2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

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2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
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DateMay 31, 2008
Location Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Hosted by Cyril
Website mtvjapan.com/mvaj
Television/radio coverage
Network MTV Japan

The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on Saturday, May 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Contents

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Exile — "I Believe"

Album of the Year

ExileExile Love

Best Male Video

Ne-Yo — "Because of You"

Best Female Video

Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"

Best Group Video

M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa — "Love Comes and Goes"

Best New Artist

Motohiro Hata — "Uroko"

Best Rock Video

Radwimps — "Order Made"

Best Pop Video

Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"

Best R&B Video

Namie Amuro - "Hide & Seek"

Best Hip-Hop Video

Soulja Boy - "Crank That"

Best Reggae Video

Shōnan no Kaze — "Suirenka"

Best Dance Video

The Chemical Brothers — "Do It Again"

Best Video From a Film

Hikaru Utada — "Beautiful World" (from Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone )

Best Collaboration

Kumi Koda featuring TVXQ — "Last Angel"

Best Karaokee! Song

Exile — "Toki no Kakera"

Red Hot Award

Infinity 16

Best buzz ASIA

Japan

AI — "I'll Remember You"

  • AAA — "Mirage"
  • Double — "Spring Love"
  • Micro — "Hana Uta"
  • DJ Ozma — "Tokyo Boogie Back"

South Korea

Cherry Filter — "Feel It"

Taiwan

Andy Lau — "One"

  • Eason Chan — "Long time no see"
  • Jay Chou — "Cowboy On The Run"
  • Wang Leehom — "Falling Leaf Returns to Root"
  • Soda green — "Incomparable Beauty"

Special awards

MTV Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey Touch My Body

MTV Rock The World Award

Takeshi Kobayashi and Kazutoshi Sakurai

Live performances

Red carpet live

Guest celebrities

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