{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9eefdab2b7a36a37b8ff6758","clusterId":"c_ee2c3cd752ad690c2079b53c","slug":"nhk-taps-mana-ashida-masato-sakai-kazunari-ninomiya-to-host-77th-kohaku","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"NHK Taps Mana Ashida, Masato Sakai, Kazunari Ninomiya to Host 77th Kohaku","summary":"NHK announced on Friday, October 9, the hosts of the 77th Kohaku Uta Gassen: Mana Ashida, Masato Sakai, Kazunari Ninomiya, and announcer Nahoko Suzuki. The 2026 theme is \"Koe te ikou, uta to tomo ni.\" Sakai and Ninomiya play sworn brothers in the TBS drama VIVANT, whose sequel airs from July for two consecutive cours. The show airs live December 31, 7:20 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.","whyItMatters":"NHK is pairing its Kohaku hosting with VIVANT's returning broadcast cast, and the drama's Nogi and Nokor pairing gives the New Year's show a promotional tie to the summer drama slate.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe key visual, by designer Kazuki Nishizawa, arranges Ashida, Sakai, and Ninomiya amid fluttering confetti and reads the invisible power of music through \u0026#34;wind.\u0026#34; Nishizawa\u0026#39;s recent credits include the logos for the NHK morning drama Bakebake and the music program NHK Natsu no Ongakusai Uta de Aetara.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Ashida, this is a first hosting turn, after appearing on Kohaku as a singer in 2011 and as a guest judge in 2022. Sakai also hosts for the first time. Ninomiya hosted five consecutive years from 2010 to 2014 as a member of Arashi, and returns as an individual host for the first time in nine years, having last done it in 2017. Suzuki hosts for the third year in a row.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Sakai and Ninomiya co-host Kohaku the same season VIVANT's sequel runs on TBS, which puts two NHK hosts in a rival network's drama block for two cours.","twitterPost":"NHK's hosts double as TBS drama leads this season: VIVANT's sequel puts Sakai and Ninomiya on a rival network for two cours.","threadsPost":"NHK booked Masato Sakai and Kazunari Ninomiya as Kohaku hosts while the VIVANT sequel airs on TBS from July for two cours. The pair that played sworn brothers on a rival network now front NHK's year-end show, and the scheduling overlap is the part NHK did not have to explain.","newsletterBlurb":"NHK named four hosts for the 77th Kohaku Uta Gassen: Mana Ashida, Masato Sakai, Kazunari Ninomiya, and announcer Nahoko Suzuki. Sakai and Ninomiya play sworn brothers in the TBS drama VIVANT, whose sequel airs from July for two consecutive cours. The 2026 theme is \"Koe te ikou, uta to tomo ni.\"","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/96791\",\"title\":\"Masato Sakai and Kazunari Ninomiya to Host NHK Kohaku; Co-starred as \\\"Brothers\\\" in Drama VIVANT\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4710,"outputTokens":773,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791518831,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T04:01:50.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T04:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T04:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ee2c3cd752ad690c2079b53c","canonicalTitle":"堺雅人＆二宮和也が「NHK紅白」の司会に決定　ドラマ『VIVANT』で“兄弟”役として共演","representativeArticleId":"a_d27e39a6d03d751c2362867b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"VIVANT\",\"NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen\"],\"studios\":[\"NHK\"],\"people\":[\"Masato Sakai\",\"Kazunari Ninomiya\",\"Manami Ashida\",\"Naoko Suzuki\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T02:31:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T02:31:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T04:06:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/96791","title":"堺雅人＆二宮和也が「NHK紅白」の司会に決定　ドラマ『VIVANT』で“兄弟”役として共演"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["VIVANT","NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen"],"studios":["NHK"],"people":["Masato Sakai","Kazunari Ninomiya","Manami Ashida","Naoko Suzuki"],"type":"event","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}