NTV’s Best Artist 2010 was held on December 15th at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, and the top Japanese artists were all in attendance.The end of the year music program began back in 2001, and while no awards are doled out at the show, being invited is the award in itself, because it recognizes the artist as one of the best in Japan.
There were a ton of performances from the artists who were invited, and if you missed the live broadcast for whatever reason, or if you just want to see it all again, check out the videos below!
Koda Kumi – “Sukide, Sukide, Sukide”
TOKIO – “Sorafune” + “AMBITIOUS JAPAN” + “NaNaNa”
Yuzu – “Jiai e no Tabiji” + “Eikou no Kakehashi”
Sakamoto Fuyumi – “Mata Kimi ni Koi shiteru”
Hirai Ken – “POP STAR” + “Aishiteru”
Nishino Kana – “Aitakute Aitakute”
Porno Graffitti – “Apollo” + “Kimi wa 100%”
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – “Hero”
Kobukuro – “Ryusei”
Ikimonogakari – “SAKURA” + “Arigatou”
Fukuyama Masaharu – “HELLO” + “IT’S ONLY LOVE” + “Hotaru”
Tackey & Tsubasa performing “Venus” and “Ai wa Takaramono”
Hey!Say! JUMP performing “Ultra Music Power” and “Arigatou ~Sekai no doko ni itemo~”
AKB48 performing “Aitakatta“, “Iiwake Maybe“, and “Heavy Rotation”
NEWS performing “Kibou~ Yell~” and “Fighting Man”
KAT-TUN performing “Real Face” and “Going!”
Arashi performing “Believe“, “Happiness“, and “Monster“
Ayumi Hamasaki performing “Love Song”
EXILE performing “Choo Choo TRAIN” and “I Wish For You”
Perfume performing “Polyrhythm” and “Nee”
Source : Tokyohive.com
