The singers, announced on November 25, 2008, are ordered below according to the
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| aiko , is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Oricon published the results of a survey of 20,000 subscribers' favourite singers, and Aiko topped the list in both 2005 and 2006.-Emergence and career:...
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KissHug |
Masafumi Akikawa is a Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop. He appeared on the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast....
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Sen no Kaze ni Natte |
| Thelma Aoyama , born October 27, 1987, is a Japanese Pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.She is famous for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo", and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne"...
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Soba ni Iru ne is Thelma Aoyama's second official single, released on January 23, 2008, featuring SoulJa. It is an answer song to her previous collaboration with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo." B-side "My dear friend" was used as the ending theme to anime Shion no Ō, and the opening theme to television show...
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Aqua Timez Aqua Timez is a Japanese pop and rock band signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The band is well known for their inspirational lyrics and their use of unique musical techniques.-History:...
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Niji |
| Junko Akimoto is a Japanese kayōkyoku singer. She also sing jazz, chanson, canzone and min'yō. She made her debut in 2005. She attended the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Her song reached number-one on the Japan's Oricon charts in January 2009. By this, she became the eldest singer to reach the number-one position...
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Ai no Mama de... |
Hiroshi Itsuki is a Japanese male singer and composer. He sold 20 million records of singles and 4 million copies of LP albums by 1987.Itsuki is usually regarded as an enka singer, but he even covered Southern All Stars' J-pop song "Tsunami"....
(38) |
Itezuru |
| Ayaka is a Japanese female singer signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009.-2006:...
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Okaeri is the 9th single from Ayaka. It was released on May 14, 2008.-Overview:Okaeri is used as the theme song for the drama series, Zettai Kareshi. Ayaka was asked by Yuu Watase, the mangaka of Zettai Kareshi, to create a theme song. She wrote the song with her music producer after reading the whole...
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Exile is a 14-member all-male Japanese pop band and dance group. On artwork and promotional material, the band name is typeset in all capitals as "EXILE". The leader of the group is Hiro, who debuted as a member of Zoo under For Life Music, but Exile has released their singles and albums under Avex...
(4) |
Ti Amo |
| Angela Aki , born Kiyomi Aki on September 15, 1977, is a singer-songwriter and pianist from Itano, Tokushima, Japan.-Early life:...
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Tegami ~Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e~ ' is the eighth Japanese single by Angela Aki and was released on September 17, 2008. It was broadcast in a music program Minna no Uta in August 2008 with some re-runs...
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Saburō Kitajima is a well known Japanese enka singer, lyricist and composer.He was born Minoru Ōno , in a little town in Hokkaidō to a fisherman. He was very poor because of the effects of World War II, and he was forced to work while he studied....
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Kita no Ryōba |
| Ikimono-gakari is a Japanese pop-rock band that debuted in 1998. They record on Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Epic Records label.The band was formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in February 1999 by Hotaka Yamashita and Yoshiki Mizuno, and was later joined by lead vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka in December the same year...
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Sakura |
Takeshi Kitayama (4) |
Kibō no Uta |
| Sayuri Ishikawa , is a Japanese enka singer. She is a popular contestant on the annual NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast, having appeared 32 times since 1977. Ishikawa made her name performing the classic "Tsugarukaikyo-Fuyugeshiki"...
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Amagigoe |
Kimaguren (debut) |
Life |
| Ai Otsuka is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and actress from Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best-known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo," which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.A piano...
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Ai |
Yūsaku Kiyama (debut) |
Home |
| Miyuki Kawanaka Miyuki Kawanaka is a Japanese Enka singer.She was born Kimiko Kawanaka in Suita, Osaka. At a young age she moved to Osaka where she grew up. In 1973 she debuted as Kasuga Harumi with the song Shinjuku Tenshin. She later tried to become an idol with the release of Kantsubaki no Shima Kara...
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Nirinsō |
Kobukuro is a Japanese band, which formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda. - Members :...
