MTV Video Music Awards Jepang 2012

2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan diadakan di Chiba pada tanggal 23 Juni 2012 di Makuhari Messe dan dipandu oleh trio Jepang Perfume. Para nominator diumumkan pada 21 Maret 2012.

Nominasi 
Pemenang berada di teks tebal.

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 — "Konya wa Karasawagi"

Album of the Year 
 Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto
 Juju — You
 Kara — Super Girl
 Lady Gaga — Born This Way
 'Girls' Generation — Girls' Generation Best Male Video 
 Bruno Mars — "It Will Rain" David Guetta featuring Flo Rida dan 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 
 Coldplay — "Paradise"
 Ikimonogakari — "Itsudatte Bokura Wa"
 Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera — "Moves Like Jagger"
 Monkey Majik — "Hero"
 2PM — "I'm Your Man" Best New Artist 
 CN Blue — "In My Head"
 James Blake — "Limit to Your Love"
 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Tsukema Tsukeru"
 LMFAO — "Party Rock Anthem"
 2NE1 — "I Am The Best" Best Rock Video 
 Bon Iver — "Holocene"
 One Ok Rock — "Answer is Near" 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 
 Namie Amuro — "Naked"
 Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)"
 Ikimono-gakari — "Itsudatte Bokura Wa"
 Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris — "We Found Love"
 J Soul Brothers Ⅲ — "Fighters" Best R&B Video 
 Ai — "Independent Woman"
 Amy Winehouse — "Our Day Will Come"
 Jason Derülo — "It Girl"
 Miliyah Kato — "Yūsha-Tachi" Mayer Hawthorne — "The Walk"

 Best Hip-Hop Video 
 Drake — "Headlines"
 Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding — "Otis"
 Kreva — "Kijun" Sick Team — "Street Wars"
 Tyler, The Creator — "Yonkers"

 Best Reggae Video 
 Arare — "Your Puzzle"
 Pushim — "Messenger"
 Sean Paul — "She Doesn't Mind" SuperHeavy — "Miracle Worker"
 The Heavymanners featuring Rumi — "Breath for Speaker"

 Best Dance Video 
 David Guetta featuring Flo Rida dan Nicki Minaj — "Where Them Girls At"
 James Blake — "Limit to Your Love"
 Perfume — "Laser Beam" SBTRKT — "Pharaohs"
 Yakushimaruetsuko to D.V.D. — "Gurugle Earth"

 Best Video from a Film 
 Bruno Mars — "It Will Rain" (dari The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)
 Bump of Chicken — "Good Luck" (dari Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64) Foo Fighters — "Walk" (dari The Mighty Thor)
 Ziyoou-Vachi — "Disco" (dari Moteki)
 Superfly — "Ai wo Kurae" (dari 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 dan Kj — "Sailin'"

 Best Choreography 
 Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)"
 Chris Brown — "Yeah 3x"
 LMFAO — "Party Rock Anthem"
 Perfume — "Laser Beam" Shinee — "Lucifer"

 Best Karaokee! Song 
 Ayaka — "Hajimari no Toki"
 Che'Nelle — "Baby I Love U"
 Lady Gaga — "Judas"
 Kana Nishino — "Esperanza"
 Sonar Pocket — "365 Nichi no Love Story."'''

LPenampilan Live 
 Linkin Park — "Lies Greed Misery" / "Numb" / "Burn It Down"
 2NE1 — "Scream" / "I Am the Best"
 J Soul Brothers III — "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 (menyampaikan Best Pop Video)
 Scandal (menyampaikan Best R&B Video)
 DJ KAORI & WORLD ORDER (memeperkenalkan J Soul Brothers III)
 AAA (memeperkenalkan Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)
 Ms. Ooja (menyampaikan Best Karaokee! Song)
 Daichi Miura (memeperkenalkan Bump of Chicken)
 BENI (menyampaikan Best Group Video)
 W-inds (memperkenalkan Miliyah Kato)
 Rola (menyampaikan Best New Artist)
 Sonar Pocket (memperkenalkan JUJU)
 E-Girls (memperkenalkan 2PM)
 Anna Tsuchiya (menyampaikan Video of the Year)
 Nobuaki Kaneko (memperkenalkan penampilan terakhir, Perfume)

Referensi

Pranala luar 
 MTV Video Music Awards Japan website 

MTV Video Music Awards Jepang