NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen is one of the most popular New Year's Eve television programs broadcast in Japan. Usually known as Kōhaku, it is a popular music program in which various artists are invited to compete against one another.

Artists are divided into two teams - The red team consisting of all female artists and the white team consisting of all male artists - and the two teams are made to compete against each other. In particular, not just anyone can attend the show because they want to, but they must strictly be invited to the New Year's event. 

That is why it is a great honor to be invited to this big event, and only a handful of K-pop artists were invited to perform on Kōhaku. In fact, only five K-pop girl groups have been invited so far, and they are the groups who are the top female groups in South Korea.

Girls' Generation

KARA

TWICE

LE SSERAFIM

IVE

 
K-netizens commented, "I thought IZ*ONE had been invited to it already, I guess they weren't," "Girls' Generation and KARA are the only ones without Japanese members, that's amazing they were still invited," "TWICE was invited this year too," "There's a lot of groups that are being invited," "LE SSERAFIM was invited too," and "Girls' Generation and KARA are amazing to be invited during their time."