# 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on Saturday, May 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

## Awards

Winners are in bold text.

### Video of the Year

Exile — "I Believe"
* Mr. Children — "Irodori"
* Rihanna featuring Jay-Z — "Umbrella"
* Tokyo Incidents — "OSCA"
* Kanye West — "Stronger"

### Album of the Year

Exile — Exile Love
* Ketsumeishi — Ketsunopolice 5
* Kumi Koda — Kingdom
* Avril Lavigne — The Best Damn Thing
* Ne-Yo — Because of You

### Best Male Video

Ne-Yo — "Because of You"
* Chris Brown featuring T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
* Ken Hirai — "Fake Star"
* Tamio Okuda — "Mugen no Kaze"
* Seamo — "Cry Baby"

### Best Female Video

Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
* Alicia Keys — "No One"
* Kumi Koda — "Ai no Uta"
* Mika Nakashima — "Life"
* Ai Otsuka — "Peach"

### Best Group Video

M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa — "Love Comes and Goes"
* Maroon 5 — "Makes Me Wonder"
* Mr. Children — "Irodori"
* Rip Slyme — "I.N.G"
* Sum 41 — "Underclass Hero"

### Best New Artist

Motohiro Hata — "Uroko"
* Erika — "Free"
* Mika — "Grace Kelly"
* Satomi Takasugi — "Tabibito"
* Amy Winehouse — "Rehab"

### Best Rock Video

Radwimps — "Order Made"
* 9mm Parabellum Bullet — "Discommunication"
* Foo Fighters — "The Pretender"
* L'Arc-en-Ciel — "Seventh Heaven"
* Linkin Park — "What I've Done"

### Best Pop Video

Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
* Fergie — "Clumsy"
* M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa — "Love Comes and Goes"
* Ai Otsuka — "Peach"
* Yui — "Love & Truth"

### Best R&B Video

Namie Amuro — "Hide & Seek"
* AI — "I'll Remember You"
* Mary J. Blige featuring Lil Mama — "Just Fine"
* Chris Brown featuring T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
* Miliyah Kato featuring Wakadanna — "Lalala"

### Best Hip-Hop Video

Soulja Boy — "Crank That"
* 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland — "Ayo Technology (She Wants It)"
* Kreva — "Strong Style"
* Kanye West — "Stronger"
* T.I. — "Big Things Poppin'

### Best Reggae Video

Shōnan no Kaze — "Suirenka"
* Fire Ball — "Place in your Heart"
* Sean Kingston — "Beautiful Girls"
* Mavado — "Dreaming"
* Pushim — "Hey Boy"

### Best Dance Video

The Chemical Brothers — "Do It Again"
* Denki Groove — "Shounen Young"
* Justice — "D.A.N.C.E."
* Shinichi Osawa — "Our Song (A Lonely Girl Ver.)"
* Ryukyudisko featuring Beat Crusaders — "Nice Day"

### Best Video From a Film

Hikaru Utada — "Beautiful World" (from Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone)
* Ketsumeishi — "Deai no Kakera" (from Kage Hinata ni Saku)
* Linkin Park — "What I've Done" (from Transformers)
* Snow Patrol — "Signal Fire" (from Spider-Man 3)
* Yui — "Love & Truth" (from Closed Note)

### Best Collaboration

Kumi Koda featuring TVXQ — "Last Angel"
* Beyoncé and Shakira — "Beautiful Liar"
* Yuna Ito x Celine Dion — "A World to Believe In"
* Toshinobu Kubota meets Kreva — "M☆A☆G☆I☆C"
* Timbaland featuring The Hives — "Throw It On Me"

### Best Karaokee! Song

Exile — "Toki no Kakera"
* Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
* Mika Nakashima — "Life"
* Ne-Yo — "Because of You"
* Shōnan no Kaze — "Suireka"

### Red Hot Award

Infinity 16
* Funky Monkey Babys
* Megumi
* Satomi Takasugi
* Foxxi MisQ

### Best buzz ASIA
#### Japan

Ai — "I'll Remember You"
* AAA — "Mirage"
* Double — "Spring Love"
* Micro — "Hana Uta"
* DJ Ozma — "Tokyo Boogie Back"

#### South Korea

Cherry Filter — "Feel It"
* Clazziquai — "Robotica"
* JYP — "Kiss"
* Leessang — "Ballerino"
* T — "Did You Forget"

#### Taiwan

Andy Lau — "One"
* Eason Chan — "Long time no see"
* Jay Chou — "Cowboy On The Run"
* Wang Leehom — "Falling Leaf Returns to Root"
* Sodagreen — "Incomparable Beauty"

## Special awards
### MTV Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey

### MTV Rock The World Award

Takeshi Kobayashi and Kazutoshi Sakurai

## Live performances

* Ayaka — "Okaeri"
* Exile — "24 karats-type EX"
* Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
* Mariah Carey — "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time"
* Nelly and Fergie — "Party People"
* Orange Range — "O2"
* Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"

### Red carpet live

* Colbie Caillat
* Flo Rida
* Miliyah Kato
* W-inds