[KarenPang]

Kouhaku hasn't been that great the last few years imo

Surprised a few artistes are not invited back especially since this year are their respective different milestone anniversaries :

- Koda Kumi (20th) ; but she has to do a countdown live on the same day :s
- Hirai Ken (25th)
- V6 (25th)

Real happy for Fukuyama Masaharu-san though . This year's his 30th anniversary & it was great to see him perform on TV numerous times the last few days to promote his upcoming new album especially since he does not usually perform on TV often , same with B'z & GLAY

I wonder how ratings will be like for this year's Kouhaku with this being ARASHI's last participation

LDH used to dominate , maybe they will be invited back next year

Lastly I used to support GReeeeN , curious how they're going to perform especially since they said a long time ago they would show their faces once all the members graduated from dentistry school but that has not happened up to now :s