2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Date	May 26, 2007
Venue(s)	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama
Country	Japan
Host(s)	Misaki Ito and Hidehiko Ishizuka
Network	MTV Japan

Hosted by Misaki Ito and Hidehiko Ishizuka, the awards show took place at the Saitama Super Arena before a live audience of 12,000 screaming music fans. The 6th annual show premiered live on MTV, Saturday May 26 to over 6.6 million homes in Japan.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• Fergie — "London Bridge"
• Kumi Koda — "Yume No Uta"
• Mr. Children — "Shirushi"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California"
• Shōnan no Kaze — "Junrenka"

Album of the Year

• Ayaka — First Message
• Def Tech — Catch The Wave
• Kumi Koda — Black Cherry
• Daniel Powter — Daniel Powter
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — Stadium Arcadium

Best Male Video

• Ken Hirai — "Bye My Melody"
• Kreva — "The Show"
• DJ Ozma — "Age Age Every Night"
• Daniel Powter — "Bad Day"
• Justin Timberlake — "SexyBack"

Best Female Video

• Ayaka — "Mikazuki"
• Fergie — "London Bridge"
• Kumi Koda — "Yume No Uta"
• Reira starring Yuna Ito — "Truth"
• Gwen Stefani — "Wind It Up"

Best Group Video

• Exile — "Lovers Again"
• Glay — "100 Man Kai No Kiss"
• My Chemical Romance — "Welcome to the Black Parade"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California"
• Remioromen — "Stand By Me"

Best New Artist

• Angela Aki — "This Love"
• Lily Allen — "Smile"
• Jinn — "Raion"
• Ne-Yo — "So Sick"
• The View — "Wasted Little DJs"

Best Rock Video

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation — "Aru Machi no Gunjō"
• Ellegarden — "Salamander"
• Fall Out Boy — "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
• My Chemical Romance — "Welcome to the Black Parade"
• Radwimps — "Setsunarensa"

Best Pop Video

• Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man"
• Chemistry — "Yakusoku no Basho"
• Ai Otsuka — "Ren'ai Shashin"
• Rihanna — "SOS"
• Seamo — "Mata Aimashou"

Best R&B Video

• AI — "Believe"
• Ciara — "Promise"
• Miliyah Kato — "Kono Mama Zutto Asa Made"
• John Legend — "Save Room"
• Ne-Yo — "So Sick"

Best Hip-Hop Video

• Jay-Z — "Show Me What You Got"
• Kreva — "The Show"
• Nas — "Hip Hop is Dead"
• T.I. — "What You Know"
• Teriyaki Boyz featuring Kanye West — "I Still Love H.E.R."

Best Reggae Video

• Lily Allen — "Smile"
• Matisyahu — "King without a Crown"
• Ryo The Skywalker — "Harewataru Oka"
• Sean Paul — "Temperature"
• Shōnan no Kaze — "Junrenka"

Best Dance Video

• Fergie — "London Bridge"
• Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy"
• M-Flo Loves Minmi — "Lotta Love"
• DJ Ozma — "Age Age Every Night"
• Justin Timberlake — "SexyBack"

Best Video from a Film

• 50 Cent — "Window Shopper" (from Get Rich or Die Tryin')
• Beyoncé — "Listen" (from Dreamgirls)
• Bonnie Pink — "Love is Bubble" (from Memories of Matsuko)
• Ai Otsuka — "Ren'ai Shashin" (from Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru)
• Yui — "Good-bye Days" (from Midnight Sun)

Best Collaboration

• Akon featuring Eminem — "Smack That"
• Sérgio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas — "Mas Que Nada"
• Quruli featuring Rip Slyme — "Juice"
• Ringo Shiina + Saito Neko + Shiina Junpei — "Kono Yo no Kagiri"
• U2 and Green Day — "The Saints Are Coming"

Best buzz ASIA

Japan

• Bonnie Pink — "A Perfect Sky"
• Dragon Ash — "Ivory"
• DJ Ozma — "Age Age Every Night"
• Rize — "Pink Spider"
• Yuna Ito — "Precious"

South Korea

• Brian — "Living a Year in Winter"
• Loveholic — "Chara's Foreset"
• SS501 — "Unlock"
• Super Junior — "U"
• TVXQ — "O-Jung Ban Hop"

Taiwan

• A-Mei — "I want Happiness?"
• Mayday — "Born to Love"
• Show Luo — "Jin Wu Men"
• David Tao — "Too Beautiful"
• Faith Yang — "Dutchess"

Special awards

Best Director

• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" (directed by Tony Kaye)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Apogee — "Ghost Song" (Yusuke Tanaka)

Best Stylish Artist in a Video

• Kumi Koda

Live performances

• Ai Otsuka — "Ren'ai Shashin"
• Daniel Powter — "Bad Day"
• Kreva — "The Show"
• Mika — "Grace Kelly"
• My Chemical Romance — "Welcome to the Black Parade"
• Ne-Yo — "Because of You"
• DJ Ozma — "Age Age Every Night"
• Seamo — "Cry Baby"
• Shōnan no Kaze — "Junrenka"
• TVXQ — "O - Jung.Ban.Hap."
• Yuna Ito — "Precious"

Red carpet live

• AI
• Mika

Guest celebrities

Ami Suzuki Chemistry High and Mighty Color Hiroshi Tanahashi Juri Ueno Kanemoto says more DJ Kaori Kumi Koda Leah Dizon Maki Goto Mark Hunt DJ Masterkey Mayday

Megumi M-Flo Misono Namie Amuro Shoko Nakagawa Sowelu SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick Tatsu Chi W-inds. Wise Ya-kyim Zeebra