2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on Saturday, May 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Exile — "I Believe"

• Mr. Children — "Irodori"
• Rihanna featuring Jay-Z — "Umbrella"
• Tokyo Incidents — "OSCA"
• Kanye West — "Stronger"

Album of the Year

Exile — Exile Love

• Ketsumeishi — Ketsunopolice 5
• Kumi Koda — Kingdom
• Avril Lavigne — The Best Damn Thing
• Ne-Yo — Because of You

Best Male Video

Ne-Yo — "Because of You"

• Chris Brown featuring T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
• Ken Hirai — "Fake Star"
• Tamio Okuda — "Mugen no Kaze"
• Seamo — "Cry Baby"

Best Female Video

Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"

• Alicia Keys — "No One"
• Kumi Koda — "Ai no Uta"
• Mika Nakashima — "Life"
• Ai Otsuka — "Peach"

Best Group Video

M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa — "Love Comes and Goes"

• Maroon 5 — "Makes Me Wonder"
• Mr. Children — "Irodori"
• Rip Slyme — "I.N.G"
• Sum 41 — "Underclass Hero"

Best New Artist

Motohiro Hata — "Uroko"

• Erika — "Free"
• Mika — "Grace Kelly"
• Satomi Takasugi — "Tabibito"
• Amy Winehouse — "Rehab"

Best Rock Video

Radwimps — "Order Made"

• 9mm Parabellum Bullet — "Discommunication"
• Foo Fighters — "The Pretender"
• L'Arc-en-Ciel — "Seventh Heaven"
• Linkin Park — "What I've Done"

Best Pop Video

Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"

• Fergie — "Clumsy"
• M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa — "Love Comes and Goes"
• Ai Otsuka — "Peach"
• Yui — "Love & Truth"

Best R&B Video

Namie Amuro — "Hide & Seek"

• AI — "I'll Remember You"
• Mary J. Blige featuring Lil Mama — "Just Fine"
• Chris Brown featuring T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
• Miliyah Kato featuring Wakadanna — "Lalala"

Best Hip-Hop Video

Soulja Boy — "Crank That"

• 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland — "Ayo Technology (She Wants It)"
• Kreva — "Strong Style"
• Kanye West — "Stronger"
• T.I. — "Big Things Poppin'

Best Reggae Video

Shōnan no Kaze — "Suirenka"

• Fire Ball — "Place in your Heart"
• Sean Kingston — "Beautiful Girls"
• Mavado — "Dreaming"
• Pushim — "Hey Boy"

Best Dance Video

The Chemical Brothers — "Do It Again"

• Denki Groove — "Shounen Young"
• Justice — "D.A.N.C.E."
• Shinichi Osawa — "Our Song (A Lonely Girl Ver.)"
• Ryukyudisko featuring Beat Crusaders — "Nice Day"

Best Video From a Film

Hikaru Utada — "Beautiful World" (from ')

• Ketsumeishi — "Deai no Kakera" (from Kage Hinata ni Saku)
• Linkin Park — "What I've Done" (from Transformers)
• Snow Patrol — "Signal Fire" (from Spider-Man 3)
• Yui — "Love & Truth" (from Closed Note)

Best Collaboration

Kumi Koda featuring TVXQ — "Last Angel"

• Beyoncé and Shakira — "Beautiful Liar"
• Yuna Ito x Celine Dion — "A World to Believe In"
• Toshinobu Kubota meets Kreva — "M☆A☆G☆I☆C"
• Timbaland featuring The Hives — "Throw It On Me"

Best Karaokee! Song

Exile — "Toki no Kakera"

• Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
• Mika Nakashima — "Life"
• Ne-Yo — "Because of You"
• Shōnan no Kaze — "Suireka"

Red Hot Award

Infinity 16

• Funky Monkey Babys
• Megumi
• Satomi Takasugi
• Foxxi MisQ

Best buzz ASIA

Japan

Ai — "I'll Remember You"

• AAA — "Mirage"
• Double — "Spring Love"
• Micro — "Hana Uta"
• DJ Ozma — "Tokyo Boogie Back"

South Korea

Cherry Filter — "Feel It"

• Clazziquai — "Robotica"
• JYP — "Kiss"
• Leessang — "Ballerino"
• T — "Did You Forget"

Taiwan

Andy Lau — "One"

• Eason Chan — "Long time no see"
• Jay Chou — "Cowboy On The Run"
• Wang Leehom — "Falling Leaf Returns to Root"
• Sodagreen — "Incomparable Beauty"

Special awards

MTV Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey

MTV Rock The World Award

Takeshi Kobayashi and Kazutoshi Sakurai

Live performances

• Ayaka — "Okaeri"
• Exile — "24 karats-type EX"
• Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
• Mariah Carey — "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time"
• Nelly and Fergie — "Party People"
• Orange Range — "O2"
• Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"

Red carpet live

• Colbie Caillat
• Flo Rida
• Miliyah Kato
• W-inds

References