[Rumor] NHK 58th Kouhaku
 

If I'm not mistaken then Ayu will be performing talkin to myself @ Kouhaku

source: http://www1.plala.or.jp/nakaatsu/07yosouaka.htm

Hmm. That surprises me a bit as it would suit better with a ballad (imo) there. At least the Kouhaku performance is confirmed now, yay :)

hope YUI & namie will perform this year!!! especially namie... she hasn't attended kouhaku since 2003 >_<

Namie is also listed there, with Baby Don't Cry ^_^ (I lubb that song!)

Wow great list! AKB48!! AWESOME XD!

maybe "decision" is better....please...please Ayu:yes

It's great to hear that Ayu is going to perform talkin' 2 myself, although it's a bit different from the past of performing a ballad, but I think it will be a great performance!

Thanks for the info.

t2m again?...i really hope that she will perform other song...any one will do =)

I think she's more likely to perform "Together When..." though.

talkin' 2 myself is indeed "different" for Kouhaku, if we look at Ayu's history there:

1999 Boys & Girls
2000 SEASONS
2001 Dearest
2002 Voyage
2003 No way to say
2004 Moments
2005 fairyland
2006 JEWEL

^ most are ballads..wonder how t2m will be performed in kouhaku..im sure there will be more extravagent props.

dont tell me talkin' 2 myself will be performed exactly the same way ayu performed in tv appearances. then it will be nothing special. :(

^ Hope not but lately her Kohaku performances were nothing special

just another performance...

thanks for the news :X

Isn't this the list that predicts what she'll perform? :|

Oh that changes everything. If that's the case probably she'll sing the new ballad.

It's the end of the days with the big skirts! No wonder Kouhaku ratings are plummeting like there's no tomorrow. It's not special enough! But then again, artistes tend to perform their singles instead of unreleased tracks (JEWEL was like an exception, but it was originally meant to be a single anyway) so I'm glad that at least she wasn't going to perform glitter! That would have been WAY UNFITTING for the occasion (similar to that year she did fairyland, it's winter outside and you're singing a summer song?!)

I think they need to give them more exciting sets like certain variety shows do and also try and get artists to create a more exciting performance. The only highlight in the last kohaku was the DJ OZMA crazy act.

wow..hard rock song at kouhaku?! i think its first time there is rock song on that event

perhaps it will be the song of the internet sales...

edit: it seems t2m is confirmed but it's o k

Demure, you're right! more action!

Humm, I hope she doesn't sing "t2m". She doesn't do a great job with this song at all...

This really pull my hopes down. t2m? I prefer she performing fated instead.. But oh well I'm not really fond of ayu's single materials this year..

I hope she'll change her mind and perform a ballad instead..

I hope she changes her mind D:

great :)

Yaaaay! We love Namie!
Does Koda Kumi also perform?

I really hope Ayu will perform desicion! All that talkin' 2 myself :irked

EDIT: When will Kouhaku be aired on TV? :eyes

Yes she will.

31st December, 19:20-23:45 Japan time.

yay, yui performs love & truth!!!! <3



that is one jumbled-up site @.@;



if ayu starts dancing for t2m, i'm shooting avex >(

Read: This is NOT a confirmed list.
Throughout, it says that changes may appear and that these are people expected to perform based on certain elements.

I'd rather Ayu do a ballad rather than t2m.

is there a better site? all i see on this site is %($)#*#@Fff*E($)(e8430w8FD*T(% and other random stuff...

I hope she'll wear one of her crazy creative outfits for this.

Nothing's wrong with it, I guess you have to change the Character Encoding of your browser to Japanese when viewing the page?

I would have thought she'd perform Together When... to promote it and the new album...

Yeah I thought that too, but before I knew about the digital release, I was certain she will perform fated...
Disappointed.
And again NO Mr Children or Hikki.
GRRrrr.

Okay! Thanks!

So if it's not sure, she might perform "Together when..."?

She may perform talkin' 2 myself ~piano version~.

Like some ppl have said...that is a prediction song list....so I think in the end, she will perform Together When... It makes more sense if she does.

I agree...

Though it would be cool if she performed desicion... That makes me wonder: Why did she never perform desicion live?

^ Probably because decision is just a b-side.

she'll save it for your tour just like she did with alterna...or maybe she will sing it at cdtv special like she did with 1 love....

Decision is definitely a-side material for me...to bad she didn't preform it on tv...

^ yeah me too! decision deserves to be an a-side, i sometimes like it more than t2m!

Ohh so this list is not for sure?
Oh great!

Oh I have a stupid question.
How she has time to perform on Kouhaku and then doing the countdown?

Maybe it's pre-recorded :shrug

I'm pretty sure it's almost live. I understood the NHK building and Yoyogi stadium are almost next to each other. So basically she has time to do the Kouhaku performance quickly and then jump to preparing for the CDL. That's pretty much how she did last year too I'm sure, because we didn't see her there at all only when she performed...

she's magic



maybe they place her earlier in the performances? *shrugs*
she's obviously at her cdl, so i doubt she stays for the whole thing

As mentioned the two buildings are pretty much beside each other. Also, CDL starts at around 11 I think and she's definitely finished before 10.

