NHK Announces Artist Line Up for This Years Kohaku Uta Gakusen

NHK has announced the initial artist list for Red Vs White Kohaku Uta Gakusen. This years line up will have 22 Red Artists and 21 White Artists with one special artist for a total of 44 acts. Awesome City Club, Mone Kamishirai, BiSH, and millennium parade X Bell (Kaho Nakamura) are the new artists on the Red side, with KAT-TUN, Snow Man, DISH//, Dai Hirai, Tomoyasu Hotei, Maru Maru on the White side. Special guest and actor Ken Matsudaira will be performing “Matsuken Sabo II” as an extra act. 

Below is the entire artist list and we at OTY can’t wait to see the amazing acts that will perform at this years Kohaku Uta Kakusen!

72nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gakusen Artist List (Amount of Performance)

Red Artist

AI(4)
Aimyon(3)
Sayuri Ishikawa(44)
Awesome City Club(First)
Mone Kamishiraishi (First)
Fuyumi Sakamoto(33)
Sakurazaka46(2)
Yoshimi Tendo(26)
Tokyo Jihen(2)
NiziU(2)
Nogizaka46(7)
Perfume(14)
BiSH(First)
Hinatazaka46(3)
Seiko Matsuda(25)
MISIA(6)
Kaori Mizumori(19)
milet(2)
millennium parade×Bell(Kaho Nakamura)(First)
Hiroko Yakushimaru(2)
YOASOBI(2)
LiSA(3)

White Artist

KAT-TUN(First)
Kanjani8(10)
King & Prince(4)
Hiromi Go(34)
GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE(3)
Jyunretsu(4)
Masayuki Suzuki(4)
SixTONES(2)
Snow Man(First)
DISH//(First)
BUMP OF CHICKEN(2)
Kiyoshi Hikawa(22)
Dai Hirai(First)
Masaharu Fukuyama(14)
Gen Hoshino(7)
Hotei Tomoyasu(First)
Mafu Mafu(First)
Hiroshi Miyama(7)
Hiroji Miyamoto(2)
Kesuki Yamauchi(7)
Yuzu(12)

Colorful Special Performance 

Ken Matsudaira「Matsuken Sabo II」