Chris Hart's appearance on "Kohaku Uta Gassen," NHK's annual New Year's Eve music extravaganza last December, "became one of the two most memorable stages (of his career) so far," he said in a recent interview.
He appeared on the immensely popular program a few months after the release of his debut single, another event that helped accelerate his rise in the J-pop scene.
On "Kohaku," Hart, together with singer Seiko Matsuda, dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the media, performed a new song and his first original major release: "Yume ga Samete," which roughly means "waking up from a dream."