Here is the list of songs which will be performed by the artists on the 67th NHK Kouhaku Utagassen that will be shown on New Year's Eve. Names are presented in Japanese alphabetical order and the number of appearances to date (inclusive of this year) are indicated in the brackets:
Akagumi / Red Team
Minna ga Minna Eiyuu - AI (2)
Mikatsuki - ayaka (8)
DANCE WITH ME NOW! - E-girls (4)
SAKURA - Ikimonogakari (9)
Amagigoe - Ishikawa Sayuri (39)
Kokoro kasanete - Ichikawa Yukino (1)
Hanataba wo kimi ni - Utada Hikaru (1)
Yume no Kouhaku Senbatsu SP Medly - AKB48 (9)
Ai no Sanka - Ootake Shinobu (1)
Silent Majority - Keyakizaka46
Suki ~ Sanadamaru SP Ver. ~ - Kozai Kaori (19)
Yozakura Oshichi - Sakamoto Fuyumi (28)
Seishun no Mabataki - FROM NEO TOKYO 2016 - Shiina Ringo (4)
Kawa no nagare no you ni - Shimazu Aya (3)
Gomen ne... - Takahashi Mariko (4)
Anta no Hanamichi - Tendou Yoshimi (21)
Dear Bride - Nishino Kana (7)
Sayonara no Imi - Nogizaka46 (2)
PUFFY 20 Shuunen Kouhaku SP - PUFFY (1)
FLASH - Perfume (9)
Bara no you ni saite sakura no you ni chitte - Matsuda Seiko (20)
Echigo Suibara ~ Hakuchou Hishou - Mizumori Kaori (14)
Yui - miwa (4)
Shirogumi / White Team
Arashi x Kouhaku Special Medley - Arashi (8)
Kuzuryugawa - Itsuki Hiroshi (46)
Kurenai - X JAPAN (7)
Zukkoke Otokomichi ~ Kouhaku de yume wo utaou ~ - Kanjani 8 (5)
Umi no koe ~ Minna no umi no koe version ~ - Kiritani Kenta (1)
Garasu no Shounen - KinKi Kids (1)
Ienaiyo - Go Hiromi (29)
Welcome to TOKYO - Sandaime J Soul Brothers (5)
JAM - THE YELLOW MONKEY (1)
Hey Ho from RPG - SEKAI NO OWARI (3)
Yobisute Kouhaku '16 - Sexy Zone (4)
Sorafune - TOKIO (23)
Hurricane Lili Boston Mari - AAA (7)
Hakuun no Shiro - Hikawa Kiyoshi (17)
Smile! Medley - V6 (3)
Tokyo Gorin Ondo - Fukuda Kouhei (3)
2016 SP Medley - Fukuyama Masaharu (9)
Koi - Hoshino Gen (2)
Shimantogawa ~ Kendama Taishihen ~ - Miyama Hiroshi (2)
Ruten no Hatoba ~ Kyuukyoku no Kikoushihen ~ - Yamauchi Keisuke (2)
Miagetegoran Yoru no Hoshi wo ~ Bokura no Uta ~ - Yuzu (7)
Zenzenzensei [original ver.] - RADWIMPS (1)
PERFECT HUMAN - RADIO FISH (1)
The performing artists for NHK's '69th Kohaku Uta Gassen' have been announced.
Forty two artists are scheduled to perform on this year's program with 21 artists on each team. We will see first-time appearances by Aimyong and DAOKO on the red team, and King & Prince, Suchmos, Junretsu, and YOSHIKI feat. HYDE on the white team.
As a special project, Sheena Ringo and Miyamoto Hiroji will be giving a performance.
This year's hosts will be Hirose Suzu representing the red team and Arashi's Sakurai Sho epresenting the white team.
Red Team:
aiko（13）
Aimyong（First）
Ikimonogakari（10）
Ishikawa Sayuri（41）
AKB48（11）
Oka Midori（2）
Keyakizaka46（3）
Sakamoto Fuyumi（30）
Shimazu Aya（5）
Superfly（3）
DAOKO（First）
Tendo Yoshimi（23）
TWICE（2）
Nishino Kana（9）
Nogizaka46（4）
Perfume（11）
Matsuda Seiko（22）
Matsutoya Yumi（3）
MISIA（3）
Mizumori Kaori（16）
Little Glee Monster（2）
White Team:
Arashi（10）
Itsuki Hiroshi（48）
EXILE（12）
Kanjani8（7）
King & Prince（First）
Go Hiromi（31）
Suchmos（First）
Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE（7）
Junretsu（First）
SEKAI NO OWARI（5）
Sexy Zone（6）
DA PUMP（6）
Hikawa Kiyoshi（19）
Fukuyama Masaharu（11）
Hey! Say! JUMP（2）
Hoshino Gen（4）
Miura Daichi（2）
Miyama Hiroshi（4）
Yamauchi Keisuke（4）
Yuzu（9）
YOSHIKI feat. HYDE（First）
Haruka Ayase and Sho Sakurai to host NHK 70th Kohaku Uta Gassen
The hosts for the '70th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen' have been announced.
