About this season
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen (NHK紅白歌合戦, "NHK Red and White Song Battle"), more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, is an annual New Year's Eve television special held on December 31 every year, and produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on NHK General TV, BS4K, BS8K, and NHK radio (nationally) and internationally on NHK World Premium and some overseas (mainly cable) broadcasters who buy the program. The program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The "red" team or "akagumi" (紅組) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the "white" team or "shirogumi" (白組) is all male (or groups with male vocals).
Episodes (76)
1. Episode 1
Aired 3 January 1951 • 60 min
2. Episode 2
Aired 3 January 1952 • 90 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 3 January 1953 • 90 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 31 December 1953 • 90 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 31 December 1954 • 105 min
6. Episode 6
Aired 31 December 1955 • 105 min
7. Episode 7
Aired 31 December 1956 • 145 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 31 December 1957 • 145 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 31 December 1958 • 145 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 31 December 1959 • 150 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 31 December 1960 • 160 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 31 December 1961 • 160 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 31 December 1962 • 165 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 31 December 1963 • 160 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 31 December 1964 • 160 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 31 December 1965 • 160 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 31 December 1966 • 160 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 31 December 1967 • 240 min
19. Episode 19
Aired 31 December 1968 • 165 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 31 December 1969 • 165 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 31 December 1970 • 165 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 31 December 1971 • 165 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 31 December 1972 • 165 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 31 December 1973 • 165 min
25. Episode 25
Aired 31 December 1974 • 165 min
26. Episode 26
Aired 31 December 1975 • 165 min
27. Episode 27
Aired 31 December 1976 • 165 min
28. Episode 28
Aired 31 December 1977 • 165 min
29. Episode 29
Aired 31 December 1978 • 165 min
30. Episode 30
Aired 31 December 1979 • 165 min
31. Episode 31
Aired 31 December 1980 • 165 min
32. Episode 32
Aired 31 December 1981 • 165 min
33. Episode 33
Aired 31 December 1982 • 165 min
34. Episode 34
Aired 31 December 1983 • 165 min
35. Episode 35
Aired 31 December 1984 • 165 min
36. Episode 36
Aired 31 December 1985 • 165 min
37. Episode 37
Aired 31 December 1986 • 165 min
38. Episode 38
Aired 31 December 1987 • 165 min
39. Episode 39
Aired 31 December 1988 • 165 min
40. Episode 40
Aired 31 December 1989 • 165 min
41. Episode 41
Aired 31 December 1990 • 240 min
42. Episode 42
Aired 31 December 1991 • 240 min
43. Episode 43
Aired 31 December 1992 • 240 min
44. Episode 44
Aired 31 December 1993 • 240 min
45. Episode 45
Aired 31 December 1994 • 240 min
46. Episode 46
Aired 31 December 1995 • 240 min
47. Episode 47
Aired 31 December 1996 • 240 min
48. Episode 48
Aired 31 December 1997 • 240 min
49. Episode 49
Aired 31 December 1998 • 240 min
50. Episode 50
Aired 31 December 1999 • 240 min
51. Episode 51
10.0Aired 31 December 2000 • 240 min
52. Episode 52
Aired 31 December 2001 • 240 min
53. Episode 53
Aired 31 December 2002 • 240 min
54. Episode 54
Aired 31 December 2003 • 240 min
55. Episode 55
Aired 31 December 2004 • 240 min
56. Episode 56
Aired 31 December 2005 • 240 min
57. Episode 57
9.0Aired 31 December 2006 • 240 min
58. Episode 58
Aired 31 December 2007 • 240 min
59. Episode 59
Aired 31 December 2008 • 240 min
60. Episode 60
Aired 31 December 2009 • 240 min
61. Episode 61
Aired 31 December 2010 • 240 min
62. Episode 62
Aired 31 December 2011 • 240 min
63. Episode 63
Aired 31 December 2012 • 240 min
64. Episode 64
Aired 31 December 2013 • 240 min
65. Episode 65
Aired 31 December 2014 • 240 min
66. Episode 66
8.0Aired 31 December 2015 • 240 min
67. Episode 67
6.0Aired 31 December 2016 • 240 min
68. Episode 68
Aired 31 December 2017 • 240 min
69. Episode 69
4.0Aired 31 December 2018 • 240 min
70. Episode 70
3.0Aired 31 December 2019 • 240 min
71. Episode 71
9.0Aired 31 December 2020 • 240 min
72. Episode 72
Aired 31 December 2021 • 240 min
73. Episode 73
5.0Aired 31 December 2022 • 240 min
74. Episode 74
7.0Aired 31 December 2023 • 260 min
75. Episode 75
8.0Aired 31 December 2024 • 260 min
76. Episode 76
Aired 31 December 2025 • 260 min