The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku", aired December 31, 2012 from

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beginning from 7:15 p.m. JST.

Broadcast

On December 18, 2012, NHK announced it will broadcast Kōhaku live using

ultra-high-definition television Ultra-high-definition television (also known as Ultra HD television, Ultra HD, UHDTV, UHD and Super Hi-Vision) today includes 4K resolution#Resolutions, 4K UHD and 8K resolution#Resolutions, 8K UHD, which are two digital video formats with an ...

technology from two locations: Tokyo Tower and at NHK's Yokohama station. NHK first used UHDTV for a Kōhaku during its 57th event in 2006.

Performance Order

Debuting or returning artists are in bold.

Songs Performed on medleys

Personnel

Main host and team leaders

* Red Team Captain:

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* White Team Captain:

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) * Mediator:

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Live Comments

*Announcer NHK Radio 1: Minori Aoi, Naoko Hashimoto *Kōhaku Ura Talk: Terry Ito, Kouji Komatsu *Overseas Relay: Yuka Kubota (

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Judges

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Yae no Sakura * Naoki Ogi (

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professor) *

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actor), received the 6th generation Nakamura Kankurō name *

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(actress), won the Special Grand Prix of the jury at

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ka), received the 6th generation Katsura Bunshi name *

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and was promoted to

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Special Guests

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* Kyoji Yamamoto * Masaaki Hirao

Korean performances non-existent

The 63rd event is faced with controversy over the non-existence of acts from

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In one source, it is suspected that government-funded NHK avoided inviting Korean acts because of the territorial disputes over

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between the South Korean and Japanese governments. Sports Chosun reported on a statement made by an NHK representative. "The fact that President

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has demanded an apology is a great factor. After this incident occurred, there have been more and more

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stars who have stated that 'Dokdo is ours.' Considering this, viewers might have ill feelings about the K-pop stars appearing," said the NHK representative.일본 언론 보도, '홍백가합전'에 K팝 가수들 못 나온다?
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References

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