MR8 Launches New Talent Label MR8 NEXT
MR8 is separating its multi-genre talent business into its own label while its existing roster stays under the main management arm, which gives the company a second brand to sign and develop new talent under.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
MR8 Inc. launched a new entertainment label, MR8 NEXT, on October 20, 2026. The label will handle actors, artists, models, influencers, and idols, and the company says it draws on management experience built around actors and artists. MR8's roster includes Ryosuke Sota, Reo Matsumoto, Azusa Ohara, Yuna Mito, Hideyoshi Kan, and Sota Uemura, plus the artist Noxi.
The label's stated policy is individualized management, activity across genres, and promotion through both media work and social media. New talent is the target: the company says MR8 NEXT will grow through encounters with new talent rather than through reassigning the existing roster.
The announcement frames the launch around talent working across video, music, fashion, and social media at once instead of staying in a single field. MR8 has managed primarily actors and artists until now.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- ASCII.jp 芸能プロダクション、MR8が新たな芸能レーベル「MR8 NEXT」を始動