The 72nd NHK Kohaku Utagassen Lineup

 

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

Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing all of the acts and how they do at TIF especially as mentioned in the Wikipedia article, there will be some tweaks to the format. I'm also going to be interested in seeing newcomers such as Awesome City Club and Bish...plus, I've never heard of Mafumafu. Of course, it'll be great to hear from Masayuki Suzuki, Misia and Junretsu once again.