2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Awards

Video of the Year

Exile — "Rising Sun"

• Lady Gaga — "You and I"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
• Girls' Generation — "Mr. Taxi"
• Tokyo Jihen — "Kon'ya wa Karasawagi"

Album of the Year

'*Girls' Generation — *Girls' Generation'''''

• Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto
• Juju — You
• Kara — Super Girl
• Lady Gaga — Born This Way

Best Male Video

Bruno Mars — "It Will Rain"

• David Guetta (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj) — "Where Them Girls At"
• Gen Hoshino — "Film"
• Justin Bieber — "Mistletoe"
• Naoto Inti Raymi — "Brave"

Best Female Video

Namie Amuro — "Love Story"

• Ayaka — "Hajimari no Toki"
• Björk — "Crystalline"
• Kana Nishino — "Tatoe Donnani…"
• Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris — "We Found Love"

Best Group Video

2PM — "I'm Your Man"

• Coldplay — "Paradise"
• Ikimonogakari — "Itsudatte Bokura Wa"
• Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera — "Moves Like Jagger"
• Monkey Majik — "Hero"

Best New Artist

2NE1 — "I Am The Best"

• CN Blue — "In My Head"
• James Blake — "Limit to Your Love"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Tsukema Tsukeru"
• LMFAO — "Party Rock Anthem"

Best Rock Video

One Ok Rock — "Answer Is Near"

• Bon Iver — "Holocene"
• Radwimps — "Kimi to Hitsuji to Ao"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
• Sakanaction — "Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu."

Best Pop Video

Sandaime J Soul Brothers — "Fighters"

• Namie Amuro — "Naked"
• Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)"
• Ikimono-gakari — "Itsudatte Bokura Wa"
• Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris — "We Found Love"

Best R&B Video

Miliyah Kato — "Yūsha-Tachi"

• Ai — "Independent Woman"
• Amy Winehouse — "Our Day Will Come"
• Jason Derülo — "It Girl"
• Mayer Hawthorne — "The Walk"

Best Hip-Hop Video

Kreva — "Kijun"

• Drake — "Headlines"
• Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding — "Otis"
• Sick Team — "Street Wars"
• Tyler, The Creator — "Yonkers"

Best Reggae Video

Sean Paul — "She Doesn't Mind"

• Arare — "Your Puzzle"
• Pushim — "Messenger"
• SuperHeavy — "Miracle Worker"
• The Heavymanners featuring Rumi — "Breath for Speaker"

Best Dance Video

Perfume — "Laser Beam"

• David Guetta featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj — "Where Them Girls At"
• James Blake — "Limit to Your Love"
• SBTRKT — "Pharaohs"
• Etsuko Yakushimaru & D.V.D. — "Gurugle Earth"

Best Video from a Film

Bump of Chicken — "Good Luck" (from Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64)

• Bruno Mars — "It Will Rain" (from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)
• Foo Fighters — "Walk" (from Thor)
• Ziyoou-Vachi — "Disco" (from Moteki)
• Superfly — "Ai wo Kurae" (from Smuggler)

Best Collaboration

Namie Amuro featuring After School — "Make It Happen"

• Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding — "Otis"
• Miliyah Kato x Shota Shimizu — "Believe"
• Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera — "Moves Like Jagger"
• Special Others and Kj — "Sailin'"

Best Choreography

Perfume — "Laser Beam" (choreography by Mikiko)

• Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)" (choreography by Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page)
• Chris Brown — "Yeah 3x"
• LMFAO — "Party Rock Anthem" (choreography by Hokuto Konishi)
• Shinee — "Lucifer" (choreography by Rino Okinawa and Jaewon Dancing)

Best Karaokee! Song

Sonar Pocket — "365 Nichi no Love Story."

• Ayaka — "Hajimari no Toki"
• Che'Nelle — "Baby I Love U"
• Lady Gaga — "Judas"
• Kana Nishino — "Esperanza"

Live performances

• Linkin Park — "Lies Greed Misery / Numb / Burn It Down"
• 2NE1 — "Scream / I Am the Best"
• Sandaime J Soul Brothers — "1st Place" / "Fighters"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Tsukema Tsukeru"
• Bump of Chicken — "Zero"
• Miliyah Kato — "Aiaiai / Heartbeat"
• Exile — 24karats Exile Tribe Special Medley
• Juju — "Tadaima / Kiseki wo Nozomu Nara..."
• 2PM — "Beautiful / I'm Your Man"
• Perfume — "Laser Beam / Spring of Life"

Guest celebrities

• Karina — presented Best Pop Video
• Scandal — presented Best R&B Video
• DJ Kaori and World Order — introduced Sandaime J Soul Brothers
• AAA — introduced Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
• Ms. Ooja — presented Best Karaokee! Song
• Daichi Miura — introduced Bump of Chicken
• Beni — presented Best Group Video
• W-inds — introduced Miliyah Kato
• Rola — presented Best New Artist
• Sonar Pocket — introduced Juju
• E-Girls — introduced 2PM
• Anna Tsuchiya — presented Video of the Year
• Nobuaki Kaneko — introduced Perfume

References

References

1. (2012-03-21). "Award show to be held on Saturday June 23, 2012 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan". [[MTV Asia]].