Morning Musume。'14, Berryz Kobo, ℃-ute, S/mileage, Juice=Juice, Hello!Project, TNX, and more
Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:12 am
The full artist list for NHK Kouhaku will be announced later today (11/24). Utada Hikaru and Kinki Kids already confirmed.
Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:54 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OmhYY-qbDk"Talkin' Body" by Traffic Light。
yeah, this Japanese dot should be a clue.
Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:16 pm
^ Unusually quite a lot of changes from last year actually. The figure in brackets represents the number of appearances in Kouhaku, with 1 meaning it's the first time.
Red team:
Pop: AI (1), ayaka (8), E-girls (4), ikimonogakari (9), Utada Hikaru (1), AKB48 (9), Ootake Shinobu (1), Keyakizaka46 (1), Sheena Ringo (4), Takahashi Mariko (4), Nishino Kana (7), Nogizaka46 (2), PUFFY (1), Perfume (9), Matsuda Seiko (20), miwa (4)
Enka: Ishikawa Sayuri (3), Ichikawa Yukino (1), Kouzai Kaori (19), Sakamoto Fuyumi (28), Shimazu Aya (3), Tendou Yoshimi (21), Mizumori Kaori (14)
White team:
Pop: Arashi (8), X JAPAN (7), Kanjani∞ (5), Kiritani Kenta (1), KinKi Kids (1), Gou Hiromi (29), Sandaime J Soul Brothers (5), THE YELLOW MONKEY (1), SEKAI NO OWARI (3), Sexy Zone (4), TOKIO (23), AAA (7), V6 (3), Fukuyama Masaharu (9), Hoshino Gen (2), yuzu (7), RADWIMPS (1), RADIO FISH (1)
Enka: Itsuki Hiroshi (46), Hikawa Kiyoshi (17), Fukuda Kouhei (3), Miyama Hiroshi (2), Yamauchi Keisuke (2)
Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:26 pm
Jordan Smith - O Holy Night
The beginning of my 2016 descent into Christmas/Holiday/etc music.
Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:10 pm
I love them a lot, but I'm guessing that the only reason PUFFY are going to be on Kouhaku is that this is their 20th anniversary. If that's so, they need to have a Hello! Project extravaganza next year!
It blows my mind that Hikki has never been on Kouhaku before.
Sat Nov 26, 2016 1:57 pm
'Bout time you realize that E-girls is boring as hell.
Regardless, I'm looking forward to Kana Nishino
, Perfume, Hikki, Sekai no Owari, Yuzu and RADWIMPS!