It’s that time of the year again, the performers have been announced for the 69th Kohaku Uta Gassen!

Since 1973 the show has taken place at the NHK Hall, and has become a New Year tradition for many families as it’s aired live on December 31st. Every year the artists are split into two different teams, red and white.

The red team consists of female artists, and the white team has male artists.

This year marks the debut Kohaku performance for Johnny’s group KING & PRINCE, while on the red team DAOKO will be stepping foot on the Kohaku stage for the very first time.

As usual, the teams are mix of veteran and new artists spanning multiple genres. Check out the full teams below. The number in brackets indicates how many times they have appeared at Kohaku.

Red Team:

• aiko (13)
• AIMYON (debut)
• Ikimonogakari (10)
• Sayuri Ishikawa (41)
• AKB48 (11)
• Midori Oka (2)
• Keyakizaka46 (3)
• Fuyumi Sakamoto (30)
• Aya Shimazu (5)
• Superfly (3)
• DAOKO (debut)
• Yoshimi Tendo (23)
• TWICE (2)
• Kana Nishino (9)
• Nogizaka46 (4)
• Perfume (11)
• Seiko Matsuda (22)
• Yumi Matsutoya (3)
• MISIA (3)
• Kaori Mizumori (16)
• Little Glee Monster (2)

White Team:

• Arashi (10)
• Hiroshi Itsuki (48)
• EXILE (12)
• Kanjani8 (7)
• King & Prince (debut)
• Hiromi Go (31)
• Suchmos (debut)
• Sandaime J Soul Brothers (7)
• Jyunretsu (debut)
• SEKAI NO OWARI (5)
• SEXY ZONE (6)
• DA PUMP (6)
• Kiyoshi Hikawa (19)
• Masaharu Fukuyama (11)
• Hey! Say! JUMP (2)
• Gen Hoshino (4)
• Daichi Miura (2)
• Hiroshi Miyama (4)
• Keisuke Yamauchi (4)
• Yuzu (9)
• YOSHIKI feat HYDE (debut)

Shiina Ringo (6) and Koji Miyamoto (debut) will also be appearing together, but won’t be apart of the red or white team.

The hosts this year will be Arashi member Sho Sakurai and actress Suzu Hirose.

(via nhk)