[Official Message] ayumi will be performing at the 60th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen

[Mirrorcle]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

If you're referring to Kouhaku Utagassen it is going to be aired in late December and it's regularly uploaded to jpopsuki

Originally Posted by noidea

addition:...usually in HD(at least ayus performance and the ones of other "huge" artists...)

Thanks guys!!
I'll have to keep a look out for that!
...And make a Jpopsuki account. ;_;

[pommy48]

^ this seems to only be the "expected performers" list

if it was official, it would probably include the song they'll sing

[ownsarai]

Well, if she is going to be there, I wonder what song she will sing.
Go RED team!

[TITANIC]

eww. no SPEED this year. i still doubtful red team could win

[koumori]

^-^ Thanks for sharing ! And that's right, if it hadn't been posted here I probably wouldn't have seen it, thanks Karen xD

Looking forward to seeing the performances! *o* ~So much to look forward to, yaaay~

[SunshineSlayer]

I think this is the list of "hopeful" performers. Kohaku always has tons of enka singers and there are none on either list.

Still though, I'd be surprised if Ayu didn't go.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Still though, I'd be surprised if Ayu didn't go.

One day she's going to pull a Diva attitude and not go or something

[Crystal_Ageha]

Meh. Not really a fan of anybody on the white team... But the red team has AI, ayaka, Kumi and Ayumi. Go red!

[Aderianu]

I want to know what song she will perform ^^ Hope, that's will not be Sunset

[polka-dot-jewel]

Last year she performed "Mirrorcle World"... that was a special exception, I think they said, because she opened for the first time, and they wanted to really change and open it with a "bang" haha.

I do wonder what she'll perform this year, too. She always releases winter singles, so I wonder if she'll perform that or something from earlier this year...?

[jbrat2219]

Doesn't Kouhaku choose the songs the artists have to perform?

[SunshineSlayer]

^ I can just imagine how dead the Kohaku audience would be if she performed Sunrise. I'm guessing it will be a new ballad we haven't heard yet.

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Doesn't Kouhaku choose the songs the artists have to perform?

As far as I know, they do not. They may give suggestions, but ultimately it is up to the artist/record company. They do make you cover up your tattoos though. ^_^ Interestingly in 2002, Namie performed Wishing on the Same Star and had her tattoos showing. I imagine they must have gotten a lot of complaints because the next year she had them covered with makeup for her performance and that's the only time I've ever seen her cover hers for a performance. She hasn't performed on Kohaku since then. Also Ayumi obviously had to cover hers - which was kind of strange last year actually because it seemed like a last minute thing. She didn't have it covered with makeup but with a large bandage that stood out - obviously she had been covering that tattoo at Kohaku with makeup for the last several years, it was only last year that she had a bandage over it.

[IYFreak]

I hope she performs a new song, like a nice ballad and not sunrise/sunset.

[maze]

Originally Posted by IYFreak

I hope she performs a new song, like a nice ballad and not sunrise/sunset.

OH YEAH PLEASE!

[maaya]

Yay~ Ayu and ARASHI!!! I really want to see Kouhaku this year.

[ayumisrael]

oooo Great! I can't wait. *_*

The white team will win again lol (ARASHI).

[maze]

^ this is just an expected list.. not the official

[truehappiness]

I don't think this forecast-thing is official.

[Tasked]

Thanks for posting this here, else I wouldn't have read it. Kouhaku is the most important peformance of the year, so I'm glad Ayu's most probably gonna attend it again. And hopefully she will not her latest single. A new song, or maybe 'Curtain Call' will be a good idea.

[njanjayrp]

AAA and SID o.O I'm also glad to see JUJU there. As someone said it would be weird if Ayu wasn't on the list ^^