The 76th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen to be aired on New Year’s Eve has been receiving various reports and reactions. The former members of STARTO’s Kohaku group were seen at Sukiya… “Lots of tattoos all the way up to their shoulders”. The report also stated that popular boy group &TEAM and multinational girl group aespa from South Korea had been announced as the first artists to participate in the festival. Sankei Sports also reported that artists from STARTO ENTERTAINMENT were almost certain to participate for the first time in three years, with King & Prince and timelesz among the top candidates. The first Kohaku contestant is expected to be officially announced as early as this week or at the beginning of next week at the latest,” said a source from the record company. I don’t want them to appear. They’ve been beating up on Janis so much. I personally don’t want them to participate. I was looking forward to their performance this year as well, but…they also appeared at Uta-Kon and Venue, so I guess I was right. I hope STARTO ENTERTAINMENT refuses to accept them. Even if they appear, I won’t watch them. The reason is that STARTO artists will not appear in the Kohaku in 2023 and 2042 due to the problem caused by the founder of Johnny’s Office, Mr. Janney Kitagawa (87 years old). There are reports that Snow Man, one of STARTO’s most popular artists, will not appear in the Kohaku anymore. Snow Man Special Live – Enjoy New Year’s Eve with Everyone! 〜On New Year’s Eve 2012, Snow Man held a similar live distribution on YouTube, which was a great success, with the number of simultaneous connections topping 1.2 million in both cases. There are even reports that Snow Man may not appear in Kohaku for a long time to come, and SixTONES also held a New Year’s Eve live broadcast last year. There are also reports that member Jesse (29) is dating Haruka Ayase (40), the host of this year’s Kohaku, and it is believed that Snow Man will not appear on the show again this year. On the other hand, as reported by Sunspot, Kimpuri and timelesz are considered likely to participate in this year’s Kohaku, according to some sources.
