Die MTV Video Music Awards Japan wurden am 26. Oktober 2016 in Tokio verliehen. Moderator war Rip Slyme.

Die Sieger sind fett markiert. Die Nominierungen wurden am 1. September 2016 bekannt gegeben.^[1]

Hikaru Utada – Manatsu no Tōriame

Yu Takahashi – Hikari no Hahen

• AK-69 – Flying B
• Daichi Miura – Cry & Fight
• Motohiro Hata – Sumire
• Rekishi (feat. Morino Ishimatsu) – Saigo no Shogun
• Yu Takahashi – Hikari no Hahen

Justin Bieber – Sorry

• Drake – Hotline Bling
• James Bay – Let It Go
• Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop the Feeling!
• The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face

Hikaru Utada – Manatsu no Tōriame

• Namie Amuro – Mint
• Juju – What You Want
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Sai & Go
• Kana Nishino – Anata no Suki na Tokoro

Ariana Grande – Into You

• Adele – Hello
• Beyoncé – Formation
• Rihanna (feat. Drake) – Work
• Sia – Cheap Thrills (Performance Edit)

Exile The Second – Shut Up!! Shut Up!! Shut Up!!

• Babymetal – Karate
• Perfume – Flash
• Vamps (feat. Chris Motionless of Motionless in White) – Inside of Me
• The Yellow Monkey – Alright

Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla Sign) – Work from Home

• Coldplay – Up & Up
• Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love
• The 1975 – Ugh!
• The Vamps – Wake Up

Suchmos – Mint

• Ame no Parade – You
• Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi – Newspeak
• Faky – Candy
• Wednesday Campanella – Tsuchinoko

DNCE – Cake by the Ocean

• Charlie Puth – One Call Away
• Halsey – New Americana
• Jack Garratt – Breