In the middle of this year, Nana Mizuki [水樹奈々] became the first seiyuu to clinch the #1 top spot on the Oricon weekly charts. NHK has announced the official list of performers for the upcoming New Year’s Eve 60th Kouhaku Uta Uta Gassen 「紅白歌合戦」, and Nana Mizuki has been included in the red team!

And here’s a youtube video of the news clip with Nana Mizuki expressing how it was her wish since little to perform at Kouhaku and she will give it all her best this New Year Eve:

The entire list of artists for the 60th Kouhaku Uta Uta Gassen 「紅白歌合戦」:

Source: はちま起稿

Artists for the red team include:

• aiko
• Junko Akimoto
• Ayaka
• Angela Aki
• Ikimono Gakari
• Sayuri Ishikawa
• AKB48
• Ai Otsuka
• GIRL NEXT DOOR
• Miyuki Kawanaka
• Kaela Kimura
• Kumi Koda
• Natsuko Godai
• Sachiko Kobayashi
• Fuyumi Sakamoto
• Yoshimi Tendo
• DREAMS COME TRUE
• Mika Nakashima
• Mitsuko Nakamura
• Ayumi Hamasaki
• Perfume
• Ayaka Hirahara
• Nana Mizuki
• Kaori Mizumori
• Akiko Wada

Artists for the white team include:

• Arashi
• ALICE
• Hiroshi Itsuki
• EXILE
• NYC boys
• Saburo Kitajima
• Takeshi Kitayama
• Kobukuro
• Jero
• SMAP
• TVXQ
• TOKIO
• Hideaki Tokunaga
• Kiyoshi Hikawa
• FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
• Masaharu Fukuyama
• Akira Fuse
• flumpool
• Takashi Hosokawa
• Porno Graffiti
• Kenichi Mikawa
• Shinichi Mori
• Yusuke Kamiji
• Yuzu
• Remioromen

Personally, I’m looking forward to performance from many of the artists, including: Angela Aki, Ai Otsuka, Nana Mizuki (of course!), Arashi, and flumpool.