# MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2016

Die MTV Video Music Awards Japan wurden am 26. Oktober 2016 in Tokio verliehen. Moderator war Rip Slyme.

## Gewinner und Nominierungen

Die Sieger sind fett markiert. Die Nominierungen wurden am 1. September 2016 bekannt gegeben.

### Best Video of the Year

Hikaru Utada – Manatsu no Tōriame

### Best Male Video
#### Japan

Yu Takahashi – Hikari no Hahen
* AK-69 – Flying B
* Daichi Miura – Cry & Fight
* Motohiro Hata – Sumire
* Rekishi (feat. Morino Ishimatsu) – Saigo no Shogun
* Yu Takahashi – Hikari no Hahen

#### International

Justin Bieber – Sorry
* Drake – Hotline Bling
* James Bay – Let It Go
* Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop the Feeling!
* The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face

### Best Female Video
#### Japan

Hikaru Utada – Manatsu no Tōriame
* Namie Amuro – Mint
* Juju – What You Want
* Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Sai & Go
* Kana Nishino – Anata no Suki na Tokoro

#### International

Ariana Grande – Into You
* Adele – Hello
* Beyoncé – Formation
* Rihanna (feat. Drake) – Work
* Sia – Cheap Thrills (Performance Edit)

### Best Group Video
#### Japan

Exile The Second – Shut Up!! Shut Up!! Shut Up!!
* Babymetal – Karate
* Perfume – Flash
* Vamps (feat. Chris Motionless of Motionless in White) – Inside of Me
* The Yellow Monkey – Alright

#### International

Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla Sign) – Work from Home
* Coldplay – Up & Up
* Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love
* The 1975 – Ugh!
* The Vamps – Wake Up

### Best New Artist Video
#### Japan

Suchmos – Mint
* Ame no Parade – You
* Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi – Newspeak
* Faky – Candy
* Wednesday Campanella – Tsuchinoko

#### International

DNCE – Cake by the Ocean
* Charlie Puth – One Call Away
* Halsey – New Americana
* Jack Garratt – Breathe Life
* Lukas Graham – 7 Years

### Best Album of the Year
#### Japan

Babymetal – Metal Resistance
* Back Number – Chandelier
* Bump of Chicken – Butterflies
* Kana Nishino – Just Love
* Perfume – Cosmic Explorer

#### International

Beyoncé – Lemonade
* Adele – 25
* Drake – Views
* Justin Bieber – Purpose
* Rihanna – Anti

### Best Rock Video

Alexandros – Swan
* Coldplay – Up & Up
* Radiohead – Daydreaming
* Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dark Necessities
* The Yellow Monkey – Alright

### Best Metal Video

Babymetal – Karate
* Crossfaith – Rx Overdrive
* Deftones – Prayers / Triangles
* Iron Maiden – Speed of Light
* Trivium – Silence in the Snow

### Best Pop Video

Nissy – Playing With Fire
* Ariana Grande – Into You
* Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla Sign) – Work from Home
* Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean?
* Kana Nishino – Anata no Suki na Tokoro

### Best R&B Video

Daichi Miura – Cry & Fight
* Alessia Cara – Here
* Bryson Tiller – Don't
* Usher (feat. Young Thug) – No Limit
* The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face

### Best Hip Hop Video

AK-69 – Flying B
* Chance the Rapper (feat. Saba) – Angels
* Drake – Hotline Bling
* Desiigner – Panda
* Kanye West – Famous

### Best Dance Video

Boom Boom Satellites – Lay Your Hands on Me
* Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna) – This Is What You Came For
* Disclosure (feat. Lorde) – Magnets
* Kygo (feat. Maty Noyes) – Stay
* Mike Posner – I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)

### Best Choreography

Generations from Exile Tribe – Ageha
* Beat Buddy Boi – B-Boi Scramble
* Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla Sign) – Work from Home
* Justin Bieber – Sorry
* Sia – Alive

## Special Awards
### Best Teen Choice Award

Sakura Fujiwara – Soup
* Doberman Infinity – Ga Ga Summer
* Scandal – Take Me Out
* Sky-Hi – Nanairo Holiday
* Rei Yasuda – Message

### Inspirational Award Japan

The Yellow Monkey