TM NETWORK to Return to Kōhaku for First Time in 38 Years
The three-member group, fronted by Tetsuya Komuro, was announced as a performer at the 77th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, its second appearance after 1988.
TM NETWORK will perform at the 77th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2026, the group's second appearance on the year-end show and its first in 38 years, according to animeanime.jp. Its only previous appearance came in 1988.
The group consists of Tetsuya Komuro, Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine.
TM NETWORK has a long record of theme songs for anime. In 1987, Get Wild was released as the ending theme of the TV anime City Hunter, and in 1988 BEYOND THE TIME was used as the theme of the film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack.
Its anime work reaches back further: in 1985 the group provided YOUR SONG for the anime film Vampire Hunter D.
More recently, the 2023 film City Hunter the Movie: Angel Dust used Whatever Comes as its opening theme and Get Wild as its ending theme, and in 2025 Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX used BEYOND THE TIME as an insert song.
Quick answers
When will TM NETWORK appear on Kōhaku?
The group was announced as a performer at the 77th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2026, its first appearance in 38 years.
Who are the members of TM NETWORK?
Tetsuya Komuro, Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine.