2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Date	May 31, 2008
Location	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Hosted by	Cyril
Website	mtvjapan.com/mvaj
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Japan
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The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on Saturday, May 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. ^[1]

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Exile — "I Believe"

• Mr. Children — "Irodori"
• Rihanna featuring Jay-Z — "Umbrella"
• Tokyo Incidents — "OSCA"
• Kanye West — "Stronger"

Album of the Year

Exile — Exile Love

• Ketsumeishi — Ketsunopolice 5
• Kumi Koda — Kingdom
• Avril Lavigne — The Best Damn Thing
• Ne-Yo — Because of You

Best Male Video

Ne-Yo — "Because of You"

• Chris Brown featuring T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
• Ken Hirai — "Fake Star"
• Tamio Okuda — "Mugen no Kaze"
• Seamo — "Cry Baby"

Best Female Video

Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"

• Alicia Keys — "No One"
• Kumi Koda — "Ai no Uta"
• Mika Nakashima — "Life"
• Ai Otsuka — "Peach"

Best Group Video

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

• Maroon 5 — "Makes Me Wonder"
• Mr. Children — "Irodori"
• Rip Slyme — "I.N.G"
• Sum 41 — "Underclass Hero"

Best New Artist

Motohiro Hata — "Uroko"

• Erika — "Free"
• Mika — "Grace Kelly"
• Satomi Takasugi — "Tabibito"
• Amy Winehouse — "Rehab"

Best Rock Video

Radwimps — "Order Made"

• 9mm Parabellum Bullet — "Discommunication"
• Foo Fighters — "The Pretender"
• L'Arc-en-Ciel — "Seventh Heaven"
• Linkin Park — "What I've Done"

Best Pop Video

Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"

• Fergie — "Clumsy"
• M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa — "Love Comes and Goes"
• Ai Otsuka — "Peach"
• Yui — "Love & Truth"

Best R&B Video

Namie Amuro — "Hide & Seek"

• AI — "I'll Remember You"
• Mary J. Blige featuring Lil Mama — "Just Fine"
• Chris Brown featuring T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
• Miliyah Kato featuring Wakadanna — "Lalala"

Best Hip-Hop Video

Soulja Boy — "Crank That"

• 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland — "Ayo Technology (She Wants It)"
• Kreva — "Strong Style"
• Kanye West — "Stronger"
• T.I. — "Big Things Poppin'

Best Reggae Video

Shōnan no Kaze — "Suirenka"

• Fire Ball — "Place in your Heart"
• Sean Kingston — "Beautiful Girls"
• Mavado — "Dreaming"
• Pushim — "Hey Boy"

Best Dance Video

The Chemical Brothers — "Do It Again"

• Denki Groove — "Shounen Young"
• Justice — "D.A.N.C.E."
• Shinichi Osawa — "Our Song (A Lonely Girl Ver.)"
• Ryukyudisko featuring Beat Crusaders — "Nice Day"

Best Video From a Film

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

• Ketsumeishi — "Deai no Kakera" (from Kage Hinata ni Saku)
• Linkin Park — "What I've Done" (from Transformers )
• Snow Patrol — "Signal Fire" (from Spider-Man 3 )
• Yui — "Love & Truth" (from Closed Note)

Best Collaboration

Kumi Koda featuring TVXQ — "Last Angel"

• Beyoncé and Shakira — "Beautiful Liar"
• Yuna Ito x Celine Dion — "A World to Believe In"
• Toshinobu Kubota meets Kreva — "M☆A☆G☆I☆C"
• Timbaland featuring The Hives — "Throw It On Me"

Best Karaokee! Song

Exile — "Toki no Kakera"

• Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
• Mika Nakashima — "Life"
• Ne-Yo — "Because of You"
• Shōnan no Kaze — "Suireka"

Red Hot Award

Infinity 16

• Funky Monkey Babys
• Megumi
• Satomi Takasugi
• Foxxi MisQ

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"

• Clazziquai — "Robotica"
• JYP — "Kiss"
• Leessang — "Ballerino"
• T — "Did You Forget"

Taiwan

Andy Lau — "One"

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

Special awards

MTV Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey

MTV Rock The World Award

Takeshi Kobayashi and Kazutoshi Sakurai

Live performances

• Ayaka — "Okaeri"
• Exile — "24 karats-type EX"
• Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
• Mariah Carey — "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time"
• Nelly and Fergie — "Party People"
• Orange Range — "O2"
• Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"

Red carpet live

• Colbie Caillat
• Flo Rida
• Miliyah Kato
• W-inds

References

1. "音楽番組 | MTV Japan". www.mtvjapan.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-06.