The main host for this year's program is Uchimura Teruyoshi for his third consecutive year. In addition, the host for the red team will be actress Ayase Haruka, while the white team's host will be Arashi's Sakurai Sho.
On being the host for the first Kohaku of the Reiwa Era, Ayase commented, "I want to make it a Kohaku Uta Gassen that will give people energy." Similarly, Sakurai stated, "I hope the three of us will deliver a program that would be a fanfare for the new era and 2020."
Covid screwing everything up some more. They probably won't have all the artists on stage for the final song at the end like they always have before.
NHK announces changes for 2020 Kouhaku Utagassen
NHK announced on September 10th that this year's "Kouhaku Utagassen" showing on New Year's Eve December 31st will not have a live audience for the 1st time in its history. It will be also be shortened by 15 mins starting at 7:30pm and ending at 11:45pm.
Snow Man will be withdrawing from the '71st Kohaku Uta Gassen' to broadcast on December 31.
Snow Man member Ryota Miyadate tested positive for COVID-19 on December 21st after a routine screening required by Johnny's & Associates. Then on the 23rd, it was announced that the group will be taking a break from their activities as all members were considered to be persons of close contact. Following the instructions of the health center and after many discussions, their withdrawal from the program was decided.
Maybe this is a sign things are getting back to normal.
72nd Kohaku Uta Gassen to be held with live audience
The '72nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen' will be held with an audience this year.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, last year's 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' was held without any spectators. This year, it will be held with coronavirus infection countermeasures set in place. It is usually held at Tokyo's NHK Hall, but as it is currently under renovation, it will broadcast live from Tokyo International Forum Hall A this year.
The '72nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen' will be held on December 31 from 7:30 pm to 11:45 Japan time.
The artists who will be performing on the '72nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen' has been announced.
This year, there will be a total of 44 artists with 22 on the red team, 21 on the white team, and one artist for the special corner. First time performers include Awesome City Club, Kamishiraishi Mone, BiSH, and millennium parade×Belle (Nakamura Kaho) on the red team, and KAT-TUN, Snow Man, DISH//, Hirai Dai, Hotei Tomoyasu, and Mafumafu on the white team.
This year’s program will broadcast live with an audience from Tokyo International Forum Hall A. It will be hosted by Oizumi Yo, Kawaguchi Haruna, and NHK announcer Wakuda Mayuko.
The 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' will air on December 31 from 7:30 pm.
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Red Team
AI (4)
Aimyon (3)
Ishikawa Sayuri (44)
Awesome City Club (First)
Kamishiraishi Mone (First)
Sakamoto Fuyumi (33)
Sakurazaka46 (2)
Tendo Yoshimi (26)
Tokyo Jihen (2)
NiziU (2)
Nogizaka46 (7)
Perfume (14)
BiSH (First)
Hinatazaka46 (3)
Matsuda Seiko (25)
MISIA (6)
Mizumori Kaori (19)
milet (2)
millennium parade×Belle (Nakamura Kaho) (First)
Yakushimaru Hiroko (2)
YOASOBI (2)
LiSA (3)
White Team
KAT-TUN (First)
Kanjani8 (10)
King & Prince (4)
Go Hiromi (34)
GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE (3)
Junretsu (4)
Suzuki Masayuki (4)
SixTONES (2)
Snow Man (First)
DISH// (First)
BUMP OF CHICKEN (2)
Hikawa Kiyoshi (22)
Hirai Dai (First)
Fukuyama Masaharu (14)
Hoshino Gen (7)
Hotei Tomoyasu (First)
Mafumafu (First)
Miyama Hiroshi (7)
Miyamoto Hiroji (2)
Yamauchi Keisuke (7)
Yuzu (12)
Special Corner
Matsudaira Ken - “Matsu Ken Samba II”
NHK's year-end music program 'The 72nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen" was broadcast live from Tokyo International Forum to close out 2021, and this year's winner was the red team.
This was the second consecutive year for the red team to win. With this, the red team has a total of 33 wins and the white team a total of 39 wins.
It looks like Taigas aren't the only thing that people are losing interest in.
Kohaku Uta Gassen has record low ratings
Viewer ratings for NHK’s “Kohaku” live music show on New Year’s Eve fell to a record low of 34.3%, a TV viewership research firm said Sunday.
Once a colossally popular year-end event among the public after NHK began airing it in the 1950s, the ratings are the lowest since Video Research Ltd. began tracking the show’s viewership in 1962.
The 2021 show, split into two parts, aired from 7:30 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. on Friday.
The ratings were down 6 percentage points from a year earlier and well off the peak of 81.4% recorded in 1963.
Yo Oizumi and Kanna Hashimoto to host 73rd Kohaku Uta Gassen
The hosts and program theme for the '73rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen' to air on December 31st have been announced.
This year's hosts will be Yo Oizumi, Kanna Hashimoto, and NHK announcer Kuwako Maho. In addition, Sho Sakurai (Arashi) has been appointed as special navigator.
The theme of the program will be 'LOVE & PEACE -Minna de Share!-.' With this theme, the program aims to deliver the "importance of peace" and "hopeful love" through song to close 2022, an unpredictable and anxious year caused by the ongoing pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and series of natural disasters.