Les Participants du Kohaku Uta Gassen 2008
From Tokyograph
On Monday, newspapers reported on some of the more notable additions to the lineup of this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen, such as Yutaka Mizutani (appearing for the first time in his 32-year career), the recently reunited SPEED, and enka newcomer Jero. Those waiting for the complete roster didn't have to wait long, as NHK unveiled the teams on Tuesday.
53 acts will be participating this year, almost evenly split between the teams. 14 of them will be making their Kohaku debuts, including the aforementioned Mizutani and Jero, as well as Mr.Children, Perfume, TVXQ, Shuchishin, Thelma Aoyama, Ikimono Gakari, and GIRL NEXT DOOR.
Red Team
On Monday, newspapers reported on some of the more notable additions to the lineup of this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen, such as Yutaka Mizutani (appearing for the first time in his 32-year career), the recently reunited SPEED, and enka newcomer Jero. Those waiting for the complete roster didn't have to wait long, as NHK unveiled the teams on Tuesday.
53 acts will be participating this year, almost evenly split between the teams. 14 of them will be making their Kohaku debuts, including the aforementioned Mizutani and Jero, as well as Mr.Children, Perfume, TVXQ, Shuchishin, Thelma Aoyama, Ikimono Gakari, and GIRL NEXT DOOR.
Red Team
- aiko
- Thelma Aoyama
- Junko Akimoto
- Ayaka
- Angela Aki
- Ikimono Gakari
- Sayuri Ishikawa
- Ai Otsuka
- Miyuki Kawanaka
- GIRL NEXT DOOR
- Kumi Koda
- Natsuko Godai
- Sachiko Kobayashi
- Fuyumi Sakamoto
- SPEED
- Yoshimi Tendo
- Mika Nakashima
- Mitsuko Nakamura
- Ayumi Hamasaki
- Perfume
- Yo Hitoto
- Ayaka Hirahara
- Ayako Fuji
- Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ohashi
- Kaori Mizumori
- Akiko Wada
- Masafumi Akikawa
- Aqua Timez
- Hiroshi Itsuki
- EXILE
- Saburo Kitajima
- Takeshi Kitayama
- Kimaguren
- Yusaku Kiyama
- Kobukuro
- Jero
- Shuchishin (with Pabo)
- SMAP
- TVXQ
- TOKIO
- Hideaki Tokunaga
- Kiyoshi Hikawa
- Ken Hirai
- Akira Fuse
- Porno Graffiti
- Kiyoshi Maekawa
- Kenichi Mikawa
- Mr.Children
- Yutaka Mizutani
- Shinichi Mori
- Naotaro Moriyama
- WaT