It's only a list. But I think she's going to be in this year's Kouhaku - she's the best female Japanese pop singer around.

awesome! hope it's true.

yeah, i think that what she did every year, ayu is a hard worker!

Yay! But talking to myself? She's crap at it. :|

she's not really crap at it..just that it's weird to perform such kind of song in kouhaku and we have seen enough of her t2m performances..hope she will perform other song like decision or a new track from her album.

I like T2M, but it's becoming like Jewel... It's being performed too much! ><
please pick a different song!

yea i think that's the reason why the countdown live is always at the same location. I remember seeing ayu rushed to do the live after going somewhere (from the best of cdl documentary)...if the buildings were that close, imagine what it would be like if it was further away....o_O

t2m...again? oy...as much as I like the song, I wish she would do something different, fated, decision or Together When... would be a better choice I think, but meh...whatever she decides I guess.

i am not surprised that she plays in kouhaku...she plays every year!

EHH talkin' 2 myself ! XD HELL noooooooo! OMG! jaja :P

Ohh Man ! whatever, i hope that FNS, MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE and BEST ARTIST she sing a ballad song :S

I was hoping for fated but.. Mehh.

she better start promoting because sales aren't getting higher.

Wow, talkin' 2 myself again? I'm surprised it isn't Together when... since she should be promoting that. I've already seen her perform t2m quite a few times and the vocals aren't super impressive so I feel like a ballad would be better, but then again, she did perform JEWEL last year so she might have wanted to switch things up a bit.

I'll be happy to see Baby Don't Cry again though. Unfortunately the characters aren't even showing as they should but I'm assuming Hikki won't be performing since I don't see any of her English song titles listed. I wanted to see her do Flavor of Life or BW/K&C, but I don't remember seeing her on Kouhaku anytime recent anyways.

I agree with many others in thinking that she should perform "Together When..." to promote the upcoming album not talkin' 2 myself. I mean by the time she sings it, it'll have been quite some time since the release so... Plus, the single didn't perform very well so I think a new song would work well. Plus, a ballad just seems more appropriate for the winter season, ya know?

I really wished Hikki would perform at least one song. She definitely coulda performed Flavor Of Life - Ballad Version - or something. That coulda been a mega hit!

"Baby Don't Cry," yes that's Namie's best choice. I was going to say she perform "White Light" but she already did last year so... She could perform "Nobody," the B-Side from that single but i guess it's too similar to White Light. I guess "Baby Don't Cry" works but "Pink Key" woulda been awesome!

Anyways, yeah I don't think "talkin' 2 myself" was the best choice for Christmas but if she can pull it off well, promotion is promotion so I wish her all the best!!

I hope together when will be the song she is performing..
talkin' 2 myself doesn't fit in anyway

You guys, it's been explained like, for the last two years.

That site just guesses what the artist will perform at Kouhaku. No one really knows until the day of performance..

I was expecting Together When... instead =X since the japanese do not like it, i think she should move on, it is not good stuck at a single song :P

i believe she will sing glitter or together when...
i think rock song didn't fit the theme of that show

Finally remembered to move this thread because as stated many times before, this is not an official listing, but is a guess by someone not related to Kouhaku.

Hopefully! I'd rather have a ballad at the end of the year than talkin' 2 myself, to be honest.

yap..
great..
thanks the news..

the last i saw ayu in kouhaku when she sang moments

here's what i found:

第58回红白歌合戦出场歌手正式名单
【红组】
BoA（6）　长山洋子（14）　坂本冬美（19）　平原绫香（4）　浜崎あゆみ（9）
mihimaru GT（2） 藤あや子（16）　伍代夏子（14）　大冢爱（4）　夏川りみ（6）
モーニング娘。（10）＆℃‐ute（初）　香西かおり（15） 森昌子（16）　YUI（初）　绚香（2）
石川さゆり（29） 中岛美嘉（6） 小林幸子（29） アンジェラ・アキ（2） aiko（6）
水森かおり（5） 木村カエラ（初） 和田アキ子（31）　天童よしみ（12） 幸田来未（3）
DREAMS COME TRUE（12）　川中美幸（20）　リアディゾン（初）　RSP（初）

【白组】
w-inds. （6）　美川宪一（24）　鸟羽一郎（20）　SEAMO（2)　北山たけし（3）
细川たかし（33）　Gackt（5）　堀内孝雄（18）　ORANGE RANGE（3）　布施明（23）
前川清（17）　ゴスペラーズ（7）　森进一（40）　WaT（3）　TOKIO（14）　
ポルノグラフィティ（6）　さだまさし（19）　氷川きよし（8）　徳永英明（2)　秋川雅史 （2）　
コブクロ（3）　五木ひろし（37）　SMAP（15) 　北岛三郎（44)　中孝介（初)　
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS（初）　スピッツ（初） リュ・シウォン（初)　Aqua Timez（2）

Not talkin' again...I hope she doesn't do any overpromotion like fairyland and JEWEL....

Hope it will be together when...

'Cause it's a B-side?

BoA and YUI..
waw i like that

Surprised that C-ute is in it. Also that it's Spitz first time. Leah Dizon and Kimura Kaela are good choices. Who's RSP?