63rd Kouhaku Performers' List - Angela Aki be MAD

Red Team

1. aiko – “Kuchibiru”
2. ayaka – “Hajimari no Toki”
3. Ikimonogakari – “Kaze ga Fuiteiru”
4. Ishikawa Sayuri – “Amagi Goe”
5. AKB48 – “AKB48 Kohaku 2012 SP Dai 2-sho”
6. SKE48 – “Pareo wa Emerald”
7. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – “Kohaku 2012 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Medley”
8. Koizai Kaori – “Sake no Yado”
9. Koda Kumi – “Go to the top”
10. Godai Natsuko – “Koi Zange”
11. Sakamoto Fuyumi – “Yozakura Oshichi”
12. Tendo Yoshimi – “Soran Matsuri Bushi”
13. Mika Nakashima – “Hatsukoi”
14. Nishino Kana – “GO FOR IT!!”
15. Perfume – “Spring of Life”
16. ayumi hamasaki – “2012 A SPECIAL Medley”
17. Fuji Ayako – “Wasurenai”
18. Princess Princess – “Diamonds”
19. Nana Mizuki – “BRIGHT STREAM”
20. Mizumori Kaori – “Hitori Nagaragawa”
21. Momoiro Clover Z – “Momoiro Kohaku Da Z!!”
22. YUI – “Good-bye days”
23. YUKI – “Prism”
24. Yuki Saori – “Yoake no Scat”
25. Wada Akiko – “Ai, Todokimasuka”

White Team

1. Arashi – “New Year’s Eve Medley 2012″
2. Itsuki Hiroshi – “Yoake no Blues”
3. HY – “Ichiban Chikaku ni”
4. EXILE – “Rising Sun”
5. NYC – “NYC Kohaku Medley”
6. Kanjani 8 – “Hatsu Kohaku!! Zenryoku Zenshin Jya Jya Jya Jya-n!”
7. Kitajima Saburo – “Fusetsu Nagare Tabi”
8. Hiromi Go – “Dangerer☆”
9. Golden Bomber – “Memeshikute”
10. Kobukuro – “Kami Hikouki”
11. Saito Kazuyoshi – “Yasashiku Naritai”
12. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – “Hanabi”
13. SMAP – “SMAP 2012′ SP”
14. Tachi Hiroshi – “Arashi wo Yobu Otoko”
15. TOKIO – “KIBOU”
16. Tokunaga Hideaki – “Ue wo Muite Arukou”
17. AAA – “777 ~We can sing a song!~”
18. Naoto Inti Raymi – “Brave”
19. Hikawa Kiyoshi – “Sakura”
20. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – “Sayonara Janai”
21. Fukuyama Masaharu – “Beautiful life”
22. Hosokawa Takashi – “Naniwabushi Dayo Jinsei wa”
23. Porno Graffitti – “Kageboushi”
24. Miwa Akihiro – “Yoitomake no Uta”
25. Mori Shinichi – “Fuyu no Riviera”

Meh, nothing really exciting to look forward to this year, but I'm gonna be pissed mad if Angela Aki's absence is because of her not receiving an invitation. Bitch got a TV show earlier that year on the same TV station but doesn't get to perform on Kouhaku? Incredulous. Plus while SONGBOOK flopped, you gotta admit that was some pretty good shit. 

Of course, ayumi hotmessaki will be opening the show once again for the 10000th year in a row so yay for her. I'm looking forward to this special medley (first time for her) but it'll most likely be full of her older hits since she doesn't even need to announce it to know that A BEST 3 will be coming our way soon. I'm hoping for at least Song 4 u and Wake me up to be included but let's just say she's more likely to sing SURREAL / M / evolution / Boys & Girls / etc. etc. 

The theme for this year is Uta de Aitai, which crudely means "meet with song", but nobody likes to be greeted with ayumi hotmessaki's vibrato, and neither does anybody like to be greeted with YUI's voice coupled with her perpetually constipated singing face. I'm telling you, gurl's secretly an attention whore.  "Oh hey guys since I'm going for my second hiatus I never know when I'm coming back (i.e. in 6 months) so I've decided to attend Kouhaku for the first time eva!!!"

I'm also looking forward to MISIA's performance that will be shown live from some African desert. I would've preferred to see Kuu performing Koishikute (Or even a medley with both singles this year) but oh well. Hopefully the red team wins this year again like last year, especially now that they have AKB48 and shit.