[ NIHON BUNKA KENKYUU ] BUNKEN 101: Reviews, comments, and insights on Japanese pop culture.
It's that time of the year again! the end of 2005 features the 56th holding of NHK's KOUHAKU UTA GASSEN (RED AND WHITE SONG BATTLE). The event will start airing at 1920 ASTRO all the way through to 2345 on the Japanese national channel NHK. Please check local cable listings for Philippine screening times.
List of Performers (performers are listed by name, number of KOUHAKU appearances, and genre):
Red Team (Aka Gumi) Female Artists:
aiko (3) J-Pop
Sayuri Ishikawa (27) Enka
Lee Jung Hyun (1) K-Pop
Aya Ueto (1) J-Pop
Every Little Thing (8) J-Pop
Ai Otsuka (1) J-Pop
Miyuki Kawanaka (17) Enka
Mai Kuraki (2) J-Pop
Sachiko Kobayashi (26) Enka
Fuyumi Sakamoto (16) Enka
Chiyoko Shimakura (35) Enka
[new] Hitomi Shimatani (3) J-Pop
Yoshimi Tendo (9) Enka
DREAMS COME TRUE (9) J-Pop
Mika Nakashima (3) J-Pop
Mitsuko Nakamura (11) Enka
Yoko Nagayama (11) Enka
Rimi Natsukawa (3) J-Pop/Okinawan Pop
Maki Goto / Aya Matsuura (1) J-Pop
Ayumi Hamasaki (6) J-Pop
Yo Hitoto (2) J-Pop
Ayaka Hirahara (1) J-Pop
Ayako Fuji (13) Enka
BoA (3) J-Pop
Kaori Mizumori (2) Enka
Morning Musume (7) J-Pop
W (Current members of MoMu: Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji) (1) J-Pop
Ryoko Moriyama (9) Adult Contemporary
Akiko Wada (28) Adult Contemporary
White Team (Shiro Gumi) Male Artists:
Hiroshi Itsuki (34) Enka
w-inds (3) J-Pop
EXILE (2) J-Pop
ORANGE RANGE (1) J-Pop
Gackt (4) J-Pop
Kyogo Kawaguchi (1) J-Pop
Kishidan (1) J-Pop
Saburo Kitajima (41) Enka
CHEMISTRY (4) J-Pop
Gospellers, The (4) J-Pop
Masashi Sada (4) Adult Contemporary
John Ken Nuzzo (2) Opera
TOKIO (11) J-Pop
Ichiro Toba (17) Enka
nobodyknows+ (1) J-Pop
Kiyoshi Hikawa (5) Enka
Ken Hirai (4) J-Pop
Akira Fuse (20) Adult Contemporary
Takashi Hosokawa (30) Enka
Takao Horiuchi (16) Adult Contemporary
Pornograffitti (3) J-Pop
Kiyoshi Maekawa (14) Enka
Ken Matsudaira (1) Adult Contemporary
Kenichi Mikawa (21) Adult Contemporary
Shinichi Mori (37) Enka
George Yamamoto (13) Enka
Yuzu (2) J-Pop
Ryu (1) K-Pop
For more information, visit the official website (Japanese only).