Official Line Up For 2011 NHK's Kohaku Uta Gassen

The artist line up for NHK's 62nd Kohaku Uta Gassen had just been released a few minutes ago.

The line up includes:

Red Team (28)

• aiko
  
• Ashida Mana
  
• Ayaka
  
• Angela Aki
  
• Ikimono Gakari
  
• Ishikawa Sayuri
  
• AKB48
  
• KARA
  
• Kawanaka Miyuki
  
• Kanda Sayaka
  
• Koda Kumi
  
• Godai Natsuko
  
• Kobayashi Sachiko
  
• Sakamoto Fuyumi
  
• Shiina Ringo
  
• Shoujo Jidai
  
• Tendo Yoshimi
  
• Natsukawa Rimi
  
• Nishino Kana
  
• Perfume
  
• Hamasaki Ayumi
  
• Hirahara Ayaka
  
• Fuji Ayako
  
• Matsuda Seiko
  
• Matsutoya Yumi
  
• Mizuki Nana
  
• Mizumori Kaori
  
• Wada Akiko
  

White Team (27)

• Akikawa Masafumi
  
• Arashi
  
• Itsuki Hiroshi
  
• Inawashirokos
  
• EXILE
  
• NYC
  
• Kitajima Saburo
  
• Go Hiromi
  
• Suzuki Fuku
  
• SMAP
  
• Sen Masao
  
• Tohoshinki
  
• TOKIO
  
• Tokunaga Hideaki
  
• AAA
  
• Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi
  
• Nishida Toshiyuki
  
• Hikawa Kiyoshi
  
• Hirai Ken
  
• FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
  
• Fukuyama Masaharu
  
• flumpool
  
• Hosokawa Takashi
  
• Porno Graffitti
  
• Mori Shinichi
  
• Yuzu
  
• L'Arc~en~Ciel
  

This years line up also includes quite a few new artists with the likes of SNSD, KARA and Shiina Ringo. Also ayaka will return on stage after her two year long hiatus. What do you guys think of this years line up? Who will you be cheering for?