2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

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2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Date	May 26, 2007
Location	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Hosted by	Misaki Ito and Hidehiko Ishizuka
Website	mtvjapan.com/mvaj
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Japan
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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[edit]

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

DJ Ozma — "Age Age Every Night"

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

Best Female Video[edit]

Kumi Koda — "Yume No Uta"

• Ayaka — "Mikazuki"
• Fergie — "London Bridge"
• Reira starring Yuna Ito — "Truth"
• Gwen Stefani — "Wind It Up"

Best Group Video[edit]

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[edit]

Ne-Yo — "So Sick"

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

Best Rock Video[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

AI — "Believe"

• Ciara — "Promise"
• Miliyah Kato — "Kono Mama Zutto Asa Made"
• John Legend — "Save Room"
• Ne-Yo — "So Sick"

Best Hip-Hop Video[edit]

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[edit]

Shōnan no Kaze — "Junrenka"

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

Best Dance Video[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Japan[edit]

Yuna Ito — "Precious"

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

South Korea[edit]

TVXQ — "O-Jung Ban Hop"

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

Taiwan[edit]

Mayday — "Born to Love"

• A-Mei — "I want Happiness?"
• Show Lo — "Jin Wu Men"
• David Tao — "Too Beautiful"
• Faith Yang — "Dutchess"

Special awards[edit]

Best Director[edit]

Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" (directed by Tony Kaye)

Best Special Effects in a Video[edit]

Apogee — "Ghost Song" (Yusuke Tanaka)

Best Stylish Artist in a Video[edit]

Kumi Koda

Live performances[edit]

• 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[edit]

• AI
• Mika

Guest celebrities[edit]