(4) |
Toki no Ashioto |
| Girl Next Door Girl Next Door is a Japanese pop musical trio that debuted in 2008 on the Avex Trax label. The band consists of vocalist Chisa, guitarist Yuji Inoue and Daisuke Suzuki on keyboard.-History:...
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Guzen no Kakuritsu |
Jero is a Japanese enka singer who is American-born of African-American and Japanese descent. His maternal grandmother was Japanese. He is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history.-Biography:...
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Umiyuki |
| Kumi Koda , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video...
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Taboo Taboo is the 41st single released in by Kumi Koda.The single was released on October 8, 2008, containing "Taboo", "Always", a remix of "Taboo" and instrumentals of "Taboo" and "Always". The Playroom special edition of the CD, contains an alternate front cover, and was specially released to Kumi...
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Shuchishin is a Japanese idol vocal group formed as part of the variety show Quiz! Hexagon II produced by Fuji Television Network Incorporated. Originally meant to be a joke group, the trio has released singles that have hit the top 10 on both the Oricon and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles...
with Pabo (debut) |
Shuchishin Kōhaku Special |
| Natsuko Godai (15) |
Kyōto Ninenzaka |
SMAPSMAP is a Japanese idol group formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori...
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Kono toki, kitto yume ja nai (Kōhaku Special) |
| Sachiko Kobayashi (30) |
Roran |
Tōhōshinki TVXQ , an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean boy band quintet formed under SM Entertainment in 2003. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Gi ; they were later introduced in Japan as under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone in 2005...
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Purple Line "Purple Line" is Tohoshinki's 16th Japanese single, written by the Korean composer who made TVXQ's biggest hits in Korea such as Rising Sun and "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. It became Tohoshinki's first Japanese single to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly sales chart in Japan, making the group the first foreign...
~Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō? |
| Fuyumi Sakamoto is a Japanese female enka singer under EMI Music Japan.-Career:On March 4, 1987, Sakamoto debuted as a recording singer with the single "Abare Daiko". In 1988, she took part in the 39th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen , making it the first performance of the event...
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Kaze ni Tatsu |
Tokio Tokio is a Japanese rock/pop band formed by Johnny & Associates that debuted in 1994. It is made up of five men who were signed with Sony Music Entertainment from 1994 to 2001, with Universal Music Japan from 2001 to 2008, and are now signed under J Storm, a label owned by Johnny & Associates...
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Amagasa |
| Speed Speed is an Okinawan female vocal/dance group comprising Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara and Hitoe Arakaki. All four members are former students of Okinawa Actors School which also trained popular artist Namie Amuro and MAX.Speed made their major label debut on August 5, 1996 and...
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White Love (Re Track) |
Hideaki Tokunaga is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.Despite the fact that Tokunaga failed to pass the test of Star Tanjō! in 1982, he debuted as a recording singer in 1986...
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Rainy Blue |
| Yoshimi Tendō (13) |
Tonbori Ninjō |
Kiyoshi Hikawa is a Japanese enka singer who was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. His real name and he is known as "The Prince of Enka" due to his young age and popularity...
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Kiyoshi no Zundoko Bushi |
Mika Nakashimais a Japanese singer, model, and actress.-Early life and debut:Born and raised in Kyūshū, Mika was the youngest of three children. From a young age, she wanted to become a singer, and decided not to attend high school or college....
(7) |
Orion |
Ken Hirai is a Japanese R&B and pop singer. His soulful voice and unconventional looks won him fans following his debut in 1992. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, and spokesperson....
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Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo |
| Mitsuko Nakamura (13) |
Kawachi Otoko bushi |
Akira Fuse is a Japanese singer who was once married to Olivia Hussey. He debuted in 1965 with the single . His greatest hits are and . He currently makes consistent appearances on television, performs occasional seasonal tours, hosts a late night talk show, and is involved in a number of stage plays...
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Kimi wa Bara Yori Utsukushii |
Ayumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment...
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Mirrorcle World"Mirrorcle World" is the forty-third physical single and forty-fourth single overall by Ayumi Hamasaki. The title track is an extended version of the song "Mirror," a two-minute introductory track on Hamasaki's ninth studio album, Guilty...
