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Sony Mobile

Sony Mobile, formerly the Sony Ericsson joint venture, is the smartphone business of Sony Group Corporation, known for its Xperia line of Android phones since 2001.

Sony Music

Sony Music: the recorded music and publishing arm of Sony Group, born as the 1968 CBS Sony joint venture, renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991, one of the big three labels.

Sony Music Entertainment Africa (record label)

Sony Music Entertainment Africa, also called Sony Music Africa, is Sony Music's African division, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, and operating in West and East Africa since 1995.

Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (株式会社ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント, SMEJ), founded 1968 as CBS Sony Records, is Sony Group's wholly owned Japanese music and entertainment holding company, overseeing about twenty group companies with 531.4 billion yen consolidated sales.

Sony Music Greece (record label)

Sony Music Greece is the Athens-based Greek branch of Sony Music Entertainment, founded in 1975, withdrawn in 2013, and relaunched in December 2024 through the acquisition of Cobalt Music.

Sony Music Malaysia (record label)

Sony Music Malaysia is the Malaysian branch of Sony Music Entertainment, based in Kuala Lumpur, operating since 1981 and led since 2024 by managing director Kenny Ong.

Sony Music Middle East (record label)

Sony Music Middle East is the Dubai-based regional arm of Sony Music Entertainment, which signs Arabic and Khaleeji pop acts including Amr Diab and Bader Al Shuaibi.

Sony Music Russia (record label)

Sony Music Russia was the Moscow-based Russian branch of Sony Music, operating from 1999 until the parent group's full exit in September 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine.

Sony Music South (record label)

Sony Music South is the South Indian music operation of Sony Music Entertainment India, releasing Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada music through its SonyMusicSouthVEVO YouTube channel.

Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures, operating as Sony Pictures Entertainment and formerly Columbia Pictures Entertainment, is the film and television division of Sony Group Corporation, renamed in 1991.

Sony Pictures Animation

Sony Pictures Animation, also known as Sony Animation, is an American animated film studio founded in 2002 as part of Sony Pictures. Its films include the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Sony Pictures Classics

Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) is the independent and international film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded January 1992 by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom; its films have earned 192 Oscar nominations, 10 Best Picture nods, and 16 Best International Feature wins.

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) is Sony's Academy Award-winning VFX and animation studio, founded 1992; based in Vancouver, Montreal, and Los Angeles; known for Spider-Verse films, KPop Demon Hunters, and tools like Katana and OpenColorIO.

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group: SPE's film production and distribution division under Sony Group, led by Tom Rothman, with labels Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems, and Sony Pictures Classics, a 3,500-title library, and franchises like Spider-Man and Jumanji.

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television is the television production and distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded in 2002 and known for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.

Sony PVM-4300

The Sony PVM-4300, sold in Japan as the KX-45ED1, is a 43-inch Trinitron CRT color video monitor released in 1989, the largest direct-view CRT ever produced.

Sony Semiconductor Solutions

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation is a Japanese semiconductor company headquartered in Atsugi that leads the global CMOS image sensor market, spun off from Sony Group in 2016.

Sony Xperia

Sony Xperia, formerly Sony Ericsson Xperia, is a brand of Android smartphones designed and sold by Sony, introduced in 2008 and carried on by Sony Mobile from 2012.

Sony Xperia 1 VI

The Sony Xperia 1 VI is a premium Android smartphone announced by Sony in May 2024, known for its telephoto camera with continuous optical zoom to 7.1x.

Sony Xperia 1 VII

The Sony Xperia 1 VII is a flagship Android smartphone announced by Sony in May 2025, the seventh Xperia 1 generation, built around Alpha-derived camera technology.

Sony Xperia 1 VIII

The Sony Xperia 1 VIII is a flagship Android smartphone announced by Sony in May 2026, with a large new telephoto sensor, an AI Camera Assistant, and a rare headphone jack and microSD slot.

Sony α1 II

The Sony α1 II (ILCE-1M2) is a professional full-frame mirrorless camera announced by Sony in November 2024, succeeding the 2021 Alpha 1 flagship with a 50.1-megapixel stacked sensor.

Sony α7

The Sony α7, also called the Sony Alpha A7, is a full-frame mirrorless camera with a 24.3-megapixel sensor and E-mount lens system, among the first of its kind, released in November 2013.

Sony α7 V

The Sony α7 V (model ILCE-7M5) is a full-frame mirrorless camera announced by Sony in December 2025 as the fifth generation of its Alpha 7 line.

Sony α7R VI

The Sony α7R VI, also called the Alpha 7R VI, is a full-frame mirrorless camera announced by Sony in May 2026 as the sixth-generation Alpha 7R.

Sony's Spider-Man Universe

Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), also briefly the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, is Sony's six-film shared universe of Spider-Man villain spin-offs (Venom, Morbius, Madame Web, Kraven), 2018–2024, $2.17 billion gross, ended with Kraven.

Sonya Bahar

Sonya Bahar is an American biophysicist, Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Director of its Center for Neurodynamics, who applies nonlinear dynamics to seizures and evolution.

Sonya Blade

Sonya Blade, Mortal Kombat's first female fighter, a Special Forces officer created in 1992 by Ed Boon and John Tobias, digitized from Elizabeth Malecki, known for the leg grab, kiss Fatality, Jax, Johnny Cage, and Cassie Cage.

Sonya Curry

Sonya Curry (born Sonya Alicia Adams), American educator, founder of the Christian Montessori School at Lake Norman, mother of NBA players Stephen and Seth Curry and Sydel Curry-Lee, author of the 2022 memoir Fierce Love.

Sonya Deville

Sonya Deville (Daria Rae Berenato, born 1993, Shamong Township, NJ) is an American pro wrestler and ex-MMA fighter ('The Jersey Devil'); 2015 Tough Enough finalist, WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Chelsea Green, released by WWE in February 2025, now TNA's Daria Rae.