2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan was held in Tokyo on October 26, 2016 and was hosted by Rip Slyme.

2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Date	October 26, 2016
Location	Tokyo
Hosted by	Rip Slyme
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Japan
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Nominees

Nominations were announced on September 1, 2016.^[1]

Best Video of the Year

Hikaru Utada — "Manatsu no Tōriame" 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