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The performers for one of Japan’s most important New Year show, the 69th Kouhaku Uta Gassen has been announced. Kouhaku is an annual music show aired by the Japanese broadcasting company NHK on New Year's Eve. The performers are separated into two teams, red for the females, and white for the males. Only the most popular performers are invited to the show and at the end of the night, the audience votes on which team performed better.

Some of the highlights this year include South Korean pop group TWICE and pop group Little Glee Monster making their second appearances in a row, DAOKO making her first appearance who is best known for her music in the mobile game Dragalia Lost, and HYDE’s (L’Arc-en-Ciel, Vamps) first appearance teaming up with the legendary YOSHIKI. The idol group Aqours from the anime Love Live Sunshine!! and performers from the musical adaptation of the mobile game Touken Ranbu, will also be making a special appearance.

TWICE was announced to appear at this year's 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.  

Kōhaku Uta Gassen is one of Japan's top-rated musical event held every year on New Year's Eve.  The musical event consists of two team, the red team and white team competing against each other.  This year, TWICE will be on the red team alongside returning performers Perfume, AKB48, and many more.  TWICE's appearance will be first K-pop group to ever perform at Kōhaku since 2011.

68th Kōhaku Uta Gassen will air on December 31 from 19:15 JST  to 23:45 JST. 

Don't miss TWICE's first debut at Kōhaku!

Hyuna winded down her first North American tour in San Francisco and Los Angeles. did you miss it? If so fear not Wave-K is to the rescue with photos, video, and coverage. Hyuna following the restructuring of CUBE Entertainment has become the face of the agency. Hyuna doesn’t disappoint live either, if this is how most of her live performances go she deserves a little more credit in the industry. It’s very easy with all the K-POP idols and groups coming to North America for good shows and artists to fly under the radar.

One of Korea's hottest solo female artist Hyuna will be making her first appearance in North America touring 8 cities. In addition, there will be 4 different tiers available for tickets which includes meet and greet opportunities such as high touch and a photo op.

Stop by the official tour website for more information and ticket sales:

http://kpopme.com/hyuna/

As part of the birthday celebration of the highly popular Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid 3 Korean Mascot was revealed ealier this week. Banking on the ever popular moe style, SeeU is a cat girl illustrated by Kkuem that just oozes adorableness. I know a lot of people love Hatsune Miku, but the cat ears and flowing hair won me over at a glance. She's voiced by Kim Tahi (Dahee), a super cute singer part of the up and coming K-pop group GLAM which has yet to debut.