Lineup for the 63rd NHK Kouhaku Utagassen

NHK announced the lineup for their annual event, the NHK Kouhaku Utagassen for its 63rd edition on 26 November. The program will be shown on New Year's Eve from 7.15pm to 11.45pm and hosted by Arashi, Horikita Maki and NHK announcer Udo Yumiko. The Red Team won the event last year for the first time in 7 years.

The list of artists is as follows with the number of appearances on Kouhaku as of 2012 indicated in brackets. Those who are making their first appearances are in italics:

Red Team
aiko (11)
ayaka (6)
Ikimonogakari (5)
Ishikawa Sayuri (35)
AKB48 (5)
SKE48 (1st appearance)
Gyariiba Myubamyu (1st appearance)
Kouzai Kaori (16)
Kouda Kumi (8)
Godai Natsuko (19)
Sakamoto Fuyumi (24)
Tendou Yoshimi (17)
Nakashima Mika (9)
Nishino Kana (3)
Perfume (5)
Hamasaki Ayumi (14)
Fuji Ayako (18)
Princess Princess (1st appearance)
Mizuki Nana (4)
Mizumori Kaori (10)
Momoiro Clover Z (1st appearance)
YUI (1st appearance)
YUKI (1st appearance)
Yuki Saori (13)
Wada Akiko (36)

White Team
Arashi (4)
Itsuki Hiroshi (42)
HY (2)
EXILE (8)
NYC (4)
Kanjani 8 (1st appearance)
Kitajima Saburo (49)
Go Hiromi (25)
Golden Bomber (1st appearance)
Kobukuro (7)
Saito Kazuyoshi (1st appearance)
Sandaime J Soul Brothers (1st appearance)
SMAP (20)
Tachi Hiroshi (2)
TOKIO (19)
Tokunaga Hideaki (7)
AAA (3)
Naoto Inti Raymi (1st appearance)
Hikawa Kiyoshi (13)
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (4)
Fukuyama Masaharu (5)
Hosokawa Takashi (36)
Porno Graffiti (11)
Miwa Akihiro (1st appearance)
Mori Shinichi (45)

Source: Nikkansports