72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
| 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | |
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| Also known as | 72nd NHK Red & White Year-End Song Festival |
| 第72回NHK紅白歌合戦: Colorful〜カラフル〜 | |
| Genre | Music, Variety, Special |
| Created by | Tsumoru Kondo |
| Directed by | Yukinori Kida |
| Presented by | Haruna Kawaguchi Yo Oizumi Mayuko Wakuda |
| Starring | Shunichi Tokura |
| Judges | Kasumi Ishikawa Kaya Kiyohara Eiko Koike Kentaro Sakaguchi Mami Tani Kōki Mitani |
| Ending theme | "Hotaru no Hikari" |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
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| Production location | Tokyo International Forum |
| Running time | 265 minutes |
| Production company | NHK Enterprise Inc. |
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| Release | December 31, 2021 |
The 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (第72回NHK紅白歌合戦; lit. 'The 72nd NHK Red & White Song Battle') was the 2021 (Reiwa 3) edition of NHK's television special Kōhaku Uta Gassen, held on December 31, 2021, live from the hall A of Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan), and broadcast in Japan through NHK General Television and NHK Radio 1, and worldwide through TV Japan (US only) and NHK World Premium. Yo Oizumi, Haruna Kawaguchi & Mayuko Wakuda served as show hosts. The Red team won this event.