MTV Video Music Awards Japan

MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Awarded forMusic videos and pop culture
CountryJapan
Presented byMTV Japan
First awarded2002
Websitehttp://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV VMAJ for short) are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards.

Like the MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, in this event artists are awarded for their songs and videos through online voting from the same channel viewers. Initially Japan was part of the MTV Asia Awards, which included all Asian countries, but because of the musical variety existent in Japan, in May 2002 began to hold their own awards independently.

On June 25, 2011, MTV Video Music Japan changed the 2011 ceremony to MTV Video Music Aid Japan 2011 as a charity event for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Since 2017 the winners have been announced by the official Instagram account[1] without previous nominations.

Host cities

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Edition Date Venue City Host
1st May 24, 2002 Tokyo International Forum Tokyo London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō
2nd May 25, 2003 Saitama Super Arena Saitama Zeebra and Nana Katase
3rd May 23, 2004 Tokyo Bay NK Hall Urayasu Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
4th May 29, 2005 Takashi Fujii and Megumi
5th May 27, 2006 Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo Mokomichi Hayami and Masami Hisamoto
6th May 26, 2007 Saitama Super Arena Saitama Misaki Ito and Hidehiko Ishizuka
7th May 31, 2008 Cyril
8th May 30, 2009 Gekidan Hitori
9th May 29, 2010 Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo —
10th June 25, 2011 Makuhari Messe Chiba AKB48
11th June 23, 2012 Perfume
12th June 22, 2013 Nobuaki Kaneko and Atsuko Maeda
13th June 14, 2014 Maihama Amphitheater Sayumi Michishige
14th November 26, 2015 act*square Tokyo Verbal
15th October 26, 2016 Shinkiba STUDIO COAST Rip Slyme
16th September 27, 2017 Ken Ayuga and JOANN
17th October 10, 2018
18th September 18, 2019 Hinatazaka46
19th October 29, 2020 Bish
20th December 18, 2021 Akari Kitō and Ken Ayugai
21st November 2, 2022 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Iwai Yuki, Mukai Satoshi and Yuka Sagai
22nd November 22, 2023 K Arena Yokohama Ryota Yamasato and Sachi Fujii

Awards categories

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Annual awards

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Year Artist
2018 Daichi Miura
2019 One Ok Rock
2020 Daiki Tsuneta
2021 Yoasobi
2022 Vaundy
2023 Mrs. Green Apple
  • Song of the Year (2019–present)
Year Artist Song
2019 Official Hige Dandism "Pretender"
2020 Yoasobi "Yoru ni Kakeru"
2021 Yuuri "Dry Flower"
2022 Ado "New Genesis"
2023 Yoasobi "Idol"
Year Artist
2022 Sakurazaka46
2023 Be First

Video awards

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  • Best Solo Artist Video (2021–present)
Year Japan International
Artist Song Artist Song
2021 Gen Hoshino "Fushigi" Billie Eilish "Happier Than Ever"
2022 Aimer "Zankyōsanka" Harry Styles "As It Was"
2023 Aiko "Hateshinai Futari" Olivia Rodrigo "Vampire"
Year Artist Song
2017 Rekishi "Katoku"
2018 Dean Fujioka "Echo"
2019 Bish "Stereo Future"
2020 millenium parade "Fly with me"
2021 Zutomayo "Kuraku Koruku"
2022 Momoiro Clover Z "Mysterion"
2023 Mrs. Green Apple "Magic"
Year Artist Song
2022 CreepHyp "Night on the Planet"
2023 Macaroni Enpitsu "Kanashimi wa Bus ni Notte"
  • Best Animation Video (2023–present)
Year Artist Song
2023 Yoasobi "Idol"
  • Best Art Direction Video (2018, 2020–present)
Year Artist Song
2018 Gen Hoshino "Idea"
2020 Generations from Exile Tribe "One in a Million -Kiseki no Yoru ni-"
2021 Hinatazaka46 "Tteka"
2022 King Gnu "Sakayume"
2023 Aina the End "Red:Birthmark"
  • Best Cinematography (2018, 2020–present)
Year Artist Song
2018 Little Glee Monster "Sekai wa Anata ni Waraikakete Iru"
2020 Bish "Letters"
2021 Aina the End "Kinmokusei"
2022 Radwimps "Ningen Gokko"
2023 Hinatazaka46 "Am I Ready?"
  • Best Visual Effects (2021–present)
Year Artist Song
2021 Vaundy "Shiwaawase"
2022 Fujii Kaze "Damn"
2023 Mrs. Green Apple "Que Sera Sera"

