The 64th Kohaku Uta Gassen'!

 
with Hosts Ayase Haruka and Arashi



Kōhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦), more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program. The show ends shortly before midnight.
Literally "Red and White Song Battle," the program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The "red" team or akagumi is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the "white" team or shirogumi is all male (or groups with male vocals). The honor of performing on Kōhaku is strictly by invitation, so only the most successful singing acts in the Japanese entertainment industry can perform. In addition to the actual music performances, the costumes, hair-styles, makeup, dancing, and lighting are important. Even today, a performance on Kōhaku is said to be a big highlight in a singer's career because of the show's large reach.

 This Years Teams. . .

[Red Team]

aiko (12)
E-girls (1)
Ikimonogakari (6)
Ishikawa Sayuri (36)
AKB48 (6)
SKE48 (2)
NMB48 (1)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (2)
Koizai Kaori (17)
Godai Natsuko (20)
Sakamoto Fuyumi (25)
Takahashi Mariko (2)
Tendo Yoshimi (18)
AAA (4)
DREAMS COME TRUE (15)
Nishino Kana (4)
Perfume (6)
Hamasaki Ayumi (15)
Fuji Ayako (19)
Matsuda Seiko (17)
Mizuki Nana (5)
Mizumori Kaori (11)
miwa (1)
Momoiro Clover Z (2)
Wada Akiko (37)

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[White Team]

Arashi (5)

Izumiya Shigeru (1)
Itsuki Hiroshi (43)
EXILE (9)
Kanjani8 (2)
Kitajima Saburo (50)
Chris Hart (1)
Go Hiromi (26)
Golden Bomber (2)
Kobukuro (8)
Sakanaction (1)
Sandaime J Soul Brothers (2)
SMAP (21)
Sexy Zone (1)
T.M.Revolution (4)
TOKIO (20)
Tokunaga Hideaki (8)
Hikawa Kiyoshi (14)
Fukuda Kohei (1)
Fukuyama Masaharu (6)
Hosokawa Takashi (37)
Porno Graffitti (12)
Miwa Akihiro (2)
Mori Shinichi (46)
Yuzu (5)
Linked Horizon (1)