2009 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Date

May 30, 2009

Location

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama, Japan

Hosted by

Gekidan Hitori

Website

mtvjapan.com/mvaj

Television/radio coverage

Network

MTV Japan

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The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2009 was broadcast the 8th annual awards show on Saturday, May 30, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama. Gekidan Hitori was host the ceremony.

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Exile — "Ti Amo (Chapter2)"

Namie Amuro — "New Look"
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"
Southern All Stars — "I Am Your Singer"
Britney Spears — "Womanizer"

Album of the Year

Mr. Children — Supermarket Fantasy

Ayaka — Sing to the Sky
Coldplay — Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Ne-Yo — Year of the Gentleman
Hikaru Utada — Heart Station

Best Male Video

Kreva — "Akasatanahamayarawawon"

Motohiro Hata — "Forever Song"
Ne-Yo — "Closer"
Usher featuring Young Jeezy — "Love in This Club"
Kanye West — "Heartless"

Best Female Video

Namie Amuro — "New Look"

Thelma Aoyama — "Nando Mo"
Beyoncé — "If I Were a Boy"
Britney Spears — "Womanizer"
Hikaru Utada — "Prisoner of Love"

Best Group Video

Exile — "Ti Amo (Chapter2)"

Franz Ferdinand — "Ulysses"
The Killers — "Human"
Shōnan no Kaze — "Koishigure"
Tohoshinki — "Jumon (Mirotic)"

Best New Artist

Kimaguren — "Life"

Duffy — "Mercy"
Girl Next Door — "Guzen no Kakuritsu"
Miho Fukuhara — "Change"
Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"

Best Rock Video

Maximum the Hormone — "Tsume Tsume Tsume"

9mm Parabellum Bullet — "Living Dying Message"
Acidman — "I Stand Free"
Fall Out Boy — "I Don't Care"
Franz Ferdinand — "Ulysses"

Best Pop Video

Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"

Lily Allen — "The Fear"
Ikimono-gakari — "Kimagure Romantic"
Perfume — "Dream Fighter"
Rip Slyme — "Taiyou to Bikini"

Best R&B Video

Namie Amuro — "Sexy Girl"

Akon — "Right Now (Na Na Na)"
Juju featuring Spontania — "Sunao ni Naretara"
Miliyah Kato — "19 Memories"
Ne-Yo — "Miss Independent"

Best Hip-Hop Video

Teriyaki Boyz featuring Busta Rhymes and Pharrell — "Zock On!"

Kreva — "Akasatanahamayarawawon"
Lil' Wayne featuring Static Major — "Lollipop"
T.I. featuring Rihanna — "Live Your Life"
Kanye West — "Heartless"

Best Reggae Video

Han-Kun — "Hotter Than Hot"

Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon — "Dangerous"
Mighty Jam Rock — "U.P. Star"
Natty — "Cold Town"
Ryo the Skywalker — "Ever Green"

Best Dance Video

Towa Tei featuring Miho Hatori — "Mind Wall"

The Brighton Port Authority featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal — "Toe Jam"
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip — "Thou Shalt Always Kill"
Kraak & Smaak featuring Ben Westbeech — "Squeeze Me"
Ukawanimation! featuring Takkyū Ishino and Kenichi Hagiwara — "Wakusei no Portrait 5 Okuman Gaso"

Best Video from a Film

Remioromen — "Yume no Tsubomi" (from Kansen Retto)

Ai — "Okuribito" (from Departures)
Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland — "4 Minutes" (from Get Smart)
Monobright — "Ano Toumeikan to Shonen" (from After School)
Jack White and Alicia Keys — "Another Way to Die" (from Quantum of Solace)