Kouhaku confirmed list
 

On Monday, NHK revealed the artist lineup for this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen. 50 acts will be performing this year, evenly split between the Red and White Teams. Eight of the artists are appearing on Kohaku for the first time, including Arashi, NYC boys, and Kaela Kimura.

Other notable artists include Masaharu Fukuyama, who previously appeared on Kohaku 16 years ago, and Ayaka, who will be performing on stage for the last time before she goes on hiatus.



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

aramatheydidnt

WHERE THE HECK SPEED IS???????????

Perfume! And thats all I care about...though I notice Namie rejected Kouhaku again...

cool! i'm interested in seeing ayu, koda kumi, and ai otsuka :yes

No Namie? :\ She might have really been able to help the Red team this year. *sigh* And I was sure with Momusu's exposure this year they'd be in, but nope.

uhh. how come she rejected? is she still busy?

^ Probably just mad about the tattoo thing.

So, ayaka's really gonna perform..? Awesome! ^_^ But no AI? :( Oh well. Ayu and Kuu's there, so woot!

White team is so winning again this year, oh well. Looking forward to Ayu, Smap, and Kuu's performances.

no wonder white team wins all the time, they got all the bands :rolleyes

this is about the same people as last year im guessing? well, this year, i can watch it while knowing who a bunch of more people are <3 :yes

thanks for posting! :heart

If it is because of that, then I can at least understand her principles behind it. It would be different if they were just meaningless tattoos, but hers at least seem to have a deep importance to her and Kohaku had allowed her to show them in the past as well.

It also seems like Ayu wasn't aware that her tattoo wouldn't be allowed at the last minute either since hers had tape over it last year, when normally they would take the time to airbrush it.

The selfish part of me though wishes that Namie would just perform anyways. :) I think she can definitely be counted on for the Best Artist show again at least this year, since that will coincide with her release date.

no Namie once again :( as expected..

aleast there's Ayu and Mika Nakashima. :)

edit: omg no alan and Miliyah Kato either... sucks

ok the one that really surprised me was NYC boys

seriously ? They're a temporary unit but now I kinda doubt it & I really feel so sorry for Hey ! Say ! JUMP :(

anyway most of my fave artistes are on the list except for the lesser well known ones that I support like BREAKERZ .___. but it's nice that ayaka will be attending/performing before she goes on her indefinite hiatus

also go go Fukuyama Masaharu-san :cool & congrats to the 1st timers like Yusuke & flumpool :heart

Namie rejected it most likely because she spent her New year eve with her son instead of with work...

^ aww thats seriously so sweet of her :love

yay for ai, kuu and toho :yatta

i just caree about tohoshinki, ayu and Arashi :heart
i'm so happy for them!! it's gonna be their first time!

If that were the case she wouldn't do the CDTV New Years show either, but she has done that one several times.

yay for Ayu, Ai, Kuu, and Mika :heart

congrats to my boys (arashi :P) :luv2 nice to see kaela kimura on the list, too!

aren't some new years shows pre-recorded?

maybe it's cdtv case