2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Orange Range — "Hana"

• Namie Amuro — "Girl Talk"
• Destiny's Child — "Lose My Breath"
• Eminem — "Just Lose It"
• Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris — "Yeah!"

Album of the Year

'*Orange Range — *MusiQ'''''

• Eminem — Encore
• Green Day — American Idiot
• Ken Hirai — Sentimentalovers
• Usher — Confessions

Best Male Video

Ken Hirai — "Hitomi o Tojite"

• Kreva — "Hitori Janai No Yo"
• Tamio Okuda — "Nanto Iu"
• Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris — "Yeah!"
• Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"

Best Female Video

Mika Nakashima — "Sakurairo Mau Koro"

• Ayumi Hamasaki — "Inspire"
• Avril Lavigne — "My Happy Ending"
• Jennifer Lopez — "Get Right"
• Hikaru Utada — "Easy Breezy"

Best Group Video

Linkin Park — "Breaking The Habit"

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation — "Kimi no Machi Made"
• Destiny's Child — "Lose My Breath"
• Exile — "Carry On"
• Orange Range — "Locolotion"

Best New Artist

Sambomaster — "Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi"

• Ciara featuring Petey Pablo — "Goodies"
• Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
• Nobodyknows — "Kokoro Odoru"
• Ashlee Simpson — "Pieces of Me"

Best Rock Video

Hoobastank — "The Reason"

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation — "Kimi no Machi Made"
• Good Charlotte — "Predictable"
• Linkin Park — "Breaking The Habit"
• Sambomaster — "Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi"

Best Pop Video

Ketsumeishi — "Kimi ni Bump"

• Blue — "Curtain Falls"
• Exile — "Carry On"
• Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?"
• Yuki — "Joy"

Best R&B Video

Namie Amuro — "Girl Talk"

• Ai — "E.O."
• Crystal Kay — "Kiss"
• Alicia Keys — "If I Ain't Got You"
• Usher — "Burn"

Best Hip Hop Video

Beastie Boys — "Ch-Check It Out"

• The Black Eyed Peas — "Let's Get It Started"
• Kreva featuring Mummy-D — "Funky Glamorous"
• Nitro Microphone Underground — "Still Shinin"
• Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"

Best Video from a Film

Ken Hirai — "Hitomi o Tojite" (from Crying Out Love in the Center of the World)

• Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott — "Car Wash" (from Shark Tale)
• Ray Charles — "What'd I Say" (from Ray)
• Ana Johnsson — "We Are" (from Spider-Man 2)
• Orange Range — "Hana" (from Be with You)

Best Collaboration

Jay-Z/Linkin Park — "Numb/Encore"

• Ai featuring Afra and Tucker — "Watch Out!"
• Kiyoshiro Imawano featuring Rhymester — "Ame Agarino Yozora Ni 35"
• Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell — "Drop It Like It's Hot"
• Usher and Alicia Keys — "My Boo"

Best Buzz Asia

Japan

Orange Range — "Locolotion"

• Exile — "Real World"
• Gospellers — "Mimoza"
• Tokyo Jihen — "Gunjō Biyori"
• Yuki — "Joy"

South Korea

Rain — "It's Raining"

• Tony An — "Love Is More Beautiful When You Can't Have IT"
• g.o.d — "An Ordinary Day"
• Jang Na-ra — "Winter Diary"
• Tim — "Thank You"

Taiwan

Stefanie Sun — "Running"

• Stanley Huang — "Who am I to You"
• Fish Liang — "Can't Hear It"
• S.H.E — "Persian Cat"
• Jolin Tsai — "Pirates"

Special awards

Best Director

Yasuo Inoue

Best Special Effects

Gagle — "Rap Wonder DX"

Best Style

Ashanti

Most Entertaining Video

Gorie with Jasmine Ann Allen and Yamasaki Joann Shikou — "Micky"

International Video Icon Award

Mariah Carey

Most Impressive Performing Asian Artist

Namie Amuro

Live performances

• Ashanti
• Crystal Kay
• Gorie
• Hoobastank
• Jamiroquai
• Ken Hirai
• Mariah Carey
• Namie Amuro
• Orange Range
• Rain

References

References

1. "Connection Problems".