“Best Hit Song Festival 2024” 24 singing songs announced! Aina, Kobukuro, and Number_i perform at the Kansai Expo venue

■There will also be special performances for one night only, such as SUPER EIGHT x Naniwa Danshi & Ae! group, which can only be seen at the “Best Hit Song Festival”!

“Best Hit Song Festival 2024” will be broadcast live from 7pm on November 14th. This time, songs sung by 24 artists who colored 2024 have been announced all at once.

From the first performance of the latest songs, to singing at a “world-famous spot” outside of Osaka Castle Hall, to a one-night-only special performance, there will be a lot of attention-grabbing stages.

■Singing songs (artist names in alphabetical order)
IMP. “CRUISIN'”
aiko “mutual love”
Aina the End “Treasure”
Aee! group “《A》BEGINNING”
aespa “Whiplash” *Debuted on Japanese TV
Omoinotake “Billions of light years”
Kis-My-Ft2 “Curtain call” *First performance on TV
Kobukuro “Million Films” “The continuation of this earth” special medley
JO1 “ICY” *First debut on TV
SUPER EIGHT “Eighdays” “Now” 20th anniversary special medley
Da-iCE “I wonder”
DA PUMP “Pump It Up! feat.TAKUMA THE GREAT”
TWS “plot twist”
Naniwa Danshi “Koisuru Hikari”
Number_i “BON”
NiziU “SWEET NONFICTION”
Nogizaka46 “???” *To be announced later
BE:FIRST “Masterplan”
FANTASTICS “Yellow Yellow” *First debut on TV
FRUITS ZIPPER “NEW KAWAII”
ME:I “Click”
Daichi Miura “Heartbeat Sound”
Mrs. GREEN APPLE “lilac” “familie”
Yuzu “Chururi”

■First performance of the latest songs on TV!
◇aespa
Aespa, a four-member global group that is popular all over the world, debuted their latest mini-album title song “Whiplash” on Japanese television, which has been viewed 50 million times in just 10 days since its MV release.

aespa

◇Kis-My-Ft2
In 2024, Kis-My-Ft2, who completed their first dome tour in two years, performed their latest song “Curtain call”, which was just released on November 7th, for the first time on TV.

Kis-My-Ft2

◇JO1
JO1, which will soon celebrate its 5th anniversary since its formation, will perform their long-awaited TV debut of “ICY,” which is known for its immaculate and inorganic synchronized dance, from their latest single that recorded their highest sales.

JO1

◇FANTASTICS
First TV performance of “Yellow Yellow,” the theme song for the movie “Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days” (released nationwide on November 15th) starring vocalist Yusei Yagi.

FANTASTICS

■World’s first! Performance at the Osaka/Kansai Expo, which opens on April 13, 2025!
◇Aina The End
Aina The End, who is making her first appearance as a solo artist, will sing “Takasha”, which has become a hot topic as a drama theme song, from atop the large roof ring, the symbol of the Osaka Kansai Expo venue to be held in 2025 in her hometown, Osaka.

Aina the End

◇Kobukuro
Kobukuro, who is an ambassador for the Osaka/Kansai Expo, performed a special medley of the famous song “Million Films” released 20 years ago and the official theme song of the Osaka/Kansai Expo, “Kono Chikyu no Tsuzuki wo” from in front of the large roof ring.

Kobukuro

◇Number_i
Number_i, who is active all over the world and has ranked in global charts, will perform the song “BON” produced by Sho Hirano and with a “Japanese” theme under the large roof ring, the symbol of the Kansai Expo venue in Osaka.

Number_i

■Performances from Universal Studios Japan, one of Japan’s most popular theme parks!
◇NiziU
NiziU, who will celebrate his 5th anniversary since his debut in 2025, will be releasing “SWEET NONFICTION” for the first time to the media in 2024 at “Universal Studios Japan” with Snoopy, the character of “PEANUTS” of which he is an ambassador. Performance in front of a huge tree over 30 meters tall.

NiziU

◇Yuzu
Yuzu sang a special pop song “Chururi”, which she wrote as a commercial song in which she also appears, while parading around with popular Universal Studios Japan characters dressed in Christmas costumes.

Yuzu

■A one-night-only special performance that can only be seen at the “Best Hit Song Festival”!
◇aiko×Movie version “Detective Conan Million Dollar Five Star”
Aiko will perform a special performance of the theme song “Soushi Soai” for the movie version of “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five Star”, a blockbuster movie with box office revenue of over 15 billion yen, along with the movie footage.

aiko

◇SUPER EIGHT×Naniwa Danshi & Ae! group
SUPER EIGHT, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary since its CD debut in 2024, will perform a special medley. “Eighdays” depicts the trajectory of 20 years since their debut and the future, and “Now”, which was performed at the 2017 Best Hits Song Festival, was performed by Naniwa Danshi & A, who participated as juniors before their debut at the time. Eh! group and performance.

SUPER EIGHT

naniwa boys

Aee! group

◇Approximately 8,000 spectators at Da-iCE x Osaka Castle Hall
Da-iCE performs their songs in a special production at the Best Hits Song Festival every year. In 2024, the popular song “I wonder”, which has been played over 900 million times on TikTok, will be performed with the audience at Osaka Castle Hall!?

Da-iCE

■Details of the special program “Best Hit Song Festival Special Edition: Dissection of hit songs with buzz videos”
Various video creators who have become popular in 2024 will introduce the highlights of programs and artists in original videos. It will be broadcast in the Kansai region from 15:30 on November 9th and in the Kanto region from 16:00 on November 9th.

After the broadcast ends, it will also be distributed on TVer, etc. Before the broadcast of “Best Hit Song Festival 2024” from 7pm on November 14th, let’s prepare thoroughly with this program.