journey wrote:
moviebuffwwc wrote:
Tohoshinki is very much guranteed their spot at the year end shows.
umm 
Tohoshinki are irrelevant since having their 2-man comeback. have you seen their digital sales?
The only thing that's irrelevant is your opinion.
Wada Akiko wasn't born in Korea, she's a second generation Zainichi Korean. Her parents are immigrants from Korea, with her father being from Jeju (Cheju) Island (according to the Japanese Wikipedia). She's pretty much fully assimilated / acculturated into mainstream Japanese society and it was only relatively recently that her Korean ancestry was made public. She never mentioned it, nor was it widely known. People view her as a Japanese artist and so she wouldn't be lumped into the same category as other Korean artists. Therefore, she wouldn't be not be invited to big, year-end events like Kōhaku.