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*59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen*
59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Season 59
Location	NHK Hall, Tokyo
Release
Original release	December 31, 2008
Season chronology
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The 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (第59回NHK紅白歌合戦), referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku", was aired on December 31, 2008 from NHK Hall in Japan.

The music show on New Year's Eve is broadcast on both television and radio, and divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white.

Hosts

Red team host: Yukie Nakama^[1]
White team host: Masahiro Nakai^[1]
Mediators: Kazuya Matsumoto and Fumie Ono
Radio broadcasting spot person: Yasuhirio Yamada and Aika Kanda

Performers

The singers, announced on November 25, 2008, are ordered below according to the gojūon.


Red Team		White Team
Singer	Song	Singer	Song
aiko (7)	KissHug	Masafumi Akikawa (3)	Sen no Kaze ni Natte
Thelma Aoyama (debut)	Soba ni Iru ne	Aqua Timez (2)	Niji
Junko Akimoto (debut)	Ai no Mama de...	Hiroshi Itsuki (38)	Itezuru
Ayaka (3)	Okaeri	Exile (4)	Ti Amo
Angela Aki (3)	Tegami ~Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e~	Saburō Kitajima (45)	Kita no Ryōba
Ikimono-gakari (debut)	Sakura	Takeshi Kitayama (4)	Kibō no Uta
Sayuri Ishikawa (31)	Amagigoe	Kimaguren (debut)	Life
Ai Otsuka (5)	Ai	Yūsaku Kiyama (debut)	Home
Miyuki Kawanaka (21)	Nirinsō	Kobukuro (4)	Toki no Ashioto
Girl Next Door (debut)	Guzen no Kakuritsu	Jero (debut)	Umiyuki
Kumi Koda (4)	Taboo	Shuchishin with Pabo (debut)	Shuchishin Kōhaku Special
Natsuko Godai (15)	Kyōto Ninenzaka	SMAP (16)	Kono toki, kitto yume ja nai (Kōhaku Special)
Sachiko Kobayashi (30)	Roran	Tōhōshinki (debut)	Purple Line~Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?
Fuyumi Sakamoto (20)	Kaze ni Tatsu	Tokio (15)	Amagasa
Speed (4)	White Love (Re Track)	Hideaki Tokunaga (3)	Rainy Blue
Yoshimi Tendo (13)	Tonbori Ninjō	Kiyoshi Hikawa (9)	Kiyoshi no Zundoko Bushi
Mika Nakashima (7)	Orion	Ken Hirai (9)	Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo
Mitsuko Nakamura (13)	Kawachi Otoko bushi	Akira Fuse (24)	Kimi wa Bara Yori Utsukushii
Ayumi Hamasaki (10)	Mirrorcle World	Porno Graffitti (7)	Gift
Perfume (debut)	Polyrhythm	Kiyoshi Maekawa (18)	Tokyo Sabaku
Yo Hitoto (5)	Hajimete	Kenichi Mikawa (25)	Sasoriza no Onna 2008
Ayaka Hirahara (5)	Nocturne	Mr. Children (debut)	Gift
Ayako Fuji (16)	Akai Ito	Yutaka Mizutani (debut)	California Connection
Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ōhashi (debut)	Gake no Ue no Ponyo	Shinichi Mori (41)	Ofukurosan
Kaori Mizumori (6)	Wajima Asaichi	Naotarō Moriyama (3)	Ikiteru Koto ga Tsurai nara
Akiko Wada (32)	Yume	WaT (4)	36 °C

Results

The winners were the shirogumi, the white team, making it their 4th consecutive win. The white team now leads with 31 wins over the red team with 28 wins. The table below documents the voting and points distribution:

Method	Red Team	White Team	Total
Number of votes by NHK Hall audience (including judges)	594 votes	1,853 votes	2,447 votes
Number of votes via cellular phone	22,330 votes	53,951 votes	76,281 votes
Number of votes via 1seg	22,763 votes	38,957 votes	61,700 votes
Number of votes via digital TV poll	66,313 votes	110,789 votes	177,102 votes
Results	112,000 votes	205,530 votes	317,530 votes

References

^ ^a ^b "本年度『紅白歌合戦』司会に中居正広＆仲間由紀恵が正式決定" [Masahiro Nakai and Yukie Nakama have been officially selected as hosts for this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen"]. career.oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. November 24, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

Preceded by 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Succeeded by 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

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[Oricon-1] "本年度『紅白歌合戦』司会に中居正広＆仲間由紀恵が正式決定" [Masahiro Nakai and Yukie Nakama have been officially selected as hosts for this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen"]. career.oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. November 24, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

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59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Hosts

Performers

Results

See also

References