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AKB48 perform special medley at 61st Kohaku Uta Gassen + SKE48 & NMB48 cameo

by on December 31, 2010 at 7:33 am
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The 61st edition of NHK’s annual music show, Kohaku Uta Gassen, just started a few moments ago, and AKB48 performed a special medley, called “Kohaku 2010 AKB48 Kamikyoku SP“!

AKB48 performed “Beginner” to start things off, but then SKE48 and NMB48 made cameo appearances for the “Heavy Rotation” and “Ponytail to Shushu” songs.

Check out the performance with 130 girls on stage at the same time below!

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  • maria-chan

    Damn..the video is private already T_T

  • maria-chan

    Damn..the video is private already T_T

  • http://twitter.com/epidemiaxx Luis Guichard

    Video is private. I need to watch that performance for god’s sake T_____T

  • http://twitter.com/epidemiaxx Luis Guichard

    Video is private. I need to watch that performance for god’s sake T_____T

  • CM

    Sorry about that. I added a different video.

  • CM

    Sorry about that. I added a different video.

  • mayuyu

    omg thank you thank you!!

  • mayuyu

    omg thank you thank you!!

  • NJ982

    Wahou the end was awesome !

  • NJ982

    Wahou the end was awesome !

  • mayuyu

    I loved the ending!

  • mayuyu

    I loved the ending!

  • ain12

    3 armies of kawaii Japanese girls ftw! Lol. I loved the outfits for Beginner. And the ending was beyong cool. :D

  • minnie_micky

    Even if someone was missing, we wouldn’t know. LOL.

  • iduncare

    wow…cool beginner outfit..wish for team red’s to win this yer^^

  • 姫路

    Sorry for my fail, but what letters were they making at the end? 8D;; I could only figure out AKB D:
    Anybody watching Kouhaku live? :D

  • 姫路

    Me too… let the Red Team win! :D

  • Redder

    AKB
    RED
    V (victory)

  • 姫路

    I see… thanks! :D

  • Rubyy

    Any man’s heaven

  • lee_na204

    THE ENDING IS SO COOL OMG. LOL. <3 akb in raincoats :D

  • D_YaNa

    I missed their performance on Tv~~ But thank god i can watch it here~~! yaahhooooo~!
    sorry to break this to you guys but White team win~~! *YAY*
    Demo Akb48 still pull out an awesome performance~ ><

  • SHHMULIEE

    WOAHH. too many girls. that was pretty epic though, never seen so many
    people on a stage at once.
    I always wonder…how do they share their income???

  • http://twitter.com/UrsusAlpinus AK

    The Borg are real. They’re called AKB48.

    Resistance IS futile.

    The idea is absolutely brilliant though.

  • FortyEight

    OMG best performance of 2010~
    byebye 2010~

  • danger-zone

    amazing happy new year everyone

  • http://twitter.com/itsjustthat_ily Jessica

    ahhh performance is so cute <3 :D

  • Orihime

    i don’t like this beginner outfit but seriously 130?!!….:O god it’s a giant army of idol girls XD

  • Orihime

    i don’t like this beginner outfit but seriously 130?!!….:O god it’s a giant army of idol girls XD

  • Watanabe_Ju

    They are so cool!! Im cheer u guys up…

    Happy New Year to Everyone!!

  • http://twitter.com/DepressLovePoet Cassidy Star

    wow.. 130 girls! O_O
    Imma watch this later.. right now head hurts.. T_T
    Happy New Year to everyone!! <3 Lots of love for Tokyohive!! :)

  • http://twitter.com/DepressLovePoet Cassidy Star

    wow.. 130 girls! O_O
    Imma watch this later.. right now head hurts.. T_T
    Happy New Year to everyone!! <3 Lots of love for Tokyohive!! :)

  • Kumickey

    Awesome!

  • erivera

    Even after this performance, I still can’t seem to take —48 groups seriously… >_<

  • Orange_s2

    lmao and i thought it was big already when they perform with 48, but 130…..

  • redoceanlove

    wow..i 130 ppls on stage. amazing that they didnt bump and fall itnto each other

  • hikari130

    akb48!!! sooo good! :D
    i really liked their formation at the end too! so cute ^^

    but how come the screen is flipped? o_o

  • Matz Rios

    This is insane! LOL, I really like AKB48! I wonder how long it took them to practice together with SKE48 and NMB48. dang! so awesome!

  • purelyherotic

    my life goal is to meet someone who can name all 130 girls. LOL.

  • purelyherotic

    my life goal is to meet someone who can name all 130 girls. LOL.

