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Performances from the 61st Kohaku Uta Gassen

by on December 31, 2010 at 6:41 pm
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The banner event of the year for Japanese music artists is finally here, as the 61st Kohaku Uta Gassen was held today on December 31st, and all the biggest names in the music industry were in attendance.  Held at the NHK Hall in Shibuya, the show was hosted by Matsushita Nao and Arashi.

A total of 44 artists performed at the 61st edition of the legendary event, and if you missed the live broadcast or if you just wanted to see it all over again, check out the videos below!

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Whole Show
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Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

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First Half (Individual Performances)
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AAA – “Aitai Riyuu”

Yusuke – “Hito”

Nishino Kana – “Best Friend”

FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – “Ato Hitotsu”

Tokunaga Hideaki – “Toki no Nagare ni Mi wo Makase”

Mizuki Nana – “Phantom Minds”

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Second Half (Individual Performances)
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Fukuyama Masaharu – “Michishirube”

Uemura Kana – “Toilet no Kamisama”

Kobukuro – “Ryusei”

Ikimonogakari – “Arigato”

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Special Performances/Collaborations
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Mizuki Nana & AKB48 (Maeda Atsuko, Oshima Yuko, Itano Tomomi) – “Alright! Heartcatch Precure!”

Godai Natsuko & AKB48 - ”Hitorizake” / Hosokawa Takashi & AKB48 – “Naniwabushidayo Jinsei wa”

Kuwata Keisuke – “Soreike Baby!!” + “Hontou wa Kowai Ai to Romance”

Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi as Kaibutsu-kun – “Yukai Tsu-kai Kaibutsu-kun”

Arashi Special Project – “Bokutachi no Furusato Nippon”

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Just in case you missed our earlier coverage, you can find the rest of the performance posts below!

Hamasaki Ayumi performs “Virgin Road” here.

AKB48 performs their Kohaku 2010 AKB48 Kamikyoku SP here.

NYC performs “Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe” and “Yuuki 100%“ here.

L’Arc-en-Ciel performs “Bless” here.

Perfume performs “Nee” here.

Koda Kumi performs the Koda Kumi 2010 Special Medley here.

Arashi performs their 2010 Kohaku Original Medley here.

EXILE performs “I Wish For You” here.

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  • rinachan

    Half these videos are blocked. :(

  • Kananishino4win

    I don’t really like Kohaku… its kinda corny and old school… no wonder the ratings keep going down
    Music Station Super Live was so much better and fun to watch^^

  • Kananishino4win

    I don’t really like Kohaku… its kinda corny and old school… no wonder the ratings keep going down
    Music Station Super Live was so much better and fun to watch^^

  • kashiko

    yeah, but Kouhaku aims at everyone, from children to elders. And enka can shine at this show :))

  • kashiko

    yeah, but Kouhaku aims at everyone, from children to elders. And enka can shine at this show :))

  • margalovesjpop

    it might be old school but at least it reaches the hearts of everyone :)
    and I am sure that the viewers are really happy too :)
    that’s the thing that counts isn’t it? not just the rating it self :P

  • margalovesjpop

    So cool :)
    the performances are really superb!

  • sergel02

    omg what a long show

  • Laruku-93

    This is great! <3

  • Laruku-93

    This is the first time I’ve ever watched Kohaku….. ^-^
    I’m lovin’ it! ^^

    Is anyone else having trouble loading the 1st video, or is it just me?
    I can only get it to load to 7 min. in….. :/

  • FortyEight

    THANK YOU!!!

  • http://twitter.com/Lebenes Lebene

    Wait wait. Where’s NewS or at least Yamapi? Weren’t they present??

  • http://twitter.com/Lebenes Lebene

    Wait wait. Where’s NewS or at least Yamapi? Weren’t they present??

  • shiroi97

    AKB48 members in Yukata(s) are killing me ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

  • Bluebird

    I don’t get it..is PreCure very popular in Japan? I don’t really like it…I kind of like Shugo Chara! more.

  • AnNguyen

    WEEEEE I’m gonna watch the whole show :DD Can’t wait to watch all the performances :D Although it’s with no subs it’s still nice to watch ^^ I just wanna see my fav artists on stage :)

  • AnNguyen

    WEEEEE I’m gonna watch the whole show :DD Can’t wait to watch all the performances :D Although it’s with no subs it’s still nice to watch ^^ I just wanna see my fav artists on stage :)

  • CM

    Not anymore. :o

  • CM

    Not anymore. :o

  • deroxat

    argh! most of the videos seem to be gone. could you please upload it again? thanks a lot and keep on the good work guys!

  • Natsume-kun

    Suteki~

  • deroxat

    I definitely enjoy Kohaku for its tradition of crazy on stage performances! So Great!

    EDIT: thanks for this quick new upload

  • mayuyu

    So who won??

  • imoyaki

    this whole post just made my day! watching it once is just not enough!! luv all of the performances

  • MinahMyu

    ..I think that’s the JE one

  • MinahMyu

    White team men I think…. it was posted on the first article of the Uta Gassen

  • michiinen

    I missed the show :( Super Thank You for sharing this :D

  • hitsugaya

    kobukuro daisuki!!!

  • hitsugaya

    kobukuro daisuki!!!