The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on Saturday, May 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
| 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 |
Awards edit
Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year edit
Exile — "I Believe"
- Mr. Children — "Irodori"
- Rihanna featuring Jay-Z — "Umbrella"
- Tokyo Incidents — "OSCA"
- Kanye West — "Stronger"
Album of the Year edit
Exile — Exile Love
- Ketsumeishi — Ketsunopolice 5
- Kumi Koda — Kingdom
- Avril Lavigne — The Best Damn Thing
- Ne-Yo — Because of You
Best Male Video edit
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 edit
Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
- Alicia Keys — "No One"
- Kumi Koda — "Ai no Uta"
- Mika Nakashima — "Life"
- Ai Otsuka — "Peach"
Best Group Video edit
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 edit
Motohiro Hata — "Uroko"
- Erika — "Free"
- Mika — "Grace Kelly"
- Satomi Takasugi — "Tabibito"
- Amy Winehouse — "Rehab"
Best Rock Video edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
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 edit
Shōnan no Kaze — "Suirenka"
- Fire Ball — "Place in your Heart"
- Sean Kingston — "Beautiful Girls"
- Mavado — "Dreaming"
- Pushim — "Hey Boy"
Best Dance Video edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Exile — "Toki no Kakera"
- Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
- Mika Nakashima — "Life"
- Ne-Yo — "Because of You"
- Shōnan no Kaze — "Suireka"
Red Hot Award edit
- Funky Monkey Babys
- Megumi
- Satomi Takasugi
- Foxxi MisQ
Best buzz ASIA edit
Japan edit
AI — "I'll Remember You"
South Korea edit
Cherry Filter — "Feel It"
- Clazziquai — "Robotica"
- JYP — "Kiss"
- Leessang — "Ballerino"
- T — "Did You Forget"
Taiwan edit
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 edit
MTV Video Vanguard Award edit
MTV Rock The World Award edit
Live performances edit
- 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 edit
Guest celebrities edit
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