Watching Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦) is definitely one of the best way to spend your New Year’s Eve and NHK has confirmed the list of performers that will be going on stage this year for the 62nd Kouhaku.
Apart from the usual favorites like SMAP, Ayumi Hamasaki, EXILE, this year also feature some who are performing for the first time at Kouhaku such as Korean bands SNSD (少女時代) and KARA, and the ever kawaii Japanese child star Ashida Mana (芦田愛菜).
Red Team
- Aiko
- Angela Aki
- Kaoru and Tomoki, once a while Mukku (Marumaru Mori-mori)
- Ikimono Gakari
- AKB48
- KARA
- Kawanaka Miyuki
- Ayaka
- Ishikawa Sayuri
- Kobayashi Sachiko
- Koda Kumi
- Godai Natsuko
- Sakamoto Fuyumi
- SNSD
- Tendo Yoshimi
- Natsukawa Rimi
- Nishino Kana
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Perfume
- Ayaka Hirahara
- Fuji Ayako
- Matsuda Seiko
- Mizuki Nana
- Mizumori Kaori
- Wada Akiko
- Kanda Sayaka
- Shiina Ringo
- Matsutoya Yumi
White Team
- Arashi
- Akikawa Masafumi
- Itsuki Hiroshi
- EXILE
- NYC
- Kitajima Saburou
- Go Hiromi
- SMAP
- Sen Masao
- Tohoshinki
- TOKIO
- Tokunaga Hideaki
- AAA
- Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi
- Nishida Toshiyuki
- Hikawa Kiyoshi
- Hirai Ken
- FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
- Fukuyama Masaharu
- flumpool
- Hosokawa Takashi
- Porno Graffiti
- L’Arc~en ciel
- Mori Shinichi
- Inawashirokos
- Suzuki Fuku
- Yuzu
Just so you know, SNSD is also known as Girls’ Generation outside Japan. They’re really popular in many parts of Korea, even here in the Philippines.