On December 21st, NHK announced the song selection for the 44 artists/groups appearing at the Kohaku Uta Gassen, which will be broadcast live on December 31st.

This announcement is usually made through their website and in the other usual ways, but this year they aired a special program called "Mou sugu Kohaku! Yoshu SP" ("Kohaku will be soon! Preparation Special").

AKB48, Koda Kumi, and Wada Akiko (Red Team), as well as ARASHI, NYC, Kayama Yuzo, Go Hiromi, and SMAP (White Team), will be presenting special medleys instead of just one song. Singer Nakamura Mitsuko will also set a new record by presenting her song "Kawachi otokobushi" for the 8th time at "Kohaku Uta Gassen".

"Kohaku Uta Gassen" is one of the longest running programs on Japanese TV, and it stars the biggest J-pop and Enka-artists of the year on December 31st. This year's hosts will be ARASHI for the white team and actress Matsushita Nao for the red team.

Check out all the songs that the artists will perform below!

<Artist / Song (Number Of Appearances)>


<Red Team>

aiko / Mukai awase (9)
Angela Aki / Kagayaku hito (5)
Ikimono gakari / Arigato (3)
Ishikawa Sayuri / Amagigoe (33)
Uemura Kana / Toilet no kami-sama (1)
AKB48 / Kohaku 2010 AKB48 Kamikyoku SP (3)
Kawanaka Miyuki / Nirinsou (23)
Kumiko / INORI ~Inori~ (1)
Koda Kumi / KODAKUMI 2010 Special Medley (6)
Godai Natsuko / Hitorizake (17)
Kobayashi Sachiko / Kaa-chan no hitorigoto (32)
Sakamoto Fuyumi / Mata kimi ni koi shiteru (22)
Tendo Yoshimi / Jinsei michizure (15)
DREAMS COME TRUE / Ikite yuku no desu feat. The Kohaku Special Brass band (14)
Nakamura Mitsuko / Kawachi otokobushi (15)
Nishino Kana / Best Friend (1)
Hamasaki Ayumi / Virgin Road (12)
Perfume / Nee (3)
Hirahara Ayaka / Voyagers (7)
Mizuki Nana / PHANTOM MINDS (2)
Mizumori Kaori / Matsushima Kiko (8)
Wada Akiko / AKKO ii!!! Kohaku 2010 Special (34)

<White Team>

ARASHI / 2010 Kohaku Original Medley (2)
Itsuki Hiroshi / Oshiroi hana (40)
HY / Toki wo koe (1)
EXILE / I Wish For You (6)
NYC / Yoku asobi yoku manabe 100% NYC (2)
Kayama Yuzo / Wakadaisho 50-nen Special Medley (17)
Kitajima Saburo / Fusetsu nagaretabi (47)
Go Hiromi / GO! GO! Iya~ Kohaku Special Medley (23)
Kobukuro / Ryusei (6)
SMAP / This is love'10 SP Medley
TOKIO / advance (17)
Tokunaga Hideaki / Toki no nagare ni mi wo makase (5)
AAA / Aitai riyu (1)
Hikawa Kiyoshi / Niji-iro no Bayon (11)
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS / Ato hitotsu (2)
Fukuyama Masaharu / Michishirube (3)
flumpool / Kimi ni todoke (2)
Hosokawa Takashi / Naniwabushi da yo jinsei wa (34)
Porno Graffitti / Kimi wa 100% (9)
Mori Shinichi / Erimomisaki (43)
Yusuke / Hito (2)
L'Arc~en~Ciel / BLESS (4)

Source: Oricon