NHK “75th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” songs decided

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■“Kohaku x Kendama” by Hiroshi Miyama has now become a New Year’s Eve specialty. Challenge the Guinness World Record for Kendama in 2024!

The songs for the “75th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen,” which will be broadcast on NHK General and other channels on December 31st, have been decided.

[List of songs for “75th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen”]
■Red group
aiko “mutual love”
Aimyon: “I’m going to see you.”
ILLIT “Magnetic”
Sayuri Ishikawa “Noto Peninsula”
Dolphin “Nagori Yuki”
HY “366 days”
Fuyumi Sakamoto “I don’t need Noto”
Sakurazaka46 “Self-inflicted”
Tomomi Shiina Ringo “Almost water bubbles”
Superfly “Beautiful”
Mariko Takahashi (“Taka” is officially spelled “Hadashidaka”) “for you…”
tuki. “Supper song”
Yoshimi Tendo “Anata no Hanamichi”
TWICE “TT~Feel Special” Super Medley
Kana Nishino “EYES ON YOU Kohaku Special Medley”
Nogizaka46 “Trigger”
ME:I “Click”
MISIA “Kohaku Special 2024”
Kaori Mizumori “Tottori Sand Dunes ~Red and White Domino Challenge SP~”
Green-yellow society “Because we are creatures”
LE SSERAFIM “CRAZY -Japanese ver.-“

■White group
Omoinotake “Billions of light years”
Creepy Nuts “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”
GLAY “Temptation”
Hiromi Go “240 Million Eyes 100 Years of Broadcasting GO!GO!SP”
This Kento says, “Yes, please.”
THE ALFEE “Starry Sky Distance”
JO1 “Love seeker”
Junretsu “Dreamed Fruit”
Da-iCE “I wonder”
TOMORROW X TOGETHER “You and I found it in the sky at 5:53 (Japanese Ver.)”
Number_i “GOAT”
Leon Niihama “I’ll give you everything”
Vaundy “Dancer”
BE:FIRST “Masterplan”
Masaharu Fukuyama “Hitomi~Shonen” “Song for you” SP medley
Kaze Fujii “Filling”
Gen Hoshino “Why is it bad in hell?”
Mrs. GREEN APPLE “Blue and Summer ~ Lilac Kohaku SP”
Kosetsu Minami “Kanda River”
Hiroshi Miyama “Love…Passion ~The 8th Road to the Kendama World Record~”
Keisuke Yamauchi “Crimson Butterfly”

■Special project
Koji Tamaki “Goodbye to sadness”
Kiyoshi Hikawa “White Cloud Castle”
Kenshi Yonezu: “Goodbye, see you someday!”

■Special project “In memory of Toshiyuki Nishida”
Keiko Takeshita Tetsuya Takeda Ken Tanaka Shigeru Matsuzaki “If I could play the piano”

[Introducing highlights]
◇aiko collaborates with the popular anime “Detective Conan”! Also includes a special message and illustration from the original author, Gosho Aoyama.
Aiko performed the theme song “Soushi Soai” for the 2024 hit movie “Detective Conan: Million Dollar Michishirube”. In addition, a special message and illustration from Gosho Aoyama, the original author of Detective Conan, who will appear as a guest judge, will also appear.

◇Hiromi Go travels back in time to the “moment of the century” in collaboration with 100 years of broadcasting!? SP stage
Hiromi Go has taken on various challenges in Kohaku so far. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of broadcasting in 2025, NHK will perform a special stage called “240 Million Eyes 100 Years of Broadcasting GO!GO!SP” along with archive footage accumulated over many years. Will Go travel back in time to the “moment of the century” broadcast on TV? Check out this unprecedented performance.

◇ Tomomi Shiina Ringo (Charan Po Lantan) will be co-starring! Performed duet song “Hobo no Mizuho”
It has been decided that “Ringo Shiina (Charan Po Lantang)” will co-star on the stage of “Kohaku”. The performance will be a duet song, “Hobo Mizuhobo”. Let’s look forward to a special performance that will welcome 2025 brightly and energetically.

◇JO1, “Search for LOVE!” with remote control! Special performance with audience participation
JO1 will perform “Love seeker”. Inspired by the name of this song, they attempted the first-ever performance of “Looking for LOVE!” The heart-shaped ball “LOVE Heart” was passed between members while singing, and viewers voted on whose hand it was in at the end of the performance. Anyone can vote using their TV remote control, so be sure to participate.

