NHK announces artist line up for ‘63rd Kohaku Uta Gassen’
 

Red Team (Female)
aiko (11)
Ayaka (6)
Ikimonogakari (5)
Ishikawa Sayuri (35)
AKB48 (5)
SKE48 (1)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (1)
Koizai Kaori (16)
Koda Kumi (8)
Godai Natsuko (19)
Sakamoto Fuyumi (24)
Tendo Yoshimi (17)
Nakashima Mika (9)
Nishino Kana (3)
Perfume (5)
Hamasaki Ayumi (14)
Fuji Ayako (18)
Princess Princess (1)
Mizuki Nana (4)
Mizumori Kaori (10)
Momoiro Clover Z (1)
YUI (1)
YUKI (1)
Yuki Saori (13)
Wada Akiko (36)

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White Team (Male)
Arashi (4)
Itsuki Hiroshi (42)
HY (2)
EXILE (8)
NYC (4)
Kanjani 8 (1)
Kitajima Saburo (49)
Go Hiromi (25)
Golden Bomber (1)
Kobukuro (7)
Saito Kazuyoshi (1)
Sandaime J Soul Brothers (1)
SMAP (20)
Tachi Hiroshi (2)
TOKIO (19)
Tokunaga Hideaki (7)
AAA (3)
Naoto Inti Raymi (1)
Hikawa Kiyoshi (13)
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (4)
Fukuyama Masaharu (5)
Hosokawa Takashi (36)
Porno Graffitti (11)
Miwa Akihiro (1)
Mori Shinichi (45)

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/nhk...ku-uta-gassen/

http://i.imgur.com/EY0FB.gif

http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/artists/index.html

Yay but ew can't believe they're inviting joke/novelty act Kyary
t4p

I wish she could perform a ballad

The theme is "Uta de Aitai"...."I want to meet by/in song"? Song 4 U then??

Good. As it should be. :)

Also, I'm excited for Golden Bomber, lol.

I'm super surprised that YUI, YUKI and Princess Princess have never attended before though... I wonder if YUI just always declined?

unforgettable performance! Red team rocks

Missing is alllll about the aitai lol

I love the artist line-up and I think it might be kirky-kind-of-interesting with Kyary attending. Oh well. I'll just have to wait and see. I'm happy to see Perfume, Ikimonogakari, and Porno Graffiti on the list. Oh and Golden Bomber - I'll be looking forward to their performance.

I'm pretty sure Ayu's going to put on another stellar performance no matter what song she chooses to sing. ~

I think this time it's really hard to guess which song she'll perform :-) Song 4 or Missing would be great!

song 4 u would be great. looking forward to see her performance

yay for the 14th time of appearance at kouhaku!
can't wait for the performance.
song 4 u most likely to be performed..

coolness of Kuu & Kana being there, but no Kpop :( *sob*

I wanna hear a live perf for "Missing" so bad!

Yaay!

yay for ayu n mika~~~
horray no kpop...

Dear Japan:

Call me when you guys find interesting people to be on your shows kthxbai.


So, yey for the koda. But she'll probably sing that ballad so, blah.

Two things (well 3):
Yay ayumi!
Are the numbers in the ( ) how many times they have been there?
And is the order they are in the list the order that they perform?

yes
no. Ayu probably will be first because of her CDL

ah I see!
thanks so much!

Good.. Good... performances are good! She will do Missing or Sweet Scar, I think?

Song 4 u is a good choice I hope she'll perform that one (Can I wish for Return Road? LOL)

Ps. Oh God, why is no Sachiko Kobayashi.

I would love to see Missing! but its most likely that she will sing Song 4 U xD another human dress ? ^^

Im hoping she performs something off of again or LOVE... just to try and push sales...
she might even do something off of the classical album!!

Yay for Porno Graffitti!

Yey for Kuu and Ayu to be there. I can't wait♥

As for YUI, it's probably because she's going to 'indefinite hiatus' state and something like, last performance as "YUI" so her last stage is in this Kouhaku.

God, why there are 5 Johnny's there, which most likely will be the winner.

As for Ayu song, I believe it's gonna be Song 4 u, not because it's TOX2 song which last year she sang that first TOX song, but the theme really fits, and nice for an opening.

that's because she's fierce. i bet she'll show up with an inflatable santa on her head. ilh

smh at those crap johnny's acts.

it'd be a dream come true if dir en grey could just crash that **** and ruin everyone's day. :heart

ayu, kyary and AKB are the only ones I'm interested this year.

i wonder what AKB will do??
Maybe Sugar Rush?!

Not surprised here...but also not going to be a surprise if she goes first again, for the fifth consecutive year (CDL as the reason). Now, I have a feeling Ayu's not going to be a major driver for the red team; it could be the idols of AKB48/SKE48 and Momoclo that will be the major factor in their effort to defend against FIVE Johnny's (Arashi, SMAP, TOKIO, NYC, and KANJANI8!?) and the boys of the white team...

This also applies to "Perfume". It ought to be said that all of their performances are fully playback, albeit I don't want to start the playback discussion anew.

Maybe I am not young enough anymore to have acts like that meet my demands, but still I don't get the point in having singers come to your show that refuse to actually, well, sing and whose intention therefore solely lays in making an appearance on stage to promote upcoming musical releases :drunk

for those types of acts its all about the playback... thats what they do. there is no question about it nor do they try and lie about it.

besides, sometimes they sing live as well.

kiary!

