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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
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
Annual awards
Song of the Year (2019–present)
Video awards
Best Solo Artist Video (2021–present)
Year
Artist
Song
2022
CreepHyp
"Night on the Planet"
2023
Macaroni Enpitsu
"Kanashimi wa Bus ni Notte"
Best Animation Video (2023–present)
Best Art Direction Video (2018, 2020–present)
Best Cinematography (2018, 2020–present)
Best Visual Effects (2021–present)
Special awards
Inspiration Award Japan (2014, 2016–2017, 2020, 2022)
MTV the World Award (2019, 2021–2022)
Best Live Performance (2015, 2022)
MTV Breakthrough Song (2019–2022)
Best Buzz Award (2017, 2019–present)
Rising Star Award (2019–present)
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)
Best Asia Celebrity (2023–present)
Best Asia Group (2023–present)
Upcoming Dance & Vocal Group (2023–present)
Discontinued award categories
Best Metal Video (2015–2017)
Best Teen Choice Artist (2016)
SAS Lifetime Achievement Award Japan (2018)
Special Achievement Award (2014)
Most wins
Most wins in a single night
Most wins overall
Updated till 2020.
References
External links
Japanese Music Award shows
Major awards Other awards New artist only