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Porno Graffiti (7) |
Gift |
| Perfume is a female technopop group from Hiroshima, Japan, consisting of Ayano Ōmoto, Yuka Kashino and Ayaka Nishiwaki. They debuted locally in 2001 and made their transition to a major label in 2005. As of June 2009, the group has released nine major label singles to great success.Since 2003, Perfume has...
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Polyrhythm is Perfume's second single from their second album Game and 10th overall. Appropriately, the song's bridge is polyrhythmic, incorporating 5/8, 6/8 in the vocals, common time and 3/2 in the drums. The song was used for the Kankyō Recycle Campaign by NHK. The single has 2 editions: a CD only version...
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Kiyoshi Maekawa is a Japanese singer and tarento.He is best known as the first lead vocalist of Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five, which was formed in 1967 and debuted in 1969 with the Japan Record Award-winning song "Nagasaki wa Kyō mo Ame Datta"...
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Tokyo Sabaku |
| Yo Hitoto Yo Hitoto is a Japanese pop singer. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese. She can speak three languages: Japanese, English, and Mandarin. Tae Hitoto is her older sister. Her name Hitoto is not her real surname, it is her mother's maiden name. She changed her name when she came to...
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Hajimete |
Kenichi Mikawa is a Japanese singer and TV personality, known for his outspoken views and style.Mikawa was born in Suwa, Nagano as . He recorded a number of hit songs as a male enka singer in the 1960s and 1970s. The most well-known of his songs include "Sasoriza no Onna" and "Yanagase Blues"...
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Sasoriza no Onna 2008 |
| Ayaka Hirahara (5) |
Nocturne |
Mr. Children Mr. Children, in Japanese , commonly called , is a Japanese rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid...
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Gift |
| Ayako Fuji Ayako Fuji , is a singer of Japanese enka. She is signed onto Sony Music Japan.She was born in Kakunodate, Akita. Her real name is Manami Fujimura . Her maiden name was Manami Takahashi . Her blood type is B. Fuji graduated from Akita Prefectural Kakunodate South High School...
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Kurenai Ito |
Yutaka Mizutani Yutaka Mizutani is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born on July 14th, 1952 in Ashibetsu City, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Biography:...
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California Connection |
| Fujimaki Fujioka and Nozomi Ōhashi is a Japanese child actor and singer attached to Central Kodomo Gekidan.-Brief history:*She made her drama debut at the age of three....
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Gake no Ue no Ponyo |
Shinichi Mori is a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music. His total sales of gramophone records and CDs has reportedly been over 90 million copies....
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Ofukurosan |
| Kaori Mizumori ' is a Japanese female enka singer. Her real name is .Her songs are usually titled after Japanese landmarks and Japanese nature. Thus Kaori gained her popularity as an Enka singer in Japan....
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Wajima Asaichi |
Naotarō Moriyama is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter born on April 23, 1976. His mother is Ryōko Moriyama, who is a well-known folk singer. He came out with the album "Kawaita Uta wa Sakana no Esa ni Chōdo Ii" in 2002, and distinguished himself by creating the song "Sakura"....
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Ikiteru Koto ga Tsurai nara |
| Akiko Wada , birth name: Kim Bok-Ja Kim is family name, real name: . Born April 10, 1950, is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from , Ikuno-ku, Osaka. Like many Zainichi Koreans, she had a legal Korean name and a name for everyday use, which was...
(32) |
Yume |
WaT WaT is a Japanese pop duo, composed of singers/songwriters Eiji Wentz and Teppei Koike. They met each other in 2002 and formed WaT, playing street lives with their guitars. Their debut single Boku no Kimochi came out in 2005. Wentz, who is half German-American and half Japanese, is also known as...
(4) |
36°C |
The winners were the shirogumi, the white team, making it their 4th consecutive win. The white team now leads with 31 wins over the red team with 28 wins. The table below documents the voting and points distribution: