59th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen
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The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku", was aired on December 31, 2008 from NHK Hall
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NHK Hall
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Hosts
- Red team host: Yukie NakamaYukie Nakamais a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...
- White team host: Masahiro NakaiMasahiro Nakaiis a singer, actor and host for music events and variety shows such as the long-running music show Utaban. He is the leader of the Japanese idol group SMAP.-Early life:...
- Mediators: Kazuya Matsumoto and Fumie Ono
- Radio broadcasting spot person: Yasuhirio Yamada and Aika Kanda
Performers
The singers, announced on November 25, 2008, are ordered below according to the gojūonGojuon
The is a Japanese ordering of kana.It is named for the 5×10 grid in which the characters are displayed, but the grid is not completely filled, and, further, there is an extra character added outside the grid at the end: with 5 gaps and 1 extra character, the current number of distinct kana in a...
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| Red Team | White Team | ||
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| Singer | Song | Singer | Song |
| aiko Aiko (singer) Aiko is a J-Pop singer-songwriter and vocalist. She studied popular music vocals at the Osaka College of Music, and after graduating in 1996, she became a DJ on FM Osaka... (7) |
KissHug | Masafumi Akikawa 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.... (3) |
Sen no Kaze ni Natte |
| Thelma Aoyama Thelma Aoyama , born October 27, 1987, is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.She is probably best known for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo", and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne"... (debut) |
Soba ni Iru ne 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... |
Aqua Timez Aqua Timez is a Japanese pop rock band signed to Epic Records.-Overview:Futoshi and OKP-Star met on with9.com in 2000 and attempted to start a band together. Unable to agree on the band's future, the two disbanded. In 2003, the current band members gathered and formed Aqua Timez. Their first independent music... (2) |
Niji |
| Junko Akimoto 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... (debut) |
Ai no Mama de... | Hiroshi Itsuki 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 Ayaka is a Japanese female singer formerly 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:... (3) |
Okaeri 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 manga artist of Zettai Kareshi, to create a theme song. She wrote the song with her music producer after reading the... |
Exile (4) | Ti Amo |
| Angela Aki Angela Aki , born Kiyomi Angela Aki on September 15, 1977, is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Itano, Tokushima, Japan.-Early life:... (3) |
Tegami ~Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e~ Tegami: Haikei Jugo no Kimi e -Charts :- Cover Versions :This song has also been sung by Taiwanese singer René Liu under the title Strive On: To My Fifteen Year Old Self , Chinese singer Chen Ming under the title Letter , and Hongkonger singer Sherman Chung under the title Letter to Myself .-External links:*... |
Saburō Kitajima Saburo 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.... (45) |
Kita no Ryōba |
| Ikimono-gakari 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... (debut) |
Sakura | Takeshi Kitayama (4) | Kibō no Uta |
| Sayuri Ishikawa 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"... (31) |
Amagigoe | Kimaguren (debut) | Life |
| Ai Otsuka 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... (5) |
Ai | Yūsaku Kiyama (debut) | Home |
| Miyuki Kawanaka 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... (21) |
Nirinsō | Kobukuro 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 (band) 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:... (debut) |
Guzen no Kakuritsu | Jero Jero Jerome Charles White, Jr. , better known by his stage name , is an enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent. He is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history.- Biography :... (debut) |
Umiyuki |
| Kumi Koda 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 game... (4) |
Taboo Taboo (song) Taboo is the 41st single released in by Koda Kumi.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 Koda... |
Shuchishin 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 | SMAP SMAP SMAP is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori... (16) |
Kono toki, kitto yume ja nai (Kōhaku Special) |
| Sachiko Kobayashi (30) | Roran | Tōhōshinki TVXQ TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone... (debut) |
Purple Line Purple Line (song) "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 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 for the first time... (20) |
Kaze ni Tatsu | Tokio Tokio (band) 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... (15) |
Amagasa |
| Speed Speed (band) 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 artists Namie Amuro and MAX.Speed made their major label debut on August 5, 1996 and... (4) |
White Love (Re Track) | Hideaki Tokunaga Hideaki Tokunaga is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.Although Tokunaga failed to pass the test of Star Tanjō! in 1982, he debuted as a recording singer in 1986. After he released hit songs such as "Yume o Shinjite" and "Kowarekake no Radio" in 1990, his single "Wednesday Moon" reached No... (3) |
Rainy Blue |
| Yoshimi Tendō (13) | Tonbori Ninjō | Kiyoshi Hikawa Kiyoshi Hikawa is a Japanese enka singer who was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. His real name is and he is known as "The Prince of Enka" due to his young age and popularity... (9) |
Kiyoshi no Zundoko Bushi |
| Mika Nakashima Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :... (7) |
Orion | Ken Hirai Ken Hirai is a Japanese R&B and pop singer. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, and spokesperson.During his career, Hirai has released 32 singles and 11 albums up until October 2010. According to Oricon, his single Hitomi Wo Tojite became the best-selling single... (9) |
Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo |
| Mitsuko Nakamura (13) | Kawachi Otoko bushi | Akira Fuse 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... (24) |
Kimi wa Bara Yori Utsukushii |
| Ayumi Hamasaki Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to... (10) |
Mirrorcle World Mirrorcle World -Live performances:*March 25, 2008 - CDTV x SACAS!*December 31, 2008 - 59th Kouhaku Utagassen*March 25, 2011 - 'Life' at Music Station-Oricon Sales Chart :Total Sales : 193,016 Total Sales : 254,000... |
Porno Graffiti (7) | Gift |
| Perfume Perfume (group) Perfume is a Japanese all-girl trio 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, focusing more on electropop... (debut) |
Polyrhythm Polyrhythm (song) 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... |
Kiyoshi Maekawa 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"... (18) |
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 Japan... (5) |
Hajimete | Kenichi Mikawa 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"... (25) |
Sasoriza no Onna 2008 |
| Ayaka Hirahara (5) | Nocturne | Mr. Children Mr. Children , 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 1990s in Japan... (debut) |
Gift |
| Ayako Fuji Ayako Fuji , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese enka singer. She is signed onto Sony Music Japan. Born in Kakunodate, Akita, Fuji graduated from Akita Prefectural Kakunodate South High School.- Hit songs :* Utakata no Koi, 1998* Miren, 1995... (16) |
Akai Ito | Yutaka Mizutani Yutaka Mizutani is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born on July 14, 1952 in Ashibetsu City, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Biography:Mizutani was raised from the age of eight in Tokyo, Japan. He started acting at the age of twelve, when a neighbor introduced him to a children's acting school in the area... (debut) |
California Connection |
| Fujimaki Fujioka and Nozomi Ōhashi Nozomi Ōhashi is a Japanese child actress and singer attached to the Central Kodomo Gekidan talent agency.-Career:She made her drama debut at the age of three. On December 5, 2007, she debuted as a singer with the theme song for the animated film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.-Personal Life:Nozomi Ōhashi is the... (debut) |
Gake no Ue no Ponyo | Shinichi Mori Shinichi Mori is a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music. Nishinippon Shimbun claims that his total sales of gramophone records and CDs has been over 90 million copies.... (41) |
Ofukurosan |
| Kaori Mizumori 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.- External links :*... (6) |
Wajima Asaichi | Naotarō Moriyama Naotaro 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".... (3) |
Ikiteru Koto ga Tsurai nara |
| Akiko Wada Akiko Wada is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from , Ikuno-ku, Osaka. Born Kim Bok-Ja , like many Zainichi Koreans, she also had a name for everyday use, which was Japanicized . On her selection of Japanese citizenship, her name became , which upon... (32) |
Yume | WaT 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 live street performances with their guitars. Their debut single, "Boku no Kimochi", was released in 2005. Wentz, who is half German-American and half Japanese,... (4) |
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Results
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:| Method | Red Team | White Team | Total |
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| Number of votes by NHK Hall audience (including judges) | 594 votes | 1,853 votes | 2,447 votes |
| Number of votes via cellular phone | 22,330 votes | 53,951 votes | 76,281 votes |
| Number of votes via 1seg | 22,763 votes | 38,957 votes | 61,700 votes |
| Number of votes via digital TV poll | 66,313 votes | 110,789 votes | 177,102 votes |
| Results | 112,000 votes | 205,530 votes | 317,530 votes |
See also
- Kōhaku Uta GassenKohaku Uta Gassen, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...
- 50th Japan Record Awards50th Japan Record AwardsThe 50th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 30, 2008, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.- Awards winners :* Japan Record Award: - Ti Amo...