# 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan was held in Tokyo on October 26, 2016 and was hosted by Rip Slyme.

## Nominees

Nominations were announced on September 1, 2016.

### Best Video of the Year

Hikaru Utada — "Manatsu no Tōriame" Archived 2016-10-03 at the Wayback Machine

### 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