2006 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Kumi Koda — "Butterfly"

• Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc."
• Ketsumeishi — "Sakura"
• Madonna — "Hung Up"
• Oasis — "Lyla"

Album of the Year

'*Orange Range — *Natural'''''

• The Black Eyed Peas — Monkey Business
• Ketsumeishi — Ketsunopolis 4
• Mr. Children — I Love You
• Oasis — Don't Believe The Truth

Best Male Video

Ken Hirai — "Pop Star"

• 50 Cent featuring Olivia — "Candy Shop"
• Hyde — "Countdown"
• Jack Johnson — "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"
• Kanye West — "Diamonds From Sierra Leone"

Best Female Video

Kumi Koda — "Butterfly"

• Namie Amuro — "Wowa"
• Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together"
• Madonna — "Hung Up"
• Nana starring Mika Nakashima — "Glamorous Sky"

Best Group Video

Def Tech — "Konomama"

• The Black Eyed Peas — "Don't Phunk With My Heart"
• Oasis — "Lyla"
• Orange Range — "Kizuna"
• Tokyo Incidents — "Shuraba"

Best New Artist

Rihanna — "Pon De Replay"

• Ayaka — "I Believe"
• Def Tech — "Konomama"
• High and Mighty Color — "Over"
• Kaiser Chiefs — "I Predict a Riot"

Best Rock Video

Green Day — "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation — "World Apart"
• Coldplay — "Speed of Sound"
• Ellegarden — "Red Hot"
• Sambomaster — "Sekai wa Sore o Ai to Yobundaze"

Best Pop Video

Remioromen — "Konayuki"

• The Black Eyed Peas — "Don't Phunk With My Heart"
• Ayumi Hamasaki — "Fairyland"
• Kaela Kimura — "Rirura Riruha"
• Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl"

Best R&B Video

Ai — "Story"

• Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together"
• Craig David — "All the Way"
• Destiny's Child — "Stand Up for Love"
• Crystal Kay — "Kirakuni"

Best Hip-Hop Video

50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep — "Outta Control"

• Kreva — "Issai Gassai"
• Teriyaki Boyz — "HeartBreaker"
• Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx — "Gold Digger"
• Zeebra — "Street Dreams"

Best Reggae Video

Shōnan no Kaze — "Karasu"

• Daddy Yankee — "Gasolina"
• Fire Ball — "Kishitohishito"
• Jumbomaatch featuring Takafin, Boxer Kid and Mighty Jam Rock — "Brand New Style Hi-Fi"
• Sean Paul — "We Be Burnin'"

Best Dance Video

Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc."

• Madonna — "Hung Up"
• M-Flo Loves Emyli and Diggy-Mo — "Dopamine"
• New Order — "Krafty"
• Towa Tei featuring Kylie Minogue — "Sometime Samurai"

Best Video from a Film

Nana starring Mika Nakashima — "Glamorous Sky" (from Nana)

• Amerie — "1 Thing" (from Hitch)
• Toshinobu Kubota — "Kimi No Soba Ni" (from Under The Same Moon)
• Tamio Okuda — "Toritsu Baa" (from Custom Made 10.30)
• Reira starring Yuna Ito — "Endless Story" (from Nana)

Best Collaboration

Tomoyasu Hotei x Rip Slyme — "Battle Funkatic"

• Bow Wow featuring Omarion — "Let Me Hold You"
• Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop — "Lose Control"
• Glay x Exile — "Scream"
• Crystal Kay x Chemistry — "Two As One"

Best buzz ASIA

Japan

Kumi Koda — "Trust You"

• Chemistry — "Almost In Love"
• Yo Hitoto — "Pinwheel"
• L'Arc-en-Ciel — "Jojoushi"
• Mika Nakashima — "Amazing Grace 05"

South Korea

Se7en — "Start Line"

• Buzz — "Coward"
• Clazziquai Project — "Hold Your Tears"
• Joosuc featuring Lim Jung Hee — "Hip Hop Music"
• Tei — "Love is...one"

Taiwan

Jay Chou — "Hair Like Snow"

• Kelly Chan — "Short News"
• F.I.R — "Thousand Years Love"
• Nicholas Tse — "Song Of The Brave"
• Cyndi Wong — "Honey"

Special awards

Best Director

Yasuyuki Yamaguchi

Best Special Effects in a Video

Soul'd Out — "Iruka"

The Most Influential Songwriter Award

John Legend

Inspiration Award

Destiny's Child

Legend Award

Michael Jackson

Live performances

• AI
• Def Tech
• Hoobastank
• John Legend featuring Ken Hirai
• Kelly Rowland
• Kumi Koda
• Remioromen
• Rihanna
• Se7en

Guest celebrities

• Andrew W.K.
• Anna Tsuchiya
• Daichi Miura
• High and Mighty Color
• Neko Hiroshi
• Mori Izumi
• JK
• Joosuc
• K
• Kaela Kimura
• Megumi
• melody.
• Mika Nakashima
• Miliyah Kato
• Yasuda Misako
• Morisanchu
• Namie Amuro
• Nigo
• Orange Range
• Pamela Anderson
• Soul'd Out
• Sowelu
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Shōnan no Kaze
• Takanori Gomi
• Tempura Family
• Tohoshinki
• Trey Songz
• Yui
• Yuna Ito
• Zeebra