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    I’ve talked about New Years in Japan before and the traditional four hour long singing competition between the girls and boys on NHK, Kouhaku Uta Gassen 紅白歌合戦, but this was a little bit special as the girls had a ringer on their team…someone who could sing!
    Ms Susan Boyle.
    (Apologies for any j-pop fans, but lets face it the girls team are generally awful but very cute, whereas the boys team tend to pull in a few singers along the way).

    Susan Boyle and Kimuraku (from SMAP)

    Susan Boyle and Kimutaku (from SMAP)


    Here she is with Kimuraku kun from legendary Japanese boy band SMAP (they basically rule Japan pop music, appearing on every tv show, advert, poster and recently movies).

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    Post tags: Monkey Magic, New Years, NHK, Shingo Katori, SMAP, Susan Boyle, Takuya Kimura

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