That rather huge building off in the distance? Well, that's the Tokyo International Forum, otherwise known as this year's site for the annual NHK Kohaku Utagassen (Red-and-White Song Festival) held every New Year's Eve. The TIF will be holding the big event this year since the traditional NHK Hall venue is undergoing some major renovations (but it should be ready for the end of 2022). I've walked through there a few times and it's a bit of a TARDIS in that the various halls inside the complex actually appear larger than what it might even seem on the outside.
I did a copy/paste of the list from the Wikipedia article on the show. Also feel free to take a look at it right here.
Red Team White Team
Artist No. of Appearances Artist No. of Appearances
Ai 4 KAT-TUN 1
Aimyon 3 Kanjani Eight 10
Sayuri Ishikawa 44 King & Prince 4
Awesome City Club 1 Hiromi Go 34
Mone Kamishiraishi 1 Generations from Exile Tribe 3
Fuyumi Sakamoto 33 Junretsu 4
Sakurazaka46 2 Masayuki Suzuki 4
Yoshimi Tendo 26 SixTones 2
Tokyo Jihen 2 Snow Man 1
NiziU 2 Dish 1
Nogizaka46 7 Bump of Chicken 2
Perfume 14 Kiyoshi Hikawa 22
Bish 1 Dai Hirai 1
Hinatazaka46 3 Masaharu Fukuyama 14
Seiko Matsuda 25 Gen Hoshino 7
Misia 6 Tomoyasu Hotei 1
Kaori Mizumori 19 Mafumafu 1
Milet 2 Hiroshi Miyama 7
Millennium Parade × Belle 1 Hiroji Miyamoto 2
Hiroko Yakushimaru 2 Keisuke Yamauchi 7
Yoasobi 2 Yuzu 12
Lisa 3
I'm a fan of NiziU, so I'm looking forward to their performances. Also, it's great to see the legendary Seiko Matsuda there(25th appearance!).
ReplyDeleteHello, good to hear from you. I should have asked who everyone else wanted to hear. Yup, Seiko-chan is back along with Hiroko Yakushimaru.
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