66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
 The 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen |
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| Also known as | 66th Kouhaku Utagassen: That's Japan! That's Kouhaku! |
| Created by | Tsumoru Kondo |
| Presented by | Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Yumiko Udô |
| Starring | Haruka Ayase Yoshihiko Inohara |
| Opening theme | "That's Oomisoka" Yuki Hayashi |
| Ending theme | "Hotaru no Hikari" |
| Composer(s) | Tsunaki Mihara |
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| Executive producer(s) | Yuji Itano |
| Location(s) |
NHK Hall Tokyo, Japan |
| Running time |
1st Half: 1h40min 2nd Half: 2h45min |
| Production company(s) | NHK |
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| Original network |
NHK-G NHK World Premium TV Japan (US) |
| Picture format |
HDTV 1080i Super 8K (Ultra FullHD) |
| Original release | December 31, 2015 19:15 – 23:45 JST (5 minute break for news) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | 65th (2014) |
| Followed by | 67th (2016) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (第66回NHK紅白歌合戦?) was the 66th edition of NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen, held on December 31, 2015, live from NHK Hall from 19:15 (JST) to 23:45 (JST), with a 5-minute break for latest news. This is the 27th Heisei Era edition. Broadcasting time was announced on September 16. The 2015 Broadcast marks the 65th anniversary of Kouhaku Utagassen which started in 1951. The RED TEAM won this event, beating out the white team with a final score of 356,832 to 346,929.
Yuji Itano, NHK Broadcasting General-Director, revealed on September 16 that the 66th Kouhaku will air on December 31, starting from 19:15 JST and ending at 23:45 JST, with a 5-minute break for news. On Japan, the broadcast is made by NHK-G and Radio 1, and worldwide by NHK World Premium (Note that airs between 10:15 and 14:45 UTC). Kouhaku airs worldwide since 1998. Viewers outside Japan can watch the Kouhaku on NHK World Premium, at 10:15 UTC airing on a same time with NHK-G.
On November 26, captains and announcers, along with performers were revealed, and this year's theme is "That's Nippon! That's Kōhaku!".
Songs which artists will perform are revealed on December 21, and performance order was announced on Christmas Eve. On December 25, the judges were revealed. Rehearsals took place on 29 and 30 December. On December 31, the festival was broadcast live, culminating in the victory of Akagumi (breaking a sequence of Shirogumi's 3 consecutive wins); Haruka Ayase received the championship flag from the hands of the judge Masato Sakai. This was the first victory of Akagumi since 2011.
With the 2015 victory, Akagumi accumulated 30 wins, while Shirogumi continues with 36 victories.
This year there was 51 artists in total, 25 for the red team and white team at 26. 10 artists performed for the first time.
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