◇Junretsu’s singing song for the recruitment project has been decided as “Yumemita Kajitsu”!
A project in which Junretsu will deliver a song to “you” via live broadcast. The location of the broadcast was decided from a large number of applicants who said, “We would love to hear your song!” The sung song is “Yumemita Kajitsu”. Where will Junretsu broadcast the song live?

◇Gen Hoshino’s “What’s Bad in Hell” will be performed in a “playing and singing” version!
Gen Hoshino, who will be appearing on “Kohaku” for the 10th time in 2024, will perform “What’s Bad in Hell?” The song expresses an attitude of living positively while accepting the contradictions and harshness of life, and has given courage to many fans. This time, the performance will be a special “single guitar version”.

◇The queen of local songs, Kaori Mizumori, takes on the challenge of “Enka x Domino” for the second year in a row!
In 2023, Kaori Mizumori sang a local song at the unprecedented “Enka x Domino”. In 2024, they will perform a special version of Tottori’s local song “Tottori Sand Dunes” called “Tottori Sand Dunes ~Kohaku Domino Challenge SP~”. As the domino tricks become increasingly difficult, the falling dominoes express the fascinating journey through Tottori. The 2023 Domino Challenge was a hot topic with Masato Sakai serving as the starter. It will also be interesting to see who will be the starter in 2024.

◇Hiroshi Miyama, “Kohaku x Kendama” with gorgeous members in 2024! Will it be a new record for the first time in two years?
“Kohaku x Kendama” by Hiroshi Miyama has now become a New Year’s Eve specialty. In 2024, they will also perform “Koi…Passion ~The 8th Road to the Kendama World Record~” which will challenge the Guinness World Record for Kendama. In 2023, 128 people will once again try to break the record for “the longest line of people to catch Kendama consecutively”. Guests are TAEHYUN (TOMORROW X TOGETHER), DJ KOO (TRF), Leon Niihama, Sota Hanamura (Da-iCE), and RAN (ME:I). Miyama, who will be marking his 10th appearance in “Kohaku,” will aim to achieve a record with other gorgeous members.

◇Arco & Peace, the cheerful Yasumura, and junior high school students will appear in Keisuke Yamauchi’s second collaboration with comedians!
Keisuke Yamauchi had a miraculous collaboration with a comedian during the Asakusa broadcast in 2023. The second installment of “Keisuke Yamauchi x Comedian” will be held in 2024. Co-starring with Yamauchi are the two members Arco and Peace, Yasumura, who is bright and cheerful and is already a junior high school student. She becomes an apprentice to the legendary choreographer Itoyuki Hanayagi, who has graced “Kohaku” for a long time, and takes on the challenge of serious “dance.” It is sure to be a spectacular stage that will liven up your New Year’s Eve night.

◇Green and yellow society collaborates with junior high school students on N-con chorus song “We are creatures”
“Because We Are Ikimono” sung by Green Yellow Society was created as a theme song for the junior high school division of the 91st NHK National School Music Contest (N-Contest) in 2024. It is a song that supports and supports the anxiety about change that everyone feels during adolescence. For this edition of “Kohaku,” Midoriya Society collaborated with a joint team formed by six junior high schools in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, which won a national competition. “Ryokushaka x Junior High School Student” will send cheers to “you” on a stage full of hope.

◇We are looking for “song for you” messages!
A recruitment project based on the theme of “75th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” “Song for You” has been decided! We are looking for stories and messages from each of you regarding the songs that will be performed at “Kohaku” in 2024.

“I was able to do my best because of this song.”
“These lyrics touch my heart…”
“This song has such memories.”
“I’m happy to hear this song on Kohaku in 2024.”

Please use the submission form to submit your passion for the song. The deadline is December 31st at 10am. Some of the episodes and messages will be introduced in the program.

Program information

NHK“75th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen”
12/31 (Tue) 19:20-23:45 *There is news of suspension
*Broadcast on NHK General, BSP4K, BS8K, and Radio 1
*NHK Plus, Rajiru★Rajiru available
Host: Hiroyuki Ariyoshi, Kanna Hashimoto, Sari Ito, Naoko Suzuki Announcer

“Song for you” message submission form
https://www.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/topics75/topics_231223-02.html

“75th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” program site
https://www.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/


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