| 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan | |
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| Date | May 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.
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
- 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
- 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
- Funky Monkey Babys
- Megumi
- Satomi Takasugi
- Foxxi MisQ
Best buzz ASIA
Japan
AI — "I'll Remember You"
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
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
Guest celebrities
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