72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

The 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (第72回NHK紅白歌合戦, lit.'The 72nd NHK Red & White Song Battle') was the 2021 (Reiwa 3) edition of NHK's television special Kōhaku Uta Gassen, held on December 31, 2021, live from the hall A of Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan), and broadcast in Japan through NHK General Television and NHK Radio 1, and worldwide through TV Japan (US only) and NHK World Premium. Yo Oizumi, Haruna Kawaguchi & Mayuko Wakuda served as show hosts.[1] The Red team won this event.

72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Also known as72nd NHK Red & White Year-End Song Festival
第72回NHK紅白歌合戦: Colorful〜カラフル〜
GenreMusic, Variety, Special
Created byTsumoru Kondo
Directed byYukinori Kida
Presented byHaruna Kawaguchi
Yo Oizumi
Mayuko Wakuda
StarringShunichi Tokura
JudgesKasumi Ishikawa
Kaya Kiyohara
Eiko Koike
Kentaro Sakaguchi
Mami Tani
Kōki Mitani
Ending theme"Hotaru no Hikari"
Composers
  • Takahiro Kaneko
  • Tsunaki Mihara
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
Production
Production locationTokyo International Forum
Running time265 minutes
Production companyNHK Enterprise Inc.
Release
Original network
Original releaseDecember 31, 2021 (2021-12-31)

About the show

This year's edition took place on Tokyo International Forum, since the usual venue, NHK Hall is currently undergoing renovations, to be done in time for the 73rd edition (2022). Starting this year, there will be no longer separate hosts for the Red and White team. Instead, the hosts will share duties with the general host, encouraging the performers, regardless of their gender. The theme for the 72nd edition is "Colorful", based on an idea of "I want to make the world as colorful as possible on the last night of 2021". The new logo for the show is also introduced: it is a gradient image that goes from red to white.[2]

This was the first edition in two years to be held with an audience, with a certain number of spectators. After 50 appearances (the last being in 2020), Hiroshi Itsuki announced that he will not participate in this Kouhaku during a concert held on October 17.

Once again, Shunichi Tokura conducted the choir in the closing song "Hotaru no Hikari".

On December 25, Seiko Matsuda, who was scheduled to participate in the event, announced that she would withdraw from the event due to the sudden death of her daughter Sayaka Kanda.[3]

On December 27, the performance order was revealed. LiSA and Hiromi Go will open the show, while Masaharu Fukuyama and MISIA (who makes her second consecutive Ootori) will repeat their closing acts from last year. Rehearsals took place from December 28 until the morning of the live show.

