^It doesn't matter at all if the artist is in a sublabel or not. I mean, the idea that it's less pestigious being in a sublabel rather than at the major one is ridiculous.
Koda Kumi is an amazing example for that. She's under rhythm zone, a sublabel of avex. Since there's few artists there, she has a bigger budget for her projects (that's why her concerts generally have a good infrastructure and etc). Namie was also like that before she moved to her own label.
On the other side, when Maki was a singer in avex, she had to share budget with ayumi and several other artists, so she had low investments on her career because they needed to finance everybody.
Being in a sublabel can be an awesome thing.
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