Sony Records International: version 2

Saved 2026-09-25 13:42 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the flag: added imprint_of company/sony-music-labels from 2014-04-01 (sourced, Discogs label 262232, which says the label is part of Sony Music Labels Inc. and the spine names SML since April 2014), and marked the Sony Music Japan International row ended. Added References discogs-sml (Discogs label 681762, Eye logo with SML maps to this imprint) and ja-wiki-sml (1 April 2014 merger). Rewrote About: corrected the 2002–2014 sentence, which had turned Discogs spine-naming note into control dates, and added a history paragraph. Summary now says held by SML since April 2014. No founding date for the imprint found in sources; left blank.. Current is v3.

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# Sony Records International <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Records International
summary: Japanese record label imprint of the Sony Music Japan group, shown on Discogs as Sony Records Int'l and held by Sony Music Labels since April 2014.
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                                 | market | from       | until      | ended | status  | source     | note                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/sony-music-labels              | JP     | 2014-04-01 |            |       | sourced | ^discogs-l | Discogs describes the label as part of Sony Music Labels Inc., the company named on the spine since April 2014; Sony Music Labels absorbed Sony Music Japan International on 1 April 2014 per Japanese Wikipedia |
| imprint_of | company/sony-music-japan-international | JP     |            | 2014-04-01 | true  | sourced | ^discogs-l | Discogs gives Sony Music Japan International Inc. as parent label and says the imprint was also used by Sony Music Direct (Japan) and Sony Music Records before all merged into Sony Music Labels Inc.           |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name               | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------ | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sony Records Int'l | name |        |      |       |
| ソニー・レコーズインターナショナル  | name | ja     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                           | title                                                                                                                | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator                                  | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-l   | https://api.discogs.com/labels/262232         | Discogs label 262232: Sony Records Int'l                                                                             | 2026-09-25 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 262232    | Profile and parent label                 |              |             |          |
| discogs-sml | https://api.discogs.com/labels/681762         | Discogs label 681762: Sony Music Labels Inc.                                                                         | 2026-09-25 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 681762    | Profile                                  |              |             |          |
| ja-wiki-sml | https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ソニー・ミュージックレーベルズ | Wikipedia (ja): ソニー・ミュージックレーベルズ                                                                                      | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           | 沿革                                       | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
| discogs     | https://api.discogs.com/releases/5560084      | Discogs release 5560084: Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks (CD, Blu-spec CD, Limited Edition, Remastered, Japan, 2009) | 2026-09-25 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 5560084   | Identifiers, companies, notes, tracklist |              |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony Records International (ソニー・レコーズインターナショナル), catalogued by Discogs as Sony Records Int'l, is a Japanese label imprint that is now part of Sony Music Labels Inc.[^discogs-l] It was once a division named on record spines; from 2002 to 2014 the spine named Sony Music Japan International or Sony Music Direct (Japan) instead, and since April 2014 it names Sony Music Labels.[^discogs-l] Its releases include the 2009 Japanese Blu-spec CD of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, SICP-20041.[^discogs]

The imprint was controlled at times by Sony Music Japan International, Sony Music Direct (Japan) and Sony Music Records, all later merged into Sony Music Labels.[^discogs-l] On 1 April 2014 Sony Music Records absorbed Sony Music Japan International and other group label companies and took the name Sony Music Labels.[^ja-wiki-sml] Discogs identifies releases that show the textless Eye logo together with Sony Music Labels as this imprint.[^discogs-sml]
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