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. ^[1]

Best Video of the Year

Hikaru Utada — " Manatsu no Tōriame" [1] 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

References

External links

• MTV Video Music Awards Japan website