  • Cap’n Krunch

    WOW O_O I want to see HQ

  • SNSDism

    AAH I looooove these songs. My favorite is still Ponytail. <3 Such an epic summer song.

  • http://twitter.com/katLovelie katlove

    bet the camera man had a hard time fitting them on all in the screen. but he still pull it through. good job mr. camera man ;)

  • http://twitter.com/katLovelie katlove

    bet the camera man had a hard time fitting them on all in the screen. but he still pull it through. good job mr. camera man ;)

  • validora

    omg. that’s an army right there. and plz tell me i’m not the only one who was O.O” when they spelled out akb48 at the end. lol

  • KatPianist

    Lol

  • yassie

    somehow im happy to see maeda front and center amongst these girls…i used to wonder how she was first but now she kinda grew on me~

  • KatPianist

    Love these girls!! ♥

  • Lindachii

    whoaaa
    and people thought johnny’s was crazy for having an army of boys lol

  • KatPianist

    GO AKB48!!!! Keep rock on girls!! I’m your number one fan and always keep the faith!! ♥♥

  • http://twitter.com/RosheenNasir Rosheen Nasir

    Too many…people lol. I liked Beginner though ^^

  • MrMojo

    OK.
    I got “AKB” but “Red” then “V”
    OK… V as in Victory??
    What about “Red”? What does that mean?
    Thanks!

  • beltofvenus

    Red because they’re on the red team @ all-female team

  • Bluebird

    I love the ending part where they assemble to spell “AKB48 V”. That was awesome.
    Amazing! I love how they featured all 48 members besides aren’t they really 48 members in this group? oh and adding some SKE48 & NMB48 members was great too lol.

  • Bluebird

    Yeah, but the reason why its 130 is because they also had members from SKE48 and NMB48.

  • Bluebird

    You don’t have to…and besides only 16 members of AKB48 go out to promote a single.
    It looks to me like your a K-pop fan hmmm let’s just say that they are like..Super Juniour who use to have 12 members. Just had 4 more lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nhu-Lulu-Ly/1799131381 Nhu Lulu Ly

    my head TT^TT. It’s hurt .

  • ALM587loveskpop

    OMG, i thought 48 ppl on stage are many. but 130 …. thats …. i dont have words for that xD

  • ALM587loveskpop

    OMG, i thought 48 ppl on stage are many. but 130 …. thats …. i dont have words for that xD

  • erivera

    I didn’t know about the 16 members promoting a single thing. Also, nah… I’m not into K-POP. I mainly listen to Sakanaction, Kyosuke Himuro, L’Arc-en-Ciel/VAMPS, B’Z and Utada Hikaru. Anyway, I’m not saying I’m completely against AKB48, just that I’m not completely used to seeing a group consisting of 48 people. lol

  • deroxat

    OMG, 130 gilrs on stage! o_O
    impressive!

  • atarashi.michi

    love this so much <3
    but technically there were already SKE48 members in Beginner~
    hahaha love rena and jurina <3

  • happy7

    130 girls!!! WOW they shoul have a huge backstage rom for them to change cloths & Make up!
    And they share with alot artist & assitances too…

  • blahblahbah

    No SDN48 girls??? why is that lol

  • http://twitter.com/fuyulee Fang yu Lee

    no wonder the top girl idol groups in Japan nowadyas are Korean… The level is waaaaaaay different. Korean girl groups FTW! The number is impressive but that seems to be about it… They are not as cute and dance moves are almost boringly simplistic most of the time

    Also, idk if it was already mentioned but the video is a mirror image… All the words are backward…

  • http://twitter.com/fuyulee Fang yu Lee

    no wonder the top girl idol groups in Japan nowadyas are Korean… The level is waaaaaaay different. Korean girl groups FTW! The number is impressive but that seems to be about it… They are not as cute and dance moves are almost boringly simplistic most of the time

    Also, idk if it was already mentioned but the video is a mirror image… All the words are backward…

  • http://twitter.com/eatyourrice Cristobel Alice Yu

    sorry. but that did not sound like 130 girls singing. and i don’t know anything about the japanese industry so please help me out. if they make an album, do all 130 girls split up the money on the their album? because super junior which has 13 members split their earnings and they think its tough.

    and last comment..this video made me realize that if i said i was an AKB48 member, some people might believe me. haha

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LRSEDEEHTCFXSIWJBLRMJLD5DE arin

    umm dude most dances from kpop girl groups are also simple too so dont be critizing when it goes the same for kpop

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LRSEDEEHTCFXSIWJBLRMJLD5DE arin

    umm dude most dances from kpop girl groups are also simple too so dont be critizing when it goes the same for kpop

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000201760606 Donna Morales

    what does ske48 mean?