The full timetable, song lineup, and special project details for Best Hit Kayosai 2026 (ベストヒット歌謡祭2026) have been announced. Now in its 58th year — having launched in 1968 as the “All-Japan Wire Broadcast Grand Prize” — the annual music event returns with a three-hour live broadcast from Osaka-jo Hall on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:54 p.m.

Broadcast Details

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Time: 19:00–21:54 JST
Venue: Osaka-jo Hall (live broadcast)

Timetable

19:00 Block

• Best Hit SP Unit (Legendary Collab) — Yagi Yusei (FANTASTICS) × Kawano Junki (JO1) × K (&TEAM) × Oyone (Monaki) perform “Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa” by Nakamori Akina
• INI — “You Know What To Do”
• Aina the End — “Luminous,” in collaboration with Japan’s top dance club
• =LOVE — “Koi, Hajimemashita.”
• Kis-My-Ft2 — “La la la”
• Sanada Naoki — “Happy Ice Cream,” with an ice cream character collab
• Juice=Juice — “Mire! Mi Amore!” in collaboration with the Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe (雪組)
• Naniwa Danshi — “Celebrate,” performed live from Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan
• Nogizaka46 — “Kimi Loss”
• ≠ME — “Ai Kudasaimase”
• HANA — “ALL IN”
• M!LK — “Sukisugite Metsu!” in a special performance involving all 8,000 audience members at Osaka-jo Hall
• Yuzu — “Kokoro wo Tomenaide,” performed live from Nissan Stadium

20:00 Block

• Best Hit SP Unit (Legendary Collab) — Ogawa Aya (Nogizaka46) × Inoue Reon (Juice=Juice) × Sasaki Maika (=LOVE) × MIIHI (NiziU) × Sakurai Yui (FRUITSZIPPER) perform “LOVE Namida-iro” by Matsuura Aya
• &TEAM — “Good Boy (Japanese ver.)”
• Kuraki Mai — Anime “Detective Conan” 30th Anniversary Special Medley, performed live from a Conan-themed location in Tottori Prefecture, the hometown of series creator Aoyama Gosho
• Da-iCE — “Ururaka”
• Takahashi Katsunori with Kusanagi Tsuyoshi — “Shiroi Kumo no You ni”
• Number_i — “REBON”
• BE:FIRST — “Missing”
• FRUITS ZIPPER — “Power of Love,” with Hanshin Tigers players Kumagai Takahiro and Nakano Takumu
• Mrs. GREEN APPLE — “Kyouhan”
• M!LK — “Jiku Koete Universe”
• Yuzu — “Eiko no Kakehashi,” performed live from Nissan Stadium

21:00 Block

• Shimabukuro Hiroko — “White Love,” with Ono Yudai and Hanamura Sota (Da-iCE)
• JO1 — “ANIMAL”
• Stray Kids — “SUIATSU”
• T.M.Revolution — “HOT LIMIT”
• NiziU — “Sour Grapes”
• FANTASTICS — “Echoes”
• ふぉ~ゆ~ — “BLOOM WORLD”
• Mrs. GREEN APPLE — “Brand New”

Let’s Dance Together! Hit Dance Medley 2026

• &TEAM (selected members) — “It’s Me” (ILLIT)
• =LOVE & ≠ME — “Saisho wa Kyun!” (Nakajima Kento)
• INI (selected members) — “Beat It” (Michael Jackson)
• Monaki & Kis-My-Ft2 — “Honma ya de☆Nande ya nen☆Shiran kedo” (Monaki)

Note: Performers within each time block are listed in Japanese alphabetical order, not performance order. Minor schedule changes may occur due to the live broadcast format.