In 2023, the Japanese New Year’s party program “Red and White Song Hezhan” later announced the participating casts and performances. This year, the 73rd Japan Red and White Uta Battle will be held at the NHK hall in Tokyo, Japan. Continuing the cancellation method of the hosts of the red and white teams last year, Hiroshi Oizumi, Kanna Hashimoto and Maho Sangko will be invited as the host, and Sho Sakurai will be the special guide. The following are the host lineup, debut cast, performance songs and program list of the 73rd Battle of the Red and White Uta in Japan in 2023. Live broadcast channels in Japan are NHK General Channel, NHK World Premium, NHK Broadcasting Frequency 1, Japan International Radio, etc. Taiwan can wait for Weilai Japan to rebroadcast it with full Chinese subtitles.
Further information on New Year’s Eve 2023:
Presented by Yo Oizumi, Kanna Hashimoto, Maho Kuwako and Sho Sakurai
The theme of the 2023 Japanese Red and White Song Battle is “Love & Peace-みんなでシェア (Love & Peace-everyone to share)”. I hope by the end of 2022 I will use the songs to promote “the preciousness of peace” and “hopeful love”. This battle of red and white songs continued with last year’s cancellation of the group’s host red and white group host, and was uniformly referred to as “the host”. Hiroshi Oizumi, Maho Sangko, and Kanna Hashimoto, who served as first-time hosts, were invited to co-host Sakurai Sho as special guide .
▲ The theme of the 2023 Red and White Song War, I hope the audience can feel the “preciousness of peace” and “hopeful love” in the song.
10 singing groups made their debut singing songs and Qu Shun’s program list
This year, there are 10 singing groups debut Red and White Uta Wars in Japan, including Aimer, who has sung many famous anime songs, will sing the opening song “Reverberation Sange” of “Demon Slayer : Blade Tour”. , and “One Piece The Movie: Red Hair Song” heroine “Ji” “Mei Yin” will appear on the red and white stage as a virtual singer. In addition, there will be 3 sets of Korean bands performing on stage in this red and white song battle. They are TWICE, which is on stage for the 4th time, and the new generation bands IVE and LE SSERAFIM are welcome to join for the first time.
Other highlights of the show include Gen Hoshino singing “Comedy”, and YOASOBI music group member Ikada Rira will appear as a guest in Red Group with Milet, Aimer and Vaundy, singing “おもかげ”. Among them, Vaundy represents both the Red Group and the White Group of Singers. Finally, Japanese actress Shizuka Kudo will be in the red and white show after 24 years and will perform with her flautist daughter Shinmi Kimura to celebrate the 35th anniversary of her debut.
▲The schedule for the first half of the 2023 Red and White Song Battle.
▲The schedule for the second half of the 2023 Red and White Song Battle.
Yuzuru Hanyu and Yasuichi Mori will serve as examiners starting at 18:20 Taiwan Time
The judges of this year’s Kohaku Uta match include figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, idol group member “Arashi” Jun Matsumoto, and coach Mori Yasuichi of Japan’s soccer team for this World Cup. The 2023 Red and White Song Battle will start at 19:20 Japan time, which converts to around 18:20 Taiwan time. Broadcast channels include NHK General Channel, NHK World Premium, NHK Broadcasting Frequency 1, Japan International Radio , etc. For more information, go toNHK official websiteRequest information.
▲ The 2023 Japanese red and white Uta examiners include Ashida Mana, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko, Nishimura Hirodo, Hanyu Yuzuru, Bando Yajuro, Fukuhara Haruka, Matsumoto Jun, Murakami Sotaka, Mori Yasuichi and Yoshida Miyako.
