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 (grup musik)|Exile]] — "[[Itsuka kitto…|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 (album)|You]]*
* Kara — *[[Super Girl (album Kara)|Super Girl]]*
* Lady Gaga — *[[Born This Way]]*
* **[[Girls' Generation]] — ''[[Girls' Generation (album tahun 2011)|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]] — "[[Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! / Love Story|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 (lagu)|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 (rapper)|Kreva]] — "Kijun"**
* Sick Team — "Street Wars"
* Tyler, The Creator — "Yonkers"

### Best Reggae Video
* Arare — "Your Puzzle"
* Pushim — "Messenger"
* **[[Sean Paul (rapper)|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 (grup musik)|Perfume]] — "[[Laser Beam/Kasuka na Kaori|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 (lagu)|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 (grup musik)|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 (grup musik)|Perfume]] — "[[Laser Beam/Kasuka na Kaori|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