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.
Best Video of the Year Hikaru Utada — "Manatsu no Tōriame"
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