aespa, ILLIT, &TEAM Confirmed to Appear at Japan's Largest Year-End Music Stage 'Kōhaku Uta Gassen'

K-pop groups ILLIT, aespa, and &TEAM have been listed to appear in the year-end special program 〈Kōhaku Uta Gassen〉 of Japan's public broadcaster NHK.

On the 14th, NHK announced the lineup for the 76th Kōhaku Uta Gassen through its official channel, confirming the participation of these three teams. Kōhaku Uta Gassen is Japan's largest year-end music event, broadcast live every December 31, and is regarded as a stage where only artists with significant public support in the local area can perform.

In particular, ILLIT has been invited for two consecutive years, having received an invitation right after their debut last year. ILLIT expressed gratitude for their consecutive appearances through their official SNS and stated their ambition to present a stage that will remain in viewers' memories for a long time.

aespa and &TEAM will be making their first appearance at Kōhaku Uta Gassen this time. The boy group &TEAM, formed and active in Japan, will reaffirm their position in the local market through this appearance.

Since the 1980s, Korean singers such as Cho Yong-pil, Kye Eun-sook, and Kim Yeon-ja have appeared at Kōhaku Uta Gassen, and in the 2000s, BoA and TVXQ took the stage.