is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group.
Company Watanabe Entertainment's head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entertainers as well as hosting foreign entertainers on visits to Japan, and planning and production of various commercial and goods advertising ventures.
The company is known informally as either Wanatanabe Entertainment (ワタナベエンターテインメント), Watanabe Enta (ワタナベエンタ) or simply WE.
The current president of the company is Miki Watanabe (渡辺ミキ), who has been leading the company since it was created from the parent company, Watanabe Productions (渡辺プロダクション) in 2000.
Current notable talents Tarento Affiliated idols are categorized here.
Male Shouri Kondou Mickey Curtis (actor) Yuya Endo (actor) Masaki Kaji (actor) Osamu Hayashi (lecturer) Hifumi Katō (professional shogi player) K Dub Shine (hip-hop artist) Kenta Nishimura (novelist) Shiraku Tatekawa (rakugoka) Sou Mizukami (quiz player) D-Boys (actors group) Masato Wada Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki (D-Date) Kōji Seto (D-Date) Tomo Yanagishita (D-Date) Tetsuya Makita Masahiro Usui Masashi Mikami Yamada Yusuke Arata Horie (D-Date) Shuto Miyazaki Masaki Nakao Yūki Yamada (D2) Takahisa Maeyama (D2) Atsushi Shiramata (D2)
Female Shizuka Ōya (idol, former AKB48) Gal Sone (competitive eater) Yuki Kashiwagi (idol, former AKB48) Yoshiko Kuga (actress) Nachu (tarento, former SDN48) Akiko Matsumoto (tarento) Sei Matobu (actress) Ai Mikami (actress) Sakura Miyajima (TV announcer)
Comedians Hideyuki Nakayama Honjamaca (Hidehiko Ishitsuka and Toshiaki Megumi) Neptune (Jun Nagura, Ken Horiuchi and Taizo Harada) TIM (Golgo Matsumoto and Red Yoshida) Ryo Fukawa Bibiru Ōki Xabungle (Yosuke Matsuo and Ayumu Kato) Sayaka Aoki Ungirls (Takushi Tanaka and Yoshiaki Yamane) Choushinjuku (Eagle Mizokami, Tiger Fukuda, Thank You Yasutomi, Boo Fujiwara, Koala Koarashi and Ike Nwala) Wagaya (Yoshiyuki Tsubokura, Hiroyuki Sugiyama and Shun Yatabe) Lotti (Soichi Nakaoka and Kentaro Kokado) Haraichi (Yu Sawabe and Yuki Iwao) Sunshine Ikezaki Abareru-kun Atsugiri Jason Hanako (Tatsuhiro Kikuta, Hiroki Akiyama and Dai Okabe) Yonsentōshin (Takumi Goto, Hiroki Tsuzuki and Ryodai Ishibashi) Nora Hirano Nyanko Star (Super Sansuke and Angora Soncho) Kanjuku Fresh (Tetsuya Ikeda and Layla Ikeda)
Musical artists Rag Fair Yorico Shoko Nakagawa Little Glee Monster Nokko
Former notable talents
Tarento
Male
Masaya Nakamura (actor) Jun Shison (actor, D2 member)
Female
Jun Amaki (gravure model) Konomi Watanabe (child actress) Asuka Kuramochi (tarento, former AKB48) Marika Tani (idol, former SKE48, former HKT48)
References
External links Watanabe Entertainment information Watanabe Entertainment official homepage