Kouhaku Uta Gassen performance order: SMAP chosen as Ootori
On Sunday, NHK announced the planned performance order for the upcoming Kouhaku Uta Gassen. It is now confirmed that SMAP and DREAMS COME TRUE will be the "tori" (final performance) for the White Team and Red Team, respectively, with SMAP serving as the "ootori" (the last performance of the whole contest).
SMAP previously had the "ootori" role in 2003 and 2005. For DREAMS COME TRUE, this will be their second year in a row as the "tori" for the Red Team, which has not happened since Akiko Wada in 1998-1999. This is also the first time since 1978 that two pop artists have been "tori"; usually at least one of the artists is an enka singer.
It was recently announced that SMAP member Masahiro Nakai is going to be the host of this year's "CDTV Special! Toshikoshi Premier Live," which starts at 11:45m on TBS. Because Kouhaku Uta Gassen ends at 11:45pm, Nakai will have to rush from the NHK studio in Shibuya to the TBS studio in Akasaka. Since he will not be able to make it in time by the start of the "CDTV Special," the show will start out with Nakai on a live video feed.
The first performance of Kouhaku (the "top batter") will be done by Ayumi Hamasaki, for the third year in a row.
The performance order, as announced:
1. Ayumi Hamasaki - Virgin Road
2. EXILE - I Wish For You
3. AKB48 - Kouhaku 2010 AKB48 Kamikyoku SP
4. NYC - Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe 100% NYC
5. Angela Aki - Kagayaku Hito
6. AAA - Aitai Riyuu
7. Mitsuko Nakamura - Kawachi Otoko Bushi
8. flumpool - Kimi ni Todoke
9. Ayaka Hirahara - Voyagers
10. Yusuke - Hito
11. Natsuko Godai - Hitori Zake
12. Takashi Hosokawa - Naniwabushi da yo Jinsei wa
13. Porno Graffitti - Kimi wa 100%
14. Kana Nishino - Best Friend
15. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - Ato Hitotsu
16. Miyuki Kawanaka - Nirinkusa
17. HY - Toki wo Koe
18. Kumiko - INORI
19. Kaori Mizumori - Matsushima Kikou
20. Hideaki Tokunaga - Toki no Nagare ni Mi wo Makase
21. Nana Mizuki - PHANTOM MINDS
22. L'Arc~en~Ciel - BLESS
23. Yoshimi Tendo - Jinsei Michizure
24. Shinichi Mori - Erimo Misaki
25. Hiromi Go - GO!GO!Year Kouhaku Special Medley
26. aiko - Mukai Awase
27. Perfume - Nee
28. TOKIO - advance
29. Kumi Koda - KODA KUMI 2010 Special Medley
30. Hiroshi Itsuki - Oshiroi Hana
31. Akiko Wada - AKKOii! Kouhaku 2010 Special
32. Yuzo Kayama - Wakadaisho 50 Nen Special Medley
33. Masaharu Fukuyama - Michishirube
34. Sachiko Kobayashi - Kaachan no Hitorigoto
35. Kobukuro - Ryusei
36. Kana Uemura - Toilet no Kamisama
37. Arashi - 2010 Kouhaku Original Medley
38. Ikimono Gakari - Arigatou
39. Sayuri Ishikawa - Amagi Goe
40. Saburo Kitajima - Fusetsu Nagare Tabi
41. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru
42. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Nijiiro no Bayon
43. DREAMS COME TRUE - Ikite Yuku no Desu feat. The Kouhaku Special Brass Band
44. SMAP - This is love '10 SP Medley
The order of the special segments have not yet been announced.
source: TOKYOGRAPH
SMAP previously had the "ootori" role in 2003 and 2005. For DREAMS COME TRUE, this will be their second year in a row as the "tori" for the Red Team, which has not happened since Akiko Wada in 1998-1999. This is also the first time since 1978 that two pop artists have been "tori"; usually at least one of the artists is an enka singer.
It was recently announced that SMAP member Masahiro Nakai is going to be the host of this year's "CDTV Special! Toshikoshi Premier Live," which starts at 11:45m on TBS. Because Kouhaku Uta Gassen ends at 11:45pm, Nakai will have to rush from the NHK studio in Shibuya to the TBS studio in Akasaka. Since he will not be able to make it in time by the start of the "CDTV Special," the show will start out with Nakai on a live video feed.
The first performance of Kouhaku (the "top batter") will be done by Ayumi Hamasaki, for the third year in a row.
The performance order, as announced:
1. Ayumi Hamasaki - Virgin Road
2. EXILE - I Wish For You
3. AKB48 - Kouhaku 2010 AKB48 Kamikyoku SP
4. NYC - Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe 100% NYC
5. Angela Aki - Kagayaku Hito
6. AAA - Aitai Riyuu
7. Mitsuko Nakamura - Kawachi Otoko Bushi
8. flumpool - Kimi ni Todoke
9. Ayaka Hirahara - Voyagers
10. Yusuke - Hito
11. Natsuko Godai - Hitori Zake
12. Takashi Hosokawa - Naniwabushi da yo Jinsei wa
13. Porno Graffitti - Kimi wa 100%
14. Kana Nishino - Best Friend
15. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - Ato Hitotsu
16. Miyuki Kawanaka - Nirinkusa
17. HY - Toki wo Koe
18. Kumiko - INORI
19. Kaori Mizumori - Matsushima Kikou
20. Hideaki Tokunaga - Toki no Nagare ni Mi wo Makase
21. Nana Mizuki - PHANTOM MINDS
22. L'Arc~en~Ciel - BLESS
23. Yoshimi Tendo - Jinsei Michizure
24. Shinichi Mori - Erimo Misaki
25. Hiromi Go - GO!GO!Year Kouhaku Special Medley
26. aiko - Mukai Awase
27. Perfume - Nee
28. TOKIO - advance
29. Kumi Koda - KODA KUMI 2010 Special Medley
30. Hiroshi Itsuki - Oshiroi Hana
31. Akiko Wada - AKKOii! Kouhaku 2010 Special
32. Yuzo Kayama - Wakadaisho 50 Nen Special Medley
33. Masaharu Fukuyama - Michishirube
34. Sachiko Kobayashi - Kaachan no Hitorigoto
35. Kobukuro - Ryusei
36. Kana Uemura - Toilet no Kamisama
37. Arashi - 2010 Kouhaku Original Medley
38. Ikimono Gakari - Arigatou
39. Sayuri Ishikawa - Amagi Goe
40. Saburo Kitajima - Fusetsu Nagare Tabi
41. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru
42. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Nijiiro no Bayon
43. DREAMS COME TRUE - Ikite Yuku no Desu feat. The Kouhaku Special Brass Band
44. SMAP - This is love '10 SP Medley
The order of the special segments have not yet been announced.
source: TOKYOGRAPH