Space Shower Music Awards Explained

Space Shower Music Video Awards
Sponsor:Space Shower TV
Country:Japan
Year:1996

Space Shower Music Awards (old name: SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards, abbr. to SPACE SHOWER MVA) are an annual set of music awards sponsored by Japanese Space Shower TV.[1] The prizes have been awarded since 1996.[2]

Winners in main categories

Best Video of the Year

Nr. Year Winning song Artist Director
1 1996 "Gattsudaze!!" Tetsurō Takeuchi
2 1997 "Shangri-La" Hiroyuki Itaya, Pierre Taki
3 1998 "Pink Spider" nowraphide with Spread Beaver Shuichi Tan
4 1999 "Pieces" Masahiro Takada
5 2000 "Stay Away" Taku Ueda, Taku Tada
6 2002 "Traveling" Kazuaki Kiriya
7 2003 "Tokyo" Mitsuo Shindō
8 2004 Kōki Tange
9 2005 "Galaxy" Kōichirō Tsujikawa
10 2006 "Joy" Tsuyoshi Nakamura
11 2007 Kōki Tange
12 2008 "Hana no Na" Shuichi Bamba
13 2009 Masakazu Amahisa
14 2010 "Fast Car" Shigeaki Kubo
15 2011 "Aruku Around" Kazuaki Seki
16 2012 "Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu" Yūsuke Tanaka
17 2013 "Tsukematsukeru" Jun Tamukai
18 2014 "Yoshū Fukushū"
19 2015 Liberty & GravityJun Tamukai
20 2016 Sojiro Kamatani
21 2017 "Koi" Kazuaki Seki
22 2018 Hidenobu Tanabe
23 2019 "Catharsist" Kensaku Kakimoto
24 2020 "Aurora" Bump of Chicken kyotaro hayashi
25 2021 "Kanden" Yoshiyuki Okuyama
262022"Fushigi" (不思議)Gen HoshinoKyotaro Hayashi

Best Artist / Best Director

Nr. Year Best Artist Best Director
1 1996 Shūichi Tan
2 1997 Eiki Takahashi
3 1998 Hideyuki Tanaka
4 1999 Hideaki Sunaga
5 2000 Suguru Takeuchi
6 2002 Kōki Tange
7 2003 not disclosed
(according to the winner's wish)
8 2004 Ugichin
9 2005 Koichiro Tsujikawa
10 2006 Yasuyuki Yamaguchi
11 2007 Yūsuke Tanaka
12 2008 Yuichi Kodama
13 2009 Namie Amuro
14 2010 Ringo Sheena
15 2011 Kazuaki Seki
16 2012 Yasuhiko Shimizu
17 2013 Hidenobu Tanabe
18 2014 Jun Tamukai
19 2015 Sojiro Kamatani
20 2016 Atsunori Toshi
21 2017 Hidenobu Tanabe
22 2018 Kento Yamada
23 2019 Tomokazu Yamada
24 2020 One Ok Rock Kyotaro Hayashi
25 2021 Official Hige DandismTakuto Shinbo
262022YOASOBISpikey John

Best Your Choice

Nr. Year Winning song Artist Director
1 1996 Tetsurō Takeuchi
2 1997 Magokoro BrothersTarō Mitsuoka
3 1998 Yohito Teraoka
4 1999 nowrapMasaki Ōkita
5 2000 Eiki Takahashi
6 2002 "Pieces of a Dream" Kōki Tange
7 2003 Hiroshi Itō
8 2004 "Lost Man" Shūichi Banba, Harahitoshi Takano
9 2005 "Sharin no Uta" Shūichi Banba
10 2006 "Konayuki" Shūichi Tan
11 2007 "Stand by Me" Tomoo Noda
12 2008 "Hana no Na" Shūichi Banba
13 2009 "Order Made" Yuichi Kodama
14 2010 "Oshakashama" Yasunori Kakegawa, Tetsuya Nagato
15 2011 Jika
16 2012 "Maximum the Hormone" nowrapYasuhiko Shimizu
17 2013 "The Beginning" Maxilla
18 2014 Shūichi Banba
19 2015 "ray" Atsunori Toshi

People's Choice

Nr.Year Artist
20 2016 Bump of Chicken
21 2017 Alexandros
22 2018 Gen Hoshino
23 2019
24 2020 Uverworld
25 2021 BTS
262022Fujii Kaze

Album & Song of the Year

!Nr.!Year!Album (artist)!Song (artist)
222018The Gift (Hi-Standard)Uchiage Hanabi (Daoko with Kenshi Yonezu)
232019Pop Virus (Gen Hoshino)Lemon (Kenshi Yonezu)
2420209999 (The Yellow Monkey)Pretender (Official Hige Dandism)
252021Stray Sheep (Kenshi Yonezu)"Yoru ni Kakeru" (Yoasobi)
262022Editorial (Official Hige Dandism)Dry Flower (Yuuri)

Other Awards for Artists

Year Best Breakthrough Artist !Best Male Artist Best Female Artist Best Group ArtistBest International ArtistBest Respect ArtistBest Rock Artist
2016 Alexandros
2017 Radwimps
2018 Suchmos
2019 NulbarichHikaru Utada Wanima
2020 SIRUP AimyonOne Ok Rock King Gnu
2021 Aimyon
2022Hentai Shinshin ClubFujii Kazemillennium paradeBTSAsian Kung-Fu GenerationMacaroni Enpitsu

Special Award

Nr. Year Artist
1 1996 Motoharu Sano, Takei Goodman
2 1997 Tatsuya Ishii, Bonnie Pink, Eastern Youth, Mitsuhiro Oikawa
3 1998 Southern All Stars, Hiroyuki Nakano & Tomoyasu Hotei, Blankey Jet City
6 2002 Cornelius, Daft Punk
8 2004 Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
9 2005 Glay
10 2006 Mr. Children, Kōki Tange
11 2007 M-FloMinmi, Kumi Koda, The Birthday, By Phar the Dopest, Miki Furukawa
13 2009 Ukawanimation!, Maximum the Hormone
14 2010 Keisuke Kuwata
15 2011 Hikaru Utada
16 2012 Androp, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
17 2013 Androp, Momoiro Clover Z (for "Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi yo"[3])
18 2014 AKB48, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
19 2015 Ken Hirai, OK Go
21 2017Boom Boom Satellites

Most wins overall

Updated till 2020.

Rank1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
ArtistRingo Sheena (with Tokyo Jihen)
RADWIMPS
Mr.Children
Gen Hoshino
Hikaru UtadaDenki Groove
Bump of Chicken
Ken Hirai
Namie Amuro
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Yuzu
ONE OK ROCK
Kenshi Yonezu
L'Arc-en-Ciel
Total awards11109765

Notes and References

  1. News: ナタリー - スペシャ「MVA」栄冠はホルモン、ゆず、BUMPの手に. Natalie. 2014-03-07. 2014-03-10. Japanese.
  2. SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS、年間最優秀ミュージックビデオ&アーティスト発表. Rockin'on Japan. 2014-03-07. 2014-03-10. Japanese.
  3. Director: Hideki Kuroda.