135 AKB48 alumni including Atsuko Maeda and Yuko Oshima appear alongside current members; first general manager Minami Takahashi gives encouragement to her juniors

AKB48：Eight alumni, including Atsuko Maeda, Minami Takahashi, and Yuko Oshima, will perform a special hit medley with current members at Kohaku for the first time in six years.

Hinatazaka46 Nao Kosaka：She plays Sayuri Uehara in the W-30 drama series "Strobe Edge" and her first love story is "A Step of Challenge."

Showa 100th Anniversary Symphonic Song Festival：Famous Showa era songs brought to life by an orchestra will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW on September 23rd, featuring Shigeru Matsuzaki, Kohei Otomo, former members of "Hikari Genji" Hiroyuki Sato and Junichi Yamamoto.