Thursday, November 21, 2024

This year marks the 60th anniversary of one of Japan's most watched New Year's Eve show, Kohaku Uta Gassen. A musical show hosted by Japanese broadcasting company NHK, the performers are separated into two teams, red for the females, and white for the males. This year, Nana Mizuki, probably most famous for her voice acting role in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha as Fate Testarossa, will join the red team in her first appearance on the show. Mizuki had also appeared earlier this year at the largest anime themed concert, Animelo Summer Live 2009. Other notable performers include Ayaka, Kumi Koda, Mika Nakashima, and Ayumi Hamasaki. We'll be sending a representative to cover the event, more on that later, look forward to it! Full list of performers located inside.

Red Team
  • aiko
  • Junko Akimoto
  • Ayaka
  • Angela Aki
  • Ikimono Gakari
  • Sayuri Ishikawa
  • AKB48
  • Ai Otsuka
  • GIRL NEXT DOOR
  • Miyuki Kawanaka
  • Kaela Kimura
  • Kumi Koda
  • Natsuko Godai
  • Sachiko Kobayashi
  • Fuyumi Sakamoto
  • Yoshimi Tendo
  • DREAMS COME TRUE
  • Mika Nakashima
  • Mitsuko Nakamura
  • Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Perfume
  • Ayaka Hirahara
  • Nana Mizuki
  • Kaori Mizumori
  • Akiko Wada
White Team
  • Arashi
  • ALICE
  • Hiroshi Itsuki
  • EXILE
  • NYC boys
  • Saburo Kitajima
  • Takeshi Kitayama
  • Kobukuro
  • Jero
  • SMAP
  • TVXQ
  • TOKIO
  • Hideaki Tokunaga
  • Kiyoshi Hikawa
  • FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
  • Masaharu Fukuyama
  • Akira Fuse
  • flumpool
  • Takashi Hosokawa
  • Porno Graffiti
  • Kenichi Mikawa
  • Shinichi Mori
  • Yusuke Kamiji
  • Yuzu
  • Remioromen
 
List courtesy of Tokyograph