Artist lineup

 Debuting artists   Returning artists   Special performances 

Red Team White Team
Order Artist Appearance Song Order Artist Appearance Song
First half
1LiSA3"Akeboshi" 2Hiromi Go34"2 Oku 4 Senman no Hitomi (Exotic Japan)"
4NiziU2"Take a Picture" 3Dish1"Neko"
6Sakurazaka462"Nagaredama" 5Keisuke Yamauchi7"Yūrakuchō de Aimashō"
Colorful Special Segment: Nippon Zenkoku Ōmisoka no Yoru wa Colorful ni!
Yoasobi, Midories and Ao to Kii – "Tsubame"
7Awesome City Club1"Wasurena" 8Generations from Exile Tribe3"Make Me Better"
9Hinatazaka463"Kimi Shika Katan" 10Junretsu4"Kimi ga Soba ni Iru Kara"
12Yoshimi Tendo26"Anta no Hanamichi" Brass Band SP 11SixTones2"Mascara"
14Mone Kamishiraishi1"Yoake o Kuchizusametara" 13KAT-TUN1"Real Face" #2
16Milet2"Fly High" 15King & Prince4"Koi Furu Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou"
18Kaori Mizumori19"Ii Hi Tabidachi" 17Mafumafu1"Inochi ni Kirawarete Iru"
19Snow Man1"D.D."
Ken Matsudaira – "Matsuken Samba II"
Second half
Colorful special segment: Asu e no yūki o kureru uta
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra – "Overture" & "And To The Legend..." from Dragon Quest
LiSA – "Homura" from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
Yoko Takahashi – "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" from Neon Genesis Evangelion
20Ai4"Aldebaran" 21Kanjani Eight10"Re:Live"
22Bish1"Promise the Star" 23Hiroshi Miyama7"Ukiyo Gasa" 5th Kendama Sekai Kiroku e no Michi
24Dai Hirai1"Stand By Me, Stand By You"
Ketsumeishi – "Life Is Beautiful"
25Perfume14"Polygon Wave"
26Millennium Parade × Belle1"U" 27Hiroji Miyamoto2"Yoake no Uta"
28Nogizaka467"Kikkake"
Colorful special segment: Nippon zenkoku ōmisoka no yoru wa Colorful ni!
Takashi Hosokawa – "Bōkyō Jonkara" and "Kita Sakaba"
29Fuyumi Sakamoto33"Yozakura Oshichi" 30Fujii Kaze1"Kirari"
"Mo-Eh-Yo"
31Yoasobi2"Gunjō" 32Masayuki Suzuki4"Megumi no Hito" 2021 Kōhaku ver.
33Yuzu12"Niji"
35Aimyon3"Till I Know What Love Is (I'm Never Gonna Die)" 34Gen Hoshino7"Fushigi"
36Bump of Chicken2"Tentai Kansoku"
"Nanairo"
Masashi Sada – "Dōkeshi no Sonnet"
37Tokyo Jihen2"Ryokushu"
38Hiroko Yakushimaru2"Woman (W no Higeki) Yori"
39Sayuri Ishikawa44"Kaji to Kenka wa Edo no Hana"
"Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
40Kiyoshi Hikawa22"Uta wa Waga Inochi"
41Tomoyasu Hotei1"Saraba Seishun no Hikari" (Kouhaku SP)
43Misia6"Ashita e" 42Masaharu Fukuyama14"Michishirube"
SONGS PERFORMED ON MEDLEYS
  • Tomoyasu Hotei: "Battle Without Honor or Humanity", "Sayonara Seishun no Hikari"
  • MISIA: "Ashita e", "Higher Love"
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
  • "Ode to Joy" - Composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • "Next Episode" - Shiro Sagisu (from Neon Genesis Evangelion OST)
  • "I Can't Help Falling in Love" - Performed by Hi-STANDARD (Original by Elvis Presley)
  • "You've Got a Friend" - Performed by Carole King

Guest Performers

  • Midories
  • Ryunosuke Kamiki - Aoi voice actor
  • Fumi Nikaido - Ki voice actress
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra - Dragon Quest music performers
  • Takayuki Yamada - Dragon Quest VTR narrator
  • Natsuki Hanae - Tanjiro Kamado voice actor
  • Megumi Ogata - Shinji Ikari voice actress
  • Megumi Hayashibara - Rei Ayanami voice actress
  • Yuko Miyamura - Asuka Langley voice actress
  • Kotono Mitsuishi - Misato Katsuragi voice actress
  • Fumihiko Tachiki - Gendou Ikari voice actor
  • Yoko Takahashi - Performer on "A Cruel Angel's Thesis"
  • Kendama Chiba-chan, Kendama Heroes 2021, Taiyu Shoinji, Zuu Mandrake, DJ KOO, Fuku Suzuki, Mook - Kendama players on Hiroshi Miyama's performance
  • Azuma - Flower artist on Yuzu's performance
  • Fuu Hanataka - Hiroshi Miyama VTR narrator
  • Kreva, Miyavi - Guest performers on Sayuri Ishikawa's performance
  • Osaka Toin High School Symphonic Band - Guest musicians on Yoshimi Tendo's performance
  • Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Yoshio Sato - Members from Rats & Star, guest vocalists on Masayuki Suzuki's performance
  • Hayato Sumino - Piano on Mone Kamishiraishi's performance
  • Hitori Gekidan - Reprising his role as a control booth technician from the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

Voting System

This year, the 3-Point System was used again. One point is given from the six judges, another one from audience in TIF, and last one from the viewers. The team with at least 2 points is declared winner of the 72nd edition.

Results
Method Votes Points
RED TEAM WHITE TEAM
Guest Judges 0 6 WHITE
T.I.F. Audience 1110 1000 RED
Viewers (Japan only) 2.189.150 1.956.996 RED
Winner RED TEAM

References

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