2013 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

LAVANNAH 4 LIFE

Awards

Best Tongue - Jai Brooks

Cutest Couple - Jariana

Twerk King - Luke Brooks

Swag of the Year

Exile Tribe — "24karats Tribe of Gold"

• Namie Amuro — "In The Spotlight (Tokyo)"
• Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Mr. Children — "Marshmallow Day"
• Muse — "Follow Me"

Album of the Year

2PM — Legend of 2PM

• Carly Rae Jepsen — Kiss
• Linkin Park — Living Things
• Kana Nishino — Love Place
• One Direction — Take Me Home

Best Homie Video

Exile Atsushi — "Melrose ~Aisanai Yakusoku~"

• Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Gotye featuring Kimbra — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
• Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj — "Beauty and a Beat"
• Daichi Miura — "Two Hearts"

Best Female Video

Kana Nishino — "Always"

• Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj — "Girl on Fire"
• Juju — "Arigatō"
• Rihanna — "Diamonds"
• Taylor Swift — "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

Best Group Video

J Soul Brothers — "Hanabi"

• Fun featuring Janelle Monáe — "We Are Young"
• Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa — "Payphone"
• One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"
• TVXQ — "Catch Me"

Best New Artist

Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"

• Fun featuring Janelle Monáe — "We Are Young"
• Generations — "Brave It Out"
• One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"
• Salu featuring H.Tefron — "The Girl On A Board"

Best Rock Video

One Ok Rock — "The Beginning"

• Fun featuring Janelle Monáe — "We Are Young"
• Man With A Mission — "Distance"
• Muse — "Follow Me"
• Sakanaction — "Yoru no Odoriko"

Best Pop Video

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Fashion Monster"

• Greeeen — "Orange"
• Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj — "Beauty and a Beat"
• Negoto — "Nameless"
• Taylor Swift — "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

Best R&B Video

Miliyah Kato featuring Wakadanna — "Lovers Part II"

• Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj — "Girl on Fire"
• Namie Amuro — "In The Spotlight（Tokyo)"
• Frank Ocean — "Pyramids"
• Rihanna — "Diamonds"

Best Hip-Hop Video

ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar — "Fuckin' Problems"

• Aklo — "Red Pill"
• AK-69 — "Start It Again"
• Kendrick Lamar — "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
• Cypress Ueno & Roberto Yoshino featuring Ozrosaurus — "Yokohama Shika"

Best Reggae Video

lecca — "Clown Love"

• Han-Kun — "Road to Zion"
• Pushim — "Yuuhi"
• Sean Kingston featuring T.I. — "Back 2 Life (Live It Up)"
• Sean Paul featuring lecca — "Dream Girl"

Best Dance Video

Big Bang — "Fantastic Baby"

• Group_inou — "9"
• Megumi Nakajima — "Transfer"
• Skrillex — "Bangarang"
• Zedd featuring Matthew Koma — "Spectrum"

Best Video from a Film

One Ok Rock — "The Beginning" (from Rurouni Kenshin)

• Adele — "Skyfall" (from Skyfall)
• Florence and the Machine — "Breath of Life" (from Snow White and the Huntsman)
• Mr. Children — "Inori ~Namida no Kidou" (from Bokura ga Ita)
• Pitbull — "Back in Time" (from Men in Black 3)

Best Collaboration

Miyavi vs Yuksek — "Day 1"

• Back Drop Bomb featuring Aklo — "The Beginning and The End"
• Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch — "Sweet Nothing"
• Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa — "Payphone"
• Keiichiro Shibuya + Hiroki Azuma featuring Hatsune Miku — "Initiation"

Best Choreography

Momoiro Clover Z — "Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi yo"

• Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music" (choreography by Anwar "Flii" Burton)
• Pink — "Try" (choreography by the Golden Boyz)
• Willy Moon — "Yeah Yeah" (choreography by Olivier Casamayou and Carine Charaire)
• World Order — "Permanent Revolution" (choreography by Ryo Noguch)

Best Karaokee! Song

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Fashion Monster"

• Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Kana Nishino — "Always"
• Taylor Swift — "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
• J Soul Brothers — "Fireworks"

Legend Award

TLC

Performers

• Momoiro Clover Z — "Overdue / Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi yo"
• Kana Nishino — "Believe / Always"
• Imagine Dragons — "It's Time"
• Miliyah Kato x Shota Shimizu — "Love Story"
• Beni — "Run Away"
• Miho Fukuhara — "Rising Heart"
• Shōnan no Kaze — "Games Shonan Play"
• Vamps — "Ahead / Replay"
• Exile Tribe with J Soul Brothers III — "24karats Tribe of Gold"*
• TLC — TLC Greatest Hits Medley
• Nicole Jung (KARA) — "Lost"
• Carly Rae Jepsen — "Tonight I'm Getting Over You / Call Me Maybe"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Invader Invader / Ninjya Re Bang Bang"

* Exile performance was a special movie from their concert on Tokyo Dome.

Presenters

• Kiko Mizuhara — presented Best R&B Video
• Louis Kurihara and Negoto — presented Best New Artist
• Dream — presented Best Pop Video
• DJ Kaori and Zeebra — presented Legend Award
• Tomomi Kahala — presented Album of the Year
• Joy and Kerakera — presented Best Karaokee! Song
• AK-69 and Amiaya — presented Best Female Video
• Ayame Goriki — presented Video of the Year

External links

• MTV Video Music Awards Japan website