I can understand that because Perfume's whole act is being flawless/manufactured/robotic where as Kyary is just a wig and fake eyelashes with a recording contract.

I was thinking it would be cool if she sang Song 4 u and she does exactly what she does in the PV thanks to an hologramme it would a fantastic performance ! I just dreaming lol

Interesting list.
I'm surprised to see Momoiro Clover Z, wonder what song they will sing. As for ayu, I really hope for song for you!! :luv2

Many good artists in the Red Team !!!
The white team is boring for me, they need more bands

Can't wait to see her performance!

scandal: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20121021pb.html

:thud sobbing, she is Kouhaku

the majority of the new artists are annoying novelty acts, like Golden Bombers what a joke

anyway hopefully Ayu does Song 4 U

Ayaka, Kyary, Perfume, and Ayu. Sad Tohoshinki isn't there. :( Oh well~

Korean artist aren't invited this year due to the commotion of the fishing island >. <

Yeah.. we all know that that's the real reason, no matter what they might say otherwise. :innocent

She can either do Song 4 u (similar to progress last year) with many dancers

or Missing with a huge dress. Dont require any dancers.

EDIT: if its anything else i will be very shocked!

Seems like theres a song list somewhere out? i saw it in the kuu thread

Would be cool, but very hard to accomplish. The technology known as "holograms" today is in fact just a 2D projection that requires invisible screens on stage and lots of hidden projectors. Real holograms do not exist yet unfortunately, the whole 2Pac hologram was a scam. So having it with the amount of movement from the PV...it's possible, but would be incredibly expensive and the most elaborate case of it in...well...ever xD

It's weird though if that's said about Ayu since she has had way more input towards the way things end up than some of these acts. Perfume is flawless and perfect (but they weren't always so 'manufactured looking' imo and they only recently pushed the "WE ARE GIRL ROBOTS KIND OF" recently), but I think a lot of that is their creative team behind that 'image'. It's very modern and incredibly sleek. I do not think that the reason for it is the three girls, but whoever they have making their PVs, choreographing the dances, designing the clothes for each girl, and so on. The music is incredibly catchy thanks to Yasutaka Nakata. The same goes for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, who I think without the addition/support of Yasutaka Nakata, would not be able to be as crazy!as!@(#@!wacko as she is in her image/videos and still remain appealing because being so "Oh, Japan! ONLY IN JAPAN CAN THIS GIRL FART RAINBOWS/HAS LIPS IN HER HAIR/IS WEARING TECHNICOLOR GRANNY PANTIES" can only grab people's attention for so long.

I'm more excited what she's gonna wear on the show. It would be awesome if she wear Kimono like dress.

She may do something like last year with a 'big reveal'.

If she ends up singing Song 4 u, it could work. I think it's probable she'll work with that one fashion designer again. (Maruyama Keita)

ayu sing Dearest ~ SURREAL~ evolution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

just saw the live and i think it was pretty good but is it me or the audience was dead.

I hope, she sings Ivy or Sweet Scar. (^.^)

^It is over already and she did a medley of Dearest - Evolution - SURREAL. ;)

I missed it cause I was making dinner! But that's good, I'm glad she did that. :)

I just missed Ayaka too... D:

Probably a stupid question...but do the numbers next to the names mean the number of times they've perfomed? I've never paid attention to Kohaku before xD

Yep, that's it. 初 - this Kanji is for first timers. :)

Thank you! :) Learn something new every day haha~

After finally seeing this, I thought she sang well in this. From all what i was reading, just sound all bi#%hy saying how bad her voice is but I love this, of corse her voice doesnt sound the same, [One] being the songs are like 12 years old, [Two] she has lost her hearing in one ear, but I think this was the best Kohaku Uta Gassen from her since loosing her hearing in one ear

really a great performance!!!!

That 'bird cage dress'..... This is probably the craziest dress she ever wore for the Kohaku. She usually always wear a safe and elegant pieces, not this Gaga-ish or KPerr-ish thingy....okay maybe Gaga-ish only.

Birdcage dress is probably on the same level as the Little Bo Peep dress, imo.

what about last year's human dress :cool

could anyone name all the years and songs she ever sang on Kohaku? i'm curious to hear...

1999 - Boys & Girls
2000 - SEASONS
2001 - Dearest
2002 - Voyage
2003 - No way to say
2004 - Moments
2005 - fairyland
2006 - JEWEL
2007 - Together When...
2008 - Mirrorcle World
2009 - Rule
2010 - Virgin Road
2011 - progress
2012 - 2012 A SPECIAL MEDLEY

This should be right, I think?

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BF%...B4%80%E9%8C%84

Bookmark this page if you want it for future reference.

^thanks!!

I loved the bird cage dress and kind of wish she wore that the entire time and just stuck to singing one song. I was blown away by 2011's Progress performance but this one didn't do the same for me. Except I wondered how she did the costume changes so damn fast. Lol.

Ayu is so beautiful with that dress but I really don't like her vocals here.

She always makes amazing on Kohaku

same, tho it wasn't bad, but i loved what she did with progress.
from fist glance the costumes looked quite complicated, but i am sure the designer made them so she could change quickly.

i wached her moments performance from Kouhaku and i was wondering why didn't he just stuck to that gorgeous dress for the entire thing instead of dancers tearing it off at the third part of the song...

her performances at that event are all quite amazing. I think i loved the idea they did with progress the most even tho she looked quite tired.

I love this video of Momocio's fans cheering so happily for Ayu during her Kouhaku performance, it gets awesome during the part when she sings Evolution: