At the end of 2022, the year will end with appearances on “The 73rd NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen (Kohaku)” (NHK General) and “Johnny’s Countdown 2022 → 2023 (Kakon)” (Fuji TV). Johnny’s members who they decorated brilliantly. In particular, “Kaukon” will host Taichi Kokubun and Yoshihiko Inohara for the first time in three years, and KinKi Kids, who participated in “Kohaku” for the first time in six years, and all 14 groups and Johnny’s Jr. will reunite . A shuffle medley with selected members of each group, a group change medley singing songs of other groups and other valuable performances to this day only delighted many fans.
Also, this year, a pleasant surprise was delivered the day after “Kaukon” aired. These are the two photos that were suddenly uploaded to King & Prince’s official Twitter account on January 1st. This post with the hashtags “#Snostoppuri” and “#Snopuri” shows three groups, King & Prince, Snow Man and SixTONES, who have shared the dressing room of “Kaukon”. The high-impact group photo of a total of 20 people who crossed the boundaries of the group caused a great response. Originally, when King & Prince and SixTONES starred in a music program together, they started releasing off-shots as “#stoppers”. There have been several opportunities to post group photos of the two groups thus far, but this time it seems like Snow Man has joined in.
#snostoppri#sunopuri pic.twitter.com/0xULxpDKDl
— King and Prince (@kingandprince_j) January 1, 2023
Snow Man and King & Prince will be remembered for their collaborative performance at “Johnny’s Festival ~Thank you 2021 Hello 2022~” held at Tokyo Dome on December 30, 2021. Two sets of classic/unique idol songs, “Cinderella Girl” (King & Prince) and “I want to be your boyfriend” (Snow Man), performed in perfect harmony. The two dance numbers, King & Prince “Magic Touch” and Snow Man “Grandeur”, which were performed in that stream respectively, were well worth seeing, clearly conveying the high level of skill and expressiveness of both. In this year’s group change medley “Kaukon”, Snow Man performed King & Prince’s romantic love song “koi-wazurai”. He embodied the King & Prince idol charm with the resemblance to the Snowman. If it comes true, I’m the only one who would like to see King & Prince battle it out in dance tunes like “JUICY” and “Crazy FRESH Beat” from the Snow Man repertoire. I wonder.
