NHK’s 62nd ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘ line-up

'紅白歌合戦' ('Kohaku Uta Gassen') is a year end (31st December) music event in Japan, the largest scale, where female artists compete with male artists in front of a panel of judges.

The artist line-up of NHK's 62nd 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' was released yesterday through live stream on Kohaku’s official website.

紅組 (Red Team - females)
aiko
Ashida Mana
Ayaka
Angela Aki
Ikimonogakari
Ishikawa Sayuri
AKB48
KARA
Kawanaka Miyuki
Kanda Sayaka
Koda Kumi
Godai Natsuko
Kobayashi Sachiko
Sakamoto Fuyumi
Shiina Ringo
Shoujo Jidai
Tendou Yoshimi
Natsukawa Rimi
Nishino Kana
Perfume
Hamasaki Ayumi
Matsuda Seiko
Matsutouya Yumi
Mizuki Nana
Mizumori Kaori
Wada Akiko

白組 (White Team - Male)
Akikawa Masafumi
Arashi
Itski Hiroshi
Inawashirokos
EXILE
NYC
Kitajima Saburou
Gou Hiromi
Suzuki Fuku
SMAP
Sen Masao
Tohoshinki
TOKIO
Tokunaga Hideaki
AAA
Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi
Ishida Toshiyuki
Hikawa Kiyoshi
Hirai Ken
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
Fukuyama Masaharu
flumpool
Hosokawa Takashi
Porno Graffitti
Mori Shinichi
Yuzu
L’arc~en~Ciel

This time, AKB48 not only would be participating in the event but also be official supporters of the show, where they are featured on the official website doing the count down of number of days to the show.
I love this show a lot. So many favourite singers in a single event performing. Can't wait to watch it!