Artistes Announced For The 65th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen

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Originally Posted by Polyrhythm

Nogizaka shits on AKB48 on a daily basis in terms of sheer quality. It's a shame the right group isn't going to the event...

I have a feeling they - and HKT48 - could end up in the next year's Kouhaku (66th)! Cannot guarantee though, but Nogizaka46 is becoming pretty much dangerous as a potential "true" AKB48 competitor. But in terms of Kouhaku, same team as AKB48!

Originally Posted by Strongbad456

Morning Musume ignored again . And they're doing so great lately too, it's a shame they're not invited anymore.

Originally Posted by visionfactory

They are not popular anymore

Agreed. Today's current generation isn't in the mood for Morning Musume, now that AKB48 (and its related groups) has been pretty much the norm for today...

[Zemus]

Wow, gonna be quite a 80's boom on Kouhaku tonight. With Seiko, Yakushimaru Hiroko and now Nakamori Akina added to the list.

NHK has announced that singer Nakamori Akina will perform on 'The 65th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen' that's scheduled to broadcast on December 31 from 7:15 pm to 11:45 pm.

Nakamori resumed her activities in the beginning of this year after going on hiatus in 2009. On 'Kohaku', she will perform her new song "Rojo -Tierra-" live from a recording studio in the United States.

"Rojo -Tierra-" will be released as Nakamori's new single on January 21. This marks her first new song in about five and a half years. She's also scheduled to release her cover album "Utahime4 -My Eggs Benedict-" on January 28.

Source: tokyohive.

The show starts in about an hour from now. Since I don't have access to TV Japan or a proper stream, going to tune in and listen on NHK Radio 1 instead.

Let's hope all goes smooth for red team host Yoshitaka Yuriko too. I understood she had some moments during the rehearsals.

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Originally Posted by Zemus

The show starts in about an hour from now. Since I don't have access to TV Japan or a proper stream, going to tune in and listen on NHK Radio 1 instead.

Wait...can you listen to NHK Radio 1, even though you live in Finland (anywhere outside Japan)? How?

[Zemus]

Well, usually no. But I have a Japanese IP (located in Osaka) right now. Using VPN service.

E-girls, miwa.

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Originally Posted by Zemus

Well, usually no. But I have a Japanese IP (located in Osaka) right now. Using VPN service.

E-girls, miwa.

Yeah, geographical restrictions limit to Japan. Much like Super Bowl online streaming, which is currently restricted to the USA...

[KarenPang]

White team's 3rd consecutive win at this year's Kohaku

The annual New Year's Eve music program "The 65th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen" was live-broadcasted from NHK Hall, Tokyo.

This year, the white team won the singing battle for the 3rd consecutive year, and Arashi's Ohno Satoshi received the championship flag.

Overall, the white team has 36 wins in all, while the red team has a total of 29 wins.

The theme of this year's Kohaku was "Let's sing. Everyone participate on New Year's Eve!"

The host for the white team was served by Arashi, and Yoshitaka Yuriko for the red team.

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...s-years-kohaku

ARASHI please don't host Kohaku again in 2015 ~_~