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The 74th annual “Kouhaku Uta Gassen” has the lowest viewership rating ever, with the first part dropping below the 30% mark for the first time at 29.0%. The average audience rating (household) for the 74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen broadcast on NHK General on December Read More …
It was announced on the 28th that the Korean five-member female group NewJeans will be appearing for the first time on the “74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” (7/20), which will be broadcast on New Year’s Eve. Since their Korean debut in July last year, the Read More …
On the 28th, NHK announced that X JAPAN’s YOSHIKI (age unknown) will appear on the 74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen on New Year’s Eve. With the sad moments of 2023, On New Year’s Eve of 2023, YOSHIKI will perform a special stage at Kouhaku to Read More …
Cocomi (21), daughter of Kimura Takuya and Kudo Shizuka and it was announced that she will be performing on the 73rd NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen. Cocomi is a professional flutist and model and has been playing the flute since the age of 11 and made Read More …
NHK Chairman Maeda Terunobu has announced on September 10th that NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen on December 31st will be held with no audience for the first time in history. In addition, the broadcast will be from 7:30 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. In recent years, the Read More …
The average audience rating of the 70th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen which was broadcast on December 31, 2019 received a 34.7% rating from 7:15 p.m. in the Kanto area. After 9:00 p.m., the rating dipped to 27.3% with the average rating of 37.3%. This was Read More …
Hinatazaka46 has been confirmed to perform at Kouhaku Uta Gassen (NHK’s New Year’s Eve music special). The group has been around for four years but this is the first time invited since their name change from keyakizaka46 (lowerecase) to Hinatazaka46. The group is the third Read More …
Ayase Haruka (34) will be representing the red team and Arashi’s Sakurai Sho (37) will be representing the white team and will be the announcers for NHK’s 70th annual “Kouhaku Uta Gassen” This will be Ayase’s third time to be an announcer in four years Read More …
The first round of appearances for “Kouhaku Uta Gassen” were revealed. Spitz, Takeuchi Mariya (who will make her first appearance in eleven years), GLAY (will appear for the first time in 20 years), GENERATIONS, Hinatazaka46, Official HIGE DANdism and the Japanese Rugby team were among Read More …
The artists lineup for the 69th annual Kouhaku Uta Gassen (Red/White Battle on New Year’s Eve) was announced: 【特別企画】 椎名林檎と宮本浩次 https://t.co/Brn8TyLXca #NHK紅白 — NHK紅白歌合戦 (@nhk_kouhaku) November 14, 2018 One can expect to see AKB48, Keyakizaka46, Nogizaka46, Superfly, Nishino Kana, Perfume, MISIA, Little Glee Monster, Matsuda Seiko, aiko Read More …
A few announcements were made by NHK on November 9th in regards to their NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen (Red White Battle). The first is that Hirose Suzu (20) will represent the red team (female performers), while Arasi’s Sakurai Sho (36) will represent the white team Read More …