NHK’s 62nd ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘ Performance Order

Blogged earlier regarding the NHK's 62nd 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' line up, the performance order and titles were revealed!

[First Half]
1. Hamasaki Ayumi – progress
2. NYC – “100% Yuuki NYC”
3. Angela Aki – “One Family”
4. flumpool – “Akashi”
5. AKB48 – “Kohaku 2011 AKB48 Special MIX ~Ganbarou Nihon!~”
Red/White Duet: Ashida Mana & Suzuki Fuku – “Maru Maru Mori Mori!”
6. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – “Soredemo Shinjiteru”
7. Nishino Kana – “Tatoe Donna ni…”
8. AAA – “CALL”
9. Kawanaka Miyuki – “Nirinso”
10. Hirai Ken – “Itoshiki Hibi yo”
11. Fuji Ayako – “Ayako no Okuni Jiman dayo ~Ganbarona Tohoku!! Kohaku Special~”
12. Hosokawa Takashi – “Nebuta”
13. Mizuki Nana – “POP MASTER”
14. Porno Graffitti – “One More Time”
15. Inawashirokos – “I love you & I need you Fukushima”
16. Godai Natsuko – “Kinmokusei”
17. L’Arc~en~Ciel – “CHASE”
18. Mizumori Kaori – “Shounai Heiya Kazeno Naka”
19. Mori Shinichi – “Minato Machi Blues”
20. Shiina Ringo – “Carnation – Akagumi nara Dare Demo”
Red/White Duet: Natsukawa Rimi & Akikawa Masafumi – “Asu to Iu Hi ga”

[Second Half]
21. KARA – “KARA 2011 Special Medley”
22. Tokunaga Hideaki – “Jidai”
23. Perfume – “Laser Beam”
24. TOKIO – “Miageta Ryusei”
25. Shoujo Jidai – “GENIE”
26. Gou Hiromi – “Go Smile Japan”
27. aiko – “Koi no Superball”
28. Yuzu – “Hey Wa”
29. Koda Kumi – “Ai wo Tomenaide”
30. Tohoshinki – “Why? (Keep Your Head Down)”
31. Hirahara Ayaka – “Ohisama ~Taisetsu na Anata e”
32. Sen Masao – “Kita Guni no Haru”
33. Kobayashi Sachiko – “Onna no Sakaba”
34. Nishida Toshiyuki – “Ano Machi ni Umarete”
35. ayaka – “Minna Sora no Shita”
36. Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi – “Hitotsu”
37. Wada Akiko – “Ano Kane wo Narasu no wa Anata”
38. Arashi – “2011 Kohaku Special Medley”
39. Ikimonogakari – “Aruite Ikou”
40. Itsuki Hiroshi – “Furusato”
41. Matsuda Seiko & Kanda Sayaka – “Ue wo Muite Arukou”
42. Hikawa Kiyoshi – “Jounetsu no Mariachi”
43. Sakamoto Fuyumi – “Yozakura Oshichi”
44. Fukuyama Masaharu – “Kazoku ni Narou yo”
45. Matsutouya Yumi – “(Minna no) Haru yo, Koi”
46. EXILE – “Rising Sun”
47. Tendou Yoshimi – “Ai Sansan”
48. Kitajima Saburou – “Kaero Kana”
49. Ishikawa Sayuri – “Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki”
50. SMAP – “SMAP AID Kohaku SP”

Looks really awesome! Can't wait to watch it =D

AKB48 to hold their own 'Kohaku Uta Gassen'

It was announced on AKB48's official blog yesterday that they would be holding their very own '紅白歌合戦' ('Kohaku Uta Gassen') - a singing competition between Red and White Teams.

AKB48 would be participating and supporting NHK’s 62nd 'Kohaku Uta Gassen', which would take place on the last day of 2011, but before that, they would be having their own 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' where members are separated into Red and White Teams. It would be held on the 20th of December at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

UPDATE (15th December):
Viewers nationwide and overseas (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Singapore) would be able to vote to decided which would be the winning team.

Red Team
Captain: Takahashi Minami
Iwasa Misaki, Otsuka Shizuka, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Nakagawa Haruka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Maeda Atsuko, Maeda Ami, Matsubara Natsumi, Akimoto Sayaka, Uchida Mayumi, Umeda Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina, Miyazawa Sae, Yonezawa Rumi, Ishida Haruka, Kasai Tomomi, Kitahara Rie, Kobayashi Kana, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuda Yuka, Abe Maria, Izuta Rina, Iriyama Anna, Kato Rena, Nagao Mariya, Fujita Nana, Kojima Natsuki, Natori Wakana, Morikawa Ayaka, Omori Miyu, Sasaki Yukari, 16 members of NMB48

White Team
Captain: Oshima Yuko
Oota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Sashihara Rino, Itano Tomomi, Kikuchi Ayaka, Nonaka Misato, Matsui Sakiko, Minegishi Minami, Yokoyama Yui, Kashiwagi Yuki, Sato Amina, Suzuki Shihori, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu, Ichikawa Miori, Kobayashi Marina, Shimazaki Haruka, Shimada Haruka, Takeuchi Miyu, Nakamata Shiori, Nakamura Mariko, Yamauchi Suzuran, Kawaei Rina, Iwata Karen, Saeed Yokota Erena, Suzuki Rika, Takahashi Juri, Tano Yuka, Hirata Rina, Muto Tomu, 13th Generation Research Students, 16 members of SKE48, 16 members of HKT48

What's more, Golden Village Vivocity would be having a simulcasting of the AKB48's 'Kohaku Uta Gassen'!
Details from AKB48 Singapore Official Facebook Page

Date: 20 December 2011
Time: 5pm
Venue: GV Vivocity Hall 2 and 11
Ticket prices: $40 (GV Movie Club Members), $45 (Public)
Tickets can be purchased from Golden Village Box Offices and the Golden Village website at www.gv.com.sg.

[Golden Village - Akb48 Kohaku Utagattsen 'Live' Show]

UPDATE (20th December):
AKB48's 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' would be aired live on their Youtube channel unlisted and Google+.

UPDATE (20th December):
White Team, led by Oshima Yuko won!

UPDATE (21st December):
Photos from Sanspo

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!