mtv video music awards jepang 2006 dibawakan oleh mokomichi hayami dan masami hisamoto di tokyo.
acara tahunan ke-5 perdana langsung di mtv, sabtu 27 mei di yoyogi national gymnasium.
acara penghargaan difilmkan hadapan penonton langsung dari 8000 penggemar musik.
acara berkilauan menampilkan pertunjukan live dari timur jauh dan barat, termasuk penampilan jepang ai, def tek, kumi koda dan remioromen, bersama dengan penampilan internasional hoobastank, john legend, kelly rowland, rihanna dan se7en dari korea selatan.
acara ini juga menampilkan pertunjukan khusus oleh r&b superstar jepang ken hirai bergabung dengan john legend.
upacara penghargaan juga ditandai dengan penampilan dari michael jackson.
pemenang berada di tulisan tebal.
video of the year
gorillaz  "feel good inc."
ketsumeishi  "sakura"
kumi koda  "butterfly"
madonna  "hung up"
oasis  "lyla"
album of the year
the black eyed peas  monkey business
ketsumeishi  ketsunopolis 4
mr. children  i love you
orange range  natural
oasis  don't believe the truth
best male video
50 cent featuring olivia  "candy shop"
ken hirai  "pop star"
hyde  "countdown"
jack johnson  "sitting, waiting, wishing"
kanye west  "diamonds from sierra leone"
best female video
namie amuro  "wowa"
mariah carey  "we belong together"
kumi koda  "butterfly"
madonna  "hung up"
nana starring mika nakashima  "glamorous sky"
best group video
the black eyed peas  "don't phunk with my heart"
def tech  "konomama"
oasis  "lyla"
orange range  "kizuna"
tokyo incidents  "shuraba"
best new artist
ayaka  "i believe"
def tech  "konomama"
high and mighty color  "over"
kaiser chiefs  "i predict a riot"
rihanna  "pon de replay"
best rock video
asian kung-fu generation  "world apart"
coldplay  "speed of sound"
ellegarden  "red hot"
green day  "boulevard of broken dreams"
sambomaster  "sekai wa sore o ai to yobundaze"
best pop video
the black eyed peas  "don't phunk with my heart"
ayumi hamasaki  "fairyland"
kaela kimura  "rirura riruha"
remioromen  "konayuki"
gwen stefani  "hollaback girl"
best r&b video
ai  "story"
mariah carey  "we belong together"
craig david  "all the way"
destiny's child  "stand up for love"
crystal kay  "kirakuni"
best hip-hop video
50 cent featuring mobb deep  "outta control"
kreva  "issai gassai"
teriyaki boyz  "heartbreaker"
kanye west featuring jamie foxx  "gold digger"
zeebra  "street dreams"
best reggae video
daddy yankee  "gasolina"
fire ball  "kishitohishito"
jumbomaatch featuring takafin, boxer kid and mighty jam rock  "brand new style hi-fi"
sean paul  "we be burnin'"
shnan no kaze  "karasu"
best dance video
gorillaz  "feel good inc."
madonna  "hung up"
m-flo loves emyli and diggy-mo  "dopamine"
new order  "krafty"
towa tei featuring kylie minogue  "sometime samurai"
best video from a film
amerie  "1 thing" (dari hitch)
toshinobu kubota  "kimino no soba ni" (dari under the same moon)
nana membintangi mika nakashima  "glamorous sky" (dari nana)
tamio okuda  "toritsu baa" (dari custom made 10.30)
reira membintangi yuna ito  "endless story" (dari nana)
bow wow featuring omarion  "let me hold you"
missy elliott featuring ciara and fat man scoop  "lose control"
glay x exile  "scream"
tomoyasu hotei x rip slyme  "battle funkatic"
crystal kay x chemistry  "two as one"
best buzz asia
chemistry  "almost in love"
yo hitoto  "pinwheel"
kumi koda  "trust you"
l'arc-en-ciel  "jojoushi"
mika nakashima  "amazing grace 05"
buzz  "coward"
clazziquai project  "hold your tears"
joosuc featuring lim jung hee  "hip hop music"
se7en  "start line"
tei  "love is...one"
kelly chan  "short news"
jay chou  "hair like snow"
f.i.r  "thousand years love"
nicholas tse  "song of the brave"
cyndi wong  "honey"
best special effects in a video
soul'd out  "iruka"
the most influential songwriter award
john legend featuring ken hirai