KÅhaku Uta Gassen
January 2, 1953 (TV)
The Kohaku Uta Gassen (Japanese红白 歌 合 戦, dt " red - white singing contest " ), usually just called " Kohaku ", is an annual music program that aired on New Year's Eve on the public Japanese broadcaster NHK since 1951 on television and on the radio will. In addition to radio and television, the show will be broadcast internationally by NHK network and some TV channels of cable television. About a quarter of an hour before midnight ends the mission. NHK then sends New Year's greetings from all over Japan.
The most popular artists of pop and Enka are divided into two teams, each with over 25 artists, the red Akagumi (赤 组or红 组) and white Shirogumi (白 组). The members of the Akagumi are female or groups with female singers, members of Shirogumi are male or groups with male singers. Perform at Kohaku, is by invitation only. It may only successful artists of the relevant year or popular artists perform. As before a performance at Kohaku is considered an honor and a career springboard.
In addition, guests are invited as a jury each year who took a special place in that year, for example, Winners of sports competitions, authors of important works or actor of taiga dramas.
Results
- TV Program (Japan)
- Music broadcast (television)