The will be the upcoming (Reiwa 5) edition of NHK's New Year's Eve TV special Kōhaku Uta Gassen to be held on December 31, 2023. The show is broadcast live from NHK Hall.
Events leading up to broadcast
On September 27, NHK released the broadcast times. The show will start at 19:20, and wraps up at 23:45 (JST), with a 5-minute break for the latest news.
On October 6, NHK announced the hosts, who will be Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Kanna Hashimoto, Minami Hamabe and Kozo Takase. Additionally, this year's theme will be "Borderless -New Year's Eve that Transcends and Connects-", that will mark the beginning of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the first TV broadcast in Japan.