One Piece Film Red’s Uta Makes History as 1st Anime Character to Appear on NHK’s New Year’s Singing Program
One of the biggest institutions of Japanese television, NHK’s yearly New Year’s singing competition Kohaku Uta Gassen, revealed the members of the Red and White teams today announcing that One Piece Film Red’s Uta will be making history as the first anime character on the program as a competing member for the Red Team.
Alongside appearing on the special, which will air from 7:20 PM to 11:45 PM on December 31, Uta is also collaborating with the event in the lead with the “ONE PIECE UTA LIVE RED x WHITE” PR project, though more details will be announced at a later time.
『第73回NHK紅白歌合戦』×『FILM RED』
コラボレーション企画!!「ONE PIECE UTA LIVE RED×WHITE」
実施✨動画など、紅白オリジナルコンテンツを
たくさん展開予定‼️第一弾として、尾田先生描きおろしの
ウタ・ルフィスペシャルビジュアルが到着????
続報もお楽しみに！#OP_FILMRED#ONEPIECE pic.twitter.com/B2LubH0n6z— 『ONE PIECE FILM RED』【公式】 (@OP_FILMRED) November 16, 2022
Alongside Uta (and Ado as her singing voice) in her first appearance on the Red Team are: IVE (first appearance), Aimyon (4th appearance), Sayuri Ishikawa (45th appearance), Aimer (first appearance and performing songs from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc), Shizuka Kudo (9th appearance), Fuyumi Sakamoto (34th appearance), Ryoko Shinohara (2nd appearance), Superfly (6th appearance), SEKAI NO OWARI (6th appearance), Yoshimi Tendo (27th appearance), TWICE (4th appearance), NiziU (3rd appearance), Nogizaka46 (8th appearance), Perfume (15th appearance), Hinatazaka46 (4th appearance), MISIA (7th appearance), Kaori Mizumori (20th appearance), milet (3rd appearance), Ryokuoushoku Shakai (first appearance) and LE SSERAFIM (first appearance).
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Meanwhile, the White Team consists of* Official HIGE DANdism (3rd appearance), Kanjani Eight∞ (11th appearance), KinKi Kids (2nd appearance), King & Prince (5th appearance), King Gnu (2nd appearance), Hiromi Go (35th appearance), Saucy Dog (first appearance), JO1 (first appearance), Junretsu (5th appearance), Masayuki Suzuki (11th appearance), SixTONES (3rd appearance), Snow Man (2nd appearance), Naniwa Danshi (first appearance), Vaundy (first appearance), BE:FIRST (first appearance), Masaharu Fukuyama (15th appearance), Gen Hoshino (8th appearance), Daichi Miura (4th appearance), Hiroshi Miyama (8th appearance), Keisuke Yamauchi (8th appearance) and Yuzu (13th appearance).
「第73回NHK紅白歌合戦」
出場歌手が決定✨
紅組21組、白組21組。
初出場は、紅組5組、白組5組です。https://t.co/akzGhMc9pm#NHK紅白 #みんなでシェア pic.twitter.com/4N5uRt1NwN— NHK紅白歌合戦 (@nhk_kouhaku) November 16, 2022
NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen has been running since 1951 on NHK Radio and moved to television in 1953 with a live simulcast on radio and around the world on NHK World. This will be the 73rd Kohaku Uta Gassen and be hosted by Kanna Hashimoto, Yo Oizumi, Sho Sakurai and Maho Kuwako.
Sources: Kohaku on Twitter, One Piece Film on Twitter
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
