On Monday, NHK revealed the artist lineup for this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen. 50 acts will be performing this year, evenly split between the Red and White Teams. Eight of the artists are appearing on Kohaku for the first time, including Arashi, NYC boys, and Kaela Kimura.

Other notable artists include Masaharu Fukuyama, who previously appeared on Kohaku 16 years ago, and Ayaka, who will be performing on stage for the last time before she goes on hiatus.

Here's the lineup in Japanese alphabetical order. Performance order isn't known yet.

Red Team

* aiko
* Junko Akimoto
* Ayaka
* Angela Aki
* Ikimono Gakari
* Sayuri Ishikawa
* AKB48
* Ai Otsuka
* GIRL NEXT DOOR
* Miyuki Kawanaka
* Kaela Kimura
* Kumi Koda
* Natsuko Godai
* Sachiko Kobayashi
* Fuyumi Sakamoto
* Yoshimi Tendo
* DREAMS COME TRUE
* Mika Nakashima
* Mitsuko Nakamura
* Ayumi Hamasaki
* Perfume
* Ayaka Hirahara
* Nana Mizuki
* Kaori Mizumori
* Akiko Wada


White Team

* Arashi
* ALICE
* Hiroshi Itsuki
* EXILE
* NYC boys
* Saburo Kitajima
* Takeshi Kitayama
* Kobukuro
* Jero
* SMAP
* TVXQ/DBSK/THSK
* TOKIO
* Hideaki Tokunaga
* Kiyoshi Hikawa
* FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
* Masaharu Fukuyama
* Akira Fuse
* flumpool
* Takashi Hosokawa
* Porno Graffiti
* Kenichi Mikawa
* Shinichi Mori
* Yusuke Kamiji
* Yuzu
* Remioromen

Credits: tokyograph