With less than a month and a half remaining until the next annual New Year’s Eve broadcast, the official website for NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen today unveiled the 41 artists who will form the long-running music show’s 75th lineup.
The accompanying number below indicates each artist’s total selections for the program. Ten artists, three on Red Team (consisting of female artists) and seven on White Team (consisting of male artists), will be making their first appearance this year.
Red Team
aiko (15)
Aimyon (6)
ILLIT (Debut)
Sayuri Ishikawa (47)
Iruka (2)
HY (3)
Fuyumi Sakamoto (36)
Sakurazaka46 (4)
Ringo Sheena (9)
Superfly (8)
Mariko Takahashi (6)
tuki. (Debut)
Yoshimi Tendo (28)
TWICE (5)
Nogizaka46 (10)
ME:I (Debut)
MISIA (9)
Kaori Mizumori (22)
Ryokuoushoku Shakai (3)
LE SSERAFIM (3)
White Team
Omoinotake (Debut)
Creepy Nuts (Debut)
GLAY (4)
Hiromi Go (37)
Kocchi no Kento (Debut)
THE ALFEE (2)
JO1 (3)
Junretsu (7)
Da-iCE (Debut)
TOMORROW X TOGETHER (Debut)
Number_i (Debut)
Leon Niihama (Debut)
Vaundy (2)
BE:FIRST (3)
Masaharu Fukuyama (17)
Fujii Kaze (3)
Gen Hoshino (10)
Mrs. GREEN APPLE (2)
Kosetsu Minami (6)
Hiroshi Miyama (10)
Keisuke Yamauchi (10)
The show’s four-hour live format, hosted this year by Kanna Hashimoto, Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Sairi Ito and Naoko Suzuki, sees two teams compete for votes from the audience and a panel of celebrity judges. Song titles and performance order are usually revealed in mid-December.
The above lineup includes 21 artists who’ve performed anime theme songs, of which 13 have featured in anime this year, including:
Red Team
aiko (Insomniacs After School OP)
Aimyon (Her Blue Sky)
Sayuri Ishikawa (Lupin the 3rd Part IV ED)
HY (Kinokoinu Mushroom Pup OP)
Ringo Sheena (Hell’s Paradise OP)
Superfly (Aoashi OP2)
Nogizaka46 (ATRI -My Dear Moments- OP)
MISIA (Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans ED)
Ryokuoushoku Shakai (The Apothecary Diaries OP)
White Team
Omoinotake (My Hero Academia Season 7 ED)
Creepy Nuts (DAN DA DAN OP)
GLAY (Grendizer U OP)
THE ALFEE (Shinkalion: Change the World ED2)
JO1 (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse OP2)
Da-iCE (FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST OP)
TOMORROW X TOGETHER (Solo Leveling OP)
Leon Niihama (Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa OP)
Vaundy (My Hero Academia: You’re Next)
Masaharu Fukuyama (Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer ED)
Gen Hoshino (SPY x FAMILY CODE: White ED)
Mrs. GREEN APPLE (Oblivion Battery OP)
Source: Official Website
