On July 1, this year’s edition of Nippon TV’s midyear music special, “THE MUSIC DAY 2023”, will air from 3 PM to 10:54 PM JST. Arashi‘s Sho Sakurai will serve as host for the show. He will be joined by NTV announcers Hatori Shinichi and Miura Asami, as well as Bakarhythm, to assist in his hosting duties. Another of the channel’s announcers, Ichiki Rena, will be in charge of the “Next Gate.”
The show will feature performances by the likes of Snow Man, Aimer, SEKAI NO OWARI, YOSHIKI, hitomi, Macaroni Enpitsu, NiziU, and AKB48. The full list of performers can be found below!
There is a live stream of the show and Nante Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! See more below!
Chat (in the #general section)
The show’s live stream link will be provided in the chat a few minutes before the show’s start.
AI
IVE
Aoi Wakana
Asaka Yui
AARON
UVERworld
XY
Aimer
&TEAM
AKB48
Okuda Tamio
Kaientai
KAT-TUN
Kanjani8
Kikuchi Momoko
Kis-My-Ft2
King & Prince
Kubo Ruriko
Kep1er
Sakurazaka46
Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE
THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE
ZIGGY
Johnny’s WEST
SixTONES
Snow Man
SEKAI NO OWARI
Sexy Zone
Da-iCE
Takimoto Miori
T-BOLAN
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Naniwa Danshi
Nishida Hikaru
NiziU
NewJeans
NEWS
Nogizaka46
BiTE A SHOCK
BUBBLEGUM BROTHERS
hitomi
Hinatazaka46
Hiramatsu Eri
Hirunan desu Band
Hiromi
BE:FIRST
Fujiwara Norika
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hoshimachi Suisei
Honda Marin
Macaroni Enpitsu
Matsushita Kohei
Matsudaira Ken
Matsumoto Iyo
Matsumoto Rica
Mrs. GREEN APPLE
Yuka
YOSHIKI
LE SSERAFIM
Watanabe Misato
and more