Special awards

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  • Inspiration Award Japan (2014, 2016–2017, 2020, 2022)
Year Artist
2014 Glay
2016 The Yellow Monkey
2017 Buck-Tick
2020 E-girls
2022 Bish
  • MTV the World Award (2019, 2021–2022)
Year Artist Award
2019 Glay MTV Rock the World Award
2021 Nogizaka46 MTV Pop the World Award
2022 Takanori Iwata MTV Dance the World Award
  • Best Live Performance (2015, 2022)
Year Artist
2015 Basement Jaxx
2022 JO1
  • MTV Breakthrough Song (2019–2022)
Year Artist Song
2019 Foorin "Paprika"
2020 Eito "Kōsui"
2021 Ado "Usseewa"
2022 Da-iCE "Star Mine"
  • Best Buzz Award (2017, 2019–present)
Year Artist
2017 Keyakizaka46
2019 BTS
2020 Dish
2021 NiziU
2022 Ive
2023 NewJeans
  • Rising Star Award (2019–present)
Year Artist
2019 Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe
The Boyz
2020 JO1
2021 Be First
2022 XG
2023 Wolf Howl Harmony
  • Daisy Bell Award (2021–present)
Year Artist Song
2021 Hiiragi Kirai "Love ka?"
2022 Balloon "Pamela"
2023 Marasy, Jin, Shōta Horie (kemu) "Shinjinrui"
  • Global Icon Award (2023–present)
Year Artist
2023 Cha Eun-woo
  • Best Asia Celebrity (2023–present)
Year Artist
2023 Bright
  • Best Asia Group (2023–present)
Year Artist
2023 The Boyz
  • Upcoming Dance & Vocal Group (2023–present)
Year Artist
2023 DXTEEN
Lil League from Exile Tribe

Discontinued award categories

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Year Artist Song
2021 The Rampage from Exile Tribe "Heatwave"
  • Best Metal Video (2015–2017)
Year Artist Song
2015 Babymetal
2016 "Karate"
2017 Metallica "Hardwired"
Year Artist Song
2014 Kana Nishino "Believe"
  • Best Teen Choice Artist (2016)
Year Artist
2016 Sakura Fujiwara
  • SAS Lifetime Achievement Award Japan (2018)
Year Artist
2018 SAS
  • Special Achievement Award (2014)
Year Artist
2014 Exile Hiro

Most wins

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Most wins in a single night

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Artist Year Number of awards Music video
Mrs. Green Apple 2023 4 "Que Sera Sera" (2); "Magic" (1); Artist of the Year (for Mrs. Green Apple)
Gen Hoshino 2017 3 "Family Song"(2), Koi
Lady Gaga 2011 "Born This Way"
Exile 2010 "Futatsu no Kuchibiru" (1); Aisubeki Mirai e (1); MTV Icon Award (for Exile)
2009 "Ti Amo (Chapter2)" (2); Best Choreography Award (for Exile)
2008 "I Believe" (1); Exile Love (1); "Toki no Kakera" (1)
Kumi Koda 2007 "Yume No Uta" (2); Best Stylish Artist in a Video (1)
2006 "Butterfly" (2); "Trust You" (1)
Orange Range 2005 "Hana" (1); MusiQ (1); "Rocoroshon" (1)
Ayumi Hamasaki 2004 "Because of You" (1); "No Way to Say" (1); Best Live Performance (for Ayumi Hamasaki)
Rip Slyme 2003 "Rakuen Baby" (2); "Funkastic" (1)

Most wins overall

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Updated till 2020.

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Artist Namie Amuro Exile Gen Hoshino Hikaru Utada
Kumi Koda
Rip Slyme 		Daichi Miura Ken Hirai
Lady Gaga
Orange Range
One Ok Rock
Total awards 14 11 8 7 6 5

References

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  1. ^ "MTV Japan (@mtvjapan) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
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