2007 Kohaku Uta Gassen Lineup

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Author: teropong | December 5, 2007 - 1:35 pm

On Tuesday, NHK finally unveiled the complete rosters for this year’s Kohaku Uta Gassen. A total of 56 acts are part of the lineup.

Red Team: aiko, AKB48, Angela Aki, Amin, Ayaka, BoA, Leah Dizon, Dreams Come True, Godai Natsuko, Hamasaki Ayumi, Hello! Project 10th Anniversary Kohaku Special Team (Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, °C-ute), Hirahara Ayaka, Hitoto Yo, Ishikawa Sayuri, Kawanaka Miyuki, Kobayashi Sachiko, Koda Kumi, Kozai Kaori, mihimaru GT, Mizumori Kaori, Nagayama Yoko, Nakagawa Shoko, Nakamura Ataru, Nakamura Mitsuko, Nakashima Mika, Otsuka Ai, Sakamoto Fuyumi, Tendo Yoshimi, Wada Akiko.

White Team: Akikawa Masafumi, Baba Toshihide, EXILE, Fuse Akira, Gackt, Hikawa Kiyoshi, Hirai Ken, Itsuki Hiroshi, Kitajima Saburo, Kitayama Takeshi, Kobukuro, Kome Kome Club, Maekawa Kiyoshi, Makihara Noriyuki, Mikawa Kenichi, Mori Shinichi, Porno Graffiti, Sada Masashi, SMAP, Sugimoto Masato, Sukima Switch, Terao Akira, Toba Ichiro, TOKIO, Tokunaga Hideaki, w-inds., WaT.

This is the first Kohaku appearance for AKB48, Nakagawa Shoko, Nakamura Ataru, Koubou Berryz, °C-ute, Leah Dizon, Sugimoto Masato, and Baba Toshihide.

source : tokyograph

Kōhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦, Kōhaku Uta Gassen?), more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on the New Year’s Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK’s networks and some overseas (mainly cable) broadcasters which bought the program.

The show ends shortly before midnight (when NHK switches to a frenzy of “Happy New Year” greetings from around the nation).

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 (赤組, 紅組, akagumi?) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the “white” team or shirogumi (白組, shirogumi?) is all male (or groups with male vocals).

The honor of performing on Kōhaku is strictly by invitation, so only the most successful J-Pop artists and enka singers can perform.

In addition to the actual music performances, the costumes, hair-styles, makeup, dancing, and lighting are also 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.

source : wikipedia

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