In 2023, the Japanese New Year’s Eve party program “Red and White Song Hezhan” has successively 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 method of canceling the hosts of the red and white teams last year, Hiroshi Oizumi, Kanna Hashimoto, and Maho Sangko will be invited as hosts, and Sho Sakurai will be the special guide. The host lineup, debut cast, performance songs and program list of the 73rd Red and White Uta Battle in Japan in 2023 are compiled below. The 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.
More 2023 New Year’s Eve information:
Hosted 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 that by the end of 2022, I will use songs to promote “the preciousness of peace” and “love full of hope.” “. This red and white song battle continued last year’s cancellation of the host of the red group and the host of the white group, and was uniformly called “the host”. Hiroshi Oizumi, Maho Sangko, and Kanna Hashimoto, who served as the host for the first time, were invited to co-host. Sakurai Sho served as the special guide.
▲The theme of the 2023 Red and White Song War, I hope the audience can feel the “preciousness of peace” and “love full of hope” in the song.
10 groups of singers made their debut singing songs and Qu Shun program list
This year, there are 10 groups of singers making their debut in Japan’s Red and White Uta Wars, including Aimer, who has sung many well-known anime songs, will sing the opening song “Reverberation Sange” of “Demon Slayer: Blade Tour”, and “One Piece The Movie: Red Hair Song” “Ji” heroine “Mei Yin” will appear on the red and white stage as a virtual singer. In addition, there will be 3 groups of Korean groups performing on stage in this red and white song battle. They are TWICE, which is on stage for the fourth time, and the new generation groups IVE and LE SSERAFIM are invited to participate for the first time.
Other highlights of the show include Gen Hoshino singing “Comedy”, and the music group YOASOBI member Ikada Rira will appear as a guest in the red group with milet, Aimer and Vaundy, singing “おもかげ”. Among them, Vaundy is representing both the red group and the white group Group of singers. Finally, Japanese actress Shizuka Kudo will be on the red and white show after 24 years. She will perform with her daughter flutist Shinmi Kimura to celebrate the 35th anniversary of her debut.
▲The program schedule for the first half of the 2023 Red and White Song Battle.
▲The program 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 for this year’s Kohaku Uta match include figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, member of the idol group “Arashi” Jun Matsumoto, and head coach Mori Yasuichi of the Japanese football team for this World Cup. The 2023 Red and White Song Battle will start at 19:20 p.m. Japan time, which is converted to around 18:20 Taiwan time. The broadcast channels include NHK General Channel, NHK World Premium, NHK Broadcasting Frequency 1, Japan International Radio, etc. For more information, go toNHK official websiteInquire.
▲The examiners of the 2023 Japan Red and White Utas include Ashida Mana, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko, Nishimura Hirodo, Hanyu Yuzuru, Bando Yajuro, Fukuhara Haruka, Matsumoto Jun, Murakami Sotaka, Mori Yasuichi, and Yoshida Miyako.