The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku", was aired on December 31, 2009, from
NHK Hall
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Performers
The singers, announced on November 23, 2009, are ordered below according to the
gojūon
In the Japanese language, the is a traditional system ordering kana characters by their component phonemes, roughly analogous to alphabetical order. The "fifty" (''gojū'') in its name refers to the 5×10 grid in which the characters are dis ...
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Names in bold letters did not perform in the preceding year's program.
Results
The winners were the white team, making it their 5th consecutive win. The table below documents the voting and points distribution:
Special guests
From the Kodomo (children's) Kōhaku Uta Gassen:
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Seishiro Kato
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Maya Sakura
is an enka singer and child actress. In 2008, she made her debut with the single at the age of 10. In 2009, she received a "New Artist" award at the 51st Annual Japan Record Awards, becoming the youngest person to do so.
She also appeared as a ...
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* Nozomi Ōhashi][
* Snow Prince Gasshoudan (Chorus)][
Additional guests:
*]Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of '' Britain's Got Talent'', singing " I Dreamed a Dream" from '. As of 2021, Boyle has sold 25 ...
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*Ai Sugiyama
is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles ...
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* Tatsunori Hara][
*]Hakuhō Shō
) is a Mongols, Mongolian-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler (''rikishi'') from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Making his debut in March 2001, he reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 2004. In May 2007 at age 22, he became the secon ...
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*]Toshiyuki Nishida
was a Japanese actor. He won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for '' The Silk Road'' (1988) and '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 6'' (1993). He also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for '' Get Up!'' and '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 14'' (2003). O ...
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*]Kyoko Fukada
is a Japanese actress and singer. She is represented by the agency Horipro. She won the award for Best Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival for '' Kamikaze Girls''.
Biography
Kyoko Fukada was born and raised in Tokyo, on 2 November 1982. ...
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*]Eikichi Yazawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. Yoko Yazawa of The Generous is his daughter. He has been nicknamed as Ei-chan (永ちゃん), Boss or The King of Rock.
Biography
Sources:
1949-1967: Early Li ...
* Shirota Yuu[ Yuu Shirota]
See also
*Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK net ...
* 51st Japan Record Awards
References
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