and strings-based music. The label has been responsible for Tak's solo releases beginning with House Of Strings.