Song selection for 61st NHK Kohaku Uta Hassen announced

[KarenPang]

On December 21st, NHK announced the song selection for the 44 artists/groups appearing at the Kohaku Uta Gassen, which will be broadcast live on December 31st.

This announcement is usually made through their website and the other usual ways, but this year they aired a special program called “Mou sugu Kohaku! Yoshu SP” (Kohaku will be soon! Preparation Special). This year AKB48, Koda Kumi and Wada Akiko (red team) as well as ARASHI, NYC, Kayama Yuzo, Go Hiromi and SMAP (white team) will be presenting special medleys instead of just one song. Singer Nakamura Mitsuko will also set a new record by presenting her song “Kawachi otokobushi” for the 8th time at Kohaku uta gassen.

Kohaku uta gassen is one of the longest running programs in Japanese TV and shows the biggest Jpop and Enka-artists of the year on December 31st. This years hosts will be ARASHI for the white team and actress Matsushita Nao for the red team.

<Artist / Song (Number Of Appearances)>

<Red Team>

aiko / Mukai awase (9)
Angela Aki / Kagayaku hito (5)
Ikimono gakari / Arigato (3)
Ishikawa Sayuri / Amagigoe (33)
Uemura Kana / Toilet no kami-sama (1)
AKB48 / Kohaku 2010 AKB48 Kamikyoku SP (3)
Kawanaka Miyuki / Nirinsou (23)
Kumiko / INORI ~Inori~ (1)
Koda Kumi / KODAKUMI 2010 Special Medley (6)
Godai Natsuko / Hitorizake (17)
Kobayashi Sachiko / Kaa-chan no hitorigoto (32)
Sakamoto Fuyumi / Mata kimi ni koi shiteru (22)
Tendo Yoshimi / Jinsei michizure (15)
DREAMS COME TRUE / Ikite yuku no desu feat. The Kohaku Special Brass band (14)
Nakamura Mitsuko / Kawachi otokobushi (15)
Nishino Kana / Best Friend (1)
Hamasaki Ayumi / Virgin Road (12)
Perfume / Nee (3)
Hirahara Ayaka / Voyagers (7)
Mizuki Nana / PHANTOM MINDS (2)
Mizumori Kaori / Matsushima Kiko (8)
Wada Akiko / AKKO ii!!! Kohaku 2010 Special (34)

<White Team>

ARASHI / 2010 Kohaku Original Medley (2)
Itsuki Hiroshi / Oshiroi hana (40)
HY / Toki wo koe (1)
EXILE / I Wish For You (6)
NYC / Yoku asobi yoku manabe 100% NYC (2)
Kayama Yuzo / Wakadaisho 50-nen Special Medley (17)
Kitajima Saburo / Fusetsu nagaretabi (47)
Go Hiromi / GO! GO! Iya~ Kohaku Special Medley (23)
Kobukuro / Ryusei (6)
SMAP / This is love’10 SP Medley
TOKIO / advance (17)
Tokunaga Hideaki / Toki no nagare ni mi wo makase (5)
AAA / Aitai riyu (1)
Hikawa Kiyoshi / Niji-iro no Bayon (11)
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS / Ato hitotsu (2)
Fukuyama Masaharu / Michishirube (3)
flumpool / Kimi ni todoke (2)
Hosokawa Takashi / Naniwabushi da yo jinsei wa (34)
Porno Graffitti / Kimi wa 100% (9)
Mori Shinichi / Erimomisaki (43)
Yusuke / Hito (2)
L’Arc~en~Ciel / BLESS (4)

http://www.tokyohive.com/2010/12/son...sen-announced/

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Thanks for the list

I'm glad Kana is singing Best Friend

[Polyrhythm]

Arigatou for Ikimonogakari? Nice!

Nee for Perfume!!!!!

Ewwww......Best Friend for Kana? Disappointed

Meh......one of those AKB medleys again....hope it turns out good.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Perfume performing Nee!! Kana's doing Best Friend...? Ok...

Excited for Virgin Road<# It would've been amazing if Kuu had done Anata dake ga, but that would've never happened.

[dreamland2.0]

Yay Best Friend!! Love that song.
And I wish Perfume would've sang something other than Nee ;___;
Can't wait for AKB48 and of course NANA-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!
Already know Nana's is going to be the best performance of the night

[TITANIC]

lovely. Good choice Ayu...

[Raiu-Ayu]

Cool!! Virgin Road

And AAA are doing Aitai Riyuu yay!! I'm so happy they aren't doing Makenai Kokoro

[Taru86]

Cool! I can't wait to see Ayu and Kuu perform!

[Bigtop]

I can't wait for it!!!

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

with Virgin Road performance the red team is gonna win

[love in music]

so excited for Virgin Road!

[choocolateh]

Wow, a lot of Johnny's members are going to be participating this year..o.o

I'm excited to see Kuu, Perfume, L'arc, and Ayu!

And I'm surprised Kara or Girl's Generation aren't on the list. They were dominating the Japanese media and sales the last time I checked. Why? :<

[Mirai Noah]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

And AAA are doing Aitai Riyuu yay!! I'm so happy they aren't doing Makenai Kokoro

Me too! I think this is the performance I'm the most excited for.

[Ranma Matsuri]

Woohoo~ red is so going to own. Too bad SNSD couldn't make it to round it off with their flawless fierceness.

[NintendoHTF1242]

eh...I wish Kana chose a different song to sing. Best Friend is great, but I'd rather hear Aitakute Aitakute tbh lol.

Can't wait to hear the Koda Kumi medley, that should be fun. And I thought Ayaka Hirahara was flopping really hard this year? So I'm surprised she's on the roster.

[agashi]

really good songs choice for ayu!
and can't wait for Kodakumi special medley !!!