MTV Video Music Award Japan for Video of the Year

The MTV Video Music Award Japan for Video of the Year (最優秀ビデオ賞) is an annual award given by MTV Japan since 2002.

MTV Video Music Award Japan for Video of the Year
Country	Japan
Presented by	MTV Japan
First awarded	2002
Website	VMAJ website

Results

The following table displays the nominees and the winners in bold print with a yellow background.

2000s

Year	Artist	Video
2002 (1st)	Mr. Children	"Kimi Ga Suki" (君が好き)
	Aerosmith	"Jaded"
	Ayumi Hamasaki	"Dearest"
	Janet Jackson	"All For You"
	Hikaru Utada	"Traveling"
2003 (2nd)	Rip Slyme	"Rakuen Baby" (楽園ベイベー)
	Eminem	"Without Me"
	Avril Lavigne	"Complicated"
	Mr. Children	"Hero"
	Hikaru Utada	"Sakura Drops" (Sakuraドロップス)
2004 (3rd)	Missy Elliott	"Pass That Dutch"
	Mr. Children	"Kurumi" (くるみ)
	Mika Nakashima	"Seppun" (接吻, Kiss)
	Outkast	"Hey Ya!"
	Radiohead	"There There"
2005 (4th)	Orange Range	"Hana" (花)
	Namie Amuro	"Girl Talk"
	Destiny's Child	"Lose My Breath"
	Eminem	"Just Lose It"
	Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris	"Yeah!"
2006 (5th)	Kumi Koda	"Butterfly"
	Gorillaz	"Feel Good Inc."
	Ketsumeishi	"Sakura" (さくら)
	Madonna	"Hung Up"
	Oasis	"Lyla"
2007 (6th)	Kumi Koda	"Yume No Uta" (夢のうた)
	Fergie	"London Bridge"
	Mr. Children	"Shirushi" (しるし)
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Dani California"
	Shōnan no Kaze	"Junrenka" (純恋歌)
2008 (7th)	Exile	"I Believe" directed by Takahide "Taka" Ishii
	Mr. Children	"Irodori" (彩り) directed by Chie Morimoto
	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	"Umbrella" directed by Chris Applebaum
	Tokyo Incidents	"O.S.C.A." directed by Yuichi Kodama
	Kanye West	"Stronger" directed by Hype Williams
2009 (8th)	Exile	"Ti Amo (Chapter2)" directed by Inoue Tetsuo
	Namie Amuro	"New Look" directed by Shuichi Sato and Yuichi Kodama
	Coldplay	"Viva la Vida" directed by Hype Williams
	Southern All Stars	"I Am Your Singer" directed by Masuyama Quasi 哉
	Britney Spears	"Womanizer" directed by Joseph Kahn

2010s

Year	Artist	Video
2010 (9th)	Exile	"Futatsu no Kuchibiru" (ふたつの唇) directed by Shigeaki Kubo
	Namie Amuro	"Fast Car" directed by Shigeaki Kubo
	Ayaka	"Minna Sora no Shita" (みんな空の下) directed by Tange Kouki
	Alicia Keys	"Doesn't Mean Anything" directed by P. R. Brown
	Lady Gaga	"Poker Face" directed by Ray Kay
2011 (10th)	Lady Gaga	"Born This Way" directed by Nick Knight
	Namie Amuro	"Break It" directed by Shigeaki Kubo
	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg	"California Gurls" directed by Mathew Cullen
	Girls Generation	"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" directed by Jae-Hyeok Jang
	Hikaru Utada	"Goodbye Happiness" directed by Hikaru Utada
2012 (11th)	Exile	"Rising Sun" directed by Shigeaki Kubo
	Lady Gaga	"You and I" directed by Laurieann Gibson
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" directed by Marc Klasfeld
	Girls' Generation	"Mr. Taxi" directed by Hideaki Sunaga
	Tokyo Jihen	"Konya wa Karasawagi" (今夜はから騒ぎ) directed by Yuichi Kodama
2013 (12th)	Exile Tribe	"24karats Tribe of Gold" directed by Shigeaki Kubo
	Namie Amuro	"In The Spotlight (Tokyo)" directed by Shigeaki Kubo
	Bruno Mars	"Locked Out of Heaven" directed by Cameron Duddy
	Mr. Children	"Marshmallow Day" directed by Shinji Kawamura, Kazuaki Seki and Kei Takahashi
	Muse	"Follow Me" directed by Tekken
2014 (13th)	Exile	"Exile Pride ~Konnasekaiwoaisurutame~"
	Katy Perry	"Roar"
	Namie Amuro	"Ballerina"
	Lady Gaga	"Applause"
	Mr. Children	"REM"
2015 (14th)	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!"
	Gen Hoshino	"SUN"
	Anna Tsuchiya	"Birthday"
	Doberman Infinity	"INFINITY"
	Pharrell Williams	"Freedom"
	Ariana Grande	"Problem featuring Iggy Azalea"
	OK Go	"I Won't Let You Down"
	Years & Years	"King"
	Momoiro Clover Z vs Kiss	"Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mina"
2016 (15th)	Hikaru Utada	"Manatsu no Tōriame"
2017 (16th)	Gen Hoshino	"Family Song"
2018 (17th)	Kenshi Yonezu	"Lemon"
2019 (18th)	King Gnu	"Hakujitsu" (白日）

2020s

Year	Artist	Video
2020 (19th)	Aimyon	"Naked Heart" (裸の心)
2021 (20th)	Official Hige Dandism	"Cry Baby"
2022 (21st)	Sekai no Owari	"Habit"
2023 (22nd)	Mrs. Green Apple	"Que Sera Sera"

See also

• MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year