The line-up of artists that will perform at NHK's annual New Year's Eve music show, "Kohaku Uta Gassen (Kohaku)", has just been announced!

As we reported earlier, the hosts for the 61st installment of this legendary event will be Matsushita Nao for the "Red Team" and Arashi for the "White Team".

Check out the line-up below!

First time performers are bolded!

<Red Team> (Female)

aiko (9)
Angela Aki (5)
Ikimonogakari (3)
Ishikawa Sayuri (33)
Uemura Kana (1)
AKB48 (3)
Kawanaka Miyuki (23)
Kumiko (1)
Koda Kumi (6)
Godai Natsuko (17)
Kobayashi Sachiko (32)
Sakamoto Fuyumi (22)
Tendo Yoshimi (15)
DREAMS COME TRUE (14)
Nakamura Mitsuko (15)
Nishino Kana (1)
Hamasaki Ayumi (12)
Perfume (3)
Hirahara Ayaka (7)
Mizuki Nana (2)
Mizumori Kaori (8)
Wada Akiko (34)

<White Team> (Male)

Arashi (2)
Itsuki Hiroshi (40)
HY (1)
EXILE (6)
NYC (2)
Kayama Yuzo (17)
Kitajima Saburo (47)
Go Hiromi (23)
Kobukuro (6)
SMAP (18)
TOKIO (17)
Tokunaga Hideaki (5)
AAA (1)
Hikawa Kiyoshi (11)
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (2)
Fukuyama Masaharu (3)
flumpool (2)
Hosokawa Takashi (34)
Porno Graffitti (9)
Mori Shinichi (43)
Yusuke (2)
L'Arc~en~Ciel (4)



Source: NHK Official site