NHK has announced the artist lineup for the 63rd Kouhaku Uta Gassen. This year will have a total of 50 artists performing, 25 for each of the Red and White Teams. 12 artists are making their first appearances - 6 from the Red Team and 6 from the White Team.

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Not few people decide to get a new hairdo for the summer and especially women like to try out styles they see in magazines or on TV. Oricon Style now asked 500 of those women (age 10~50) about "the female celebrities whose hairdo they would like to copy".

Here now the full Top 10 (incl. last year's positions):

01 (02) - Kimura Kaela

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