2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan explained

2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Date:	May 26, 2007
Location:	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Host:	Misaki Ito and Hidehiko Ishizuka
Website:	mtvjapan.com/mvaj
Network:	MTV Japan
Previous:	2006
Next:	2008

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.

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Kumi Koda — "Yume No Uta"

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

Album of the Year

Daniel Powter — Daniel Powter

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

Best Male Video

DJ Ozma — "Age Age Every Night"

• Ken Hirai — "Bye My Melody"
• Kreva — "The Show"
• Daniel Powter — "Bad Day"
• Justin Timberlake — "SexyBack"

Best Female Video

Kumi Koda — "Yume No Uta"

• Ayaka — "Mikazuki"
• Fergie — "London Bridge"
• 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

Ne-Yo — "So Sick"

• Angela Aki — "This Love"
• Lily Allen — "Smile"
• Jinn — "Raion"
• The View — "Wasted Little DJs"

Best Rock Video

My Chemical Romance — "Welcome to the Black Parade"

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation — "Aru Machi no Gunjō"
• Ellegarden — "Salamander"
• Fall Out Boy — "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
• Radwimps — "Setsunarensa"

Best Pop Video

Ai Otsuka — "Ren'ai Shashin"

• Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man"
• Chemistry — "Yakusoku no Basho"
• 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

Kreva — "The Show"

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

Best Reggae Video

Shōnan no Kaze — "Junrenka"

• Lily Allen — "Smile"
• Matisyahu — "King without a Crown"
• Ryo The Skywalker — "Harewataru Oka"
• Sean Paul — "Temperature"

Best Dance Video

DJ Ozma — "Age Age Every Night"

• Fergie — "London Bridge"
• Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy"
• M-Flo Loves Minmi — "Lotta Love"
• Justin Timberlake — "SexyBack"

Best Video from a Film

Ai Otsuka — "Ren'ai Shashin" (from Heavenly Forest)

• 50 Cent — "Window Shopper" (from Get Rich or Die Tryin')
• Beyoncé — "Listen" (from Dreamgirls)
• Bonnie Pink — "Love is Bubble" (from Memories of Matsuko)
• Yui — "Good-bye Days" (from Midnight Sun)

Best Collaboration

U2 and Green Day — "The Saints Are Coming"

• 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"

Best buzz ASIA

Japan

Yuna Ito — "Precious"

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

South Korea

TVXQ — "O-Jung Ban Hop"

• Brian — "Living a Year in Winter"
• Loveholic — "Chara's Foreset"
• SS501 — "Unlock"
• Super Junior — "U"

Taiwan

Mayday — "Born to Love"

• A-Mei — "I want Happiness?"
• Show Lo — "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