16.11.12 Sakurai Sho as Main Host of NTV Best Artist 2016 [English translation]

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⇒Oricon News『ベストアーティスト』11・29に4時間生放送 嵐・KinKiらジャニーズ10組57人出演 (http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2081277/full/)

Sakurai Sho of popular group Arashi will work as the Main Host of the NTV Special Music Program "Best Artist 2016" (ベストアーティスト2016, http://www.ntv.co.jp/best-artist/) (19:00~, 29 November 2016). This is the regular large-scale special program in winter and will be broadcast live for four years, this year there will be many latest hit songs and famous songs appearing on the stage of Makuhari Messe, Chiba.

Sakurai-san, being the Main Host of this program for consecutively eight years, said with enthusiasm that "Best Artist gives a feeling that the year-end finally comes, I would like to sum up 2016 by making a splendid program". "One of the charisma of TV program is live broadcast. Many artists will appear in the program, as the show goes on I would be happy if the audience would feel the "live" of the program."

The first release of artists on show is 57 people of 10 groups of Johnny's including TOKIO, V6, KinKi Kids, Arashi, NEWS, Kanjani Eight, Hey! Say! JUMP, Kis-My-Ft2, Sexy Zone, Johnny's WEST. The list of other artists will be released in NTV variety show "Arashi ni Shiyagare" (嵐にしやがれ, www.ntv.co.jp/arashinishiyagare/) (20:00) on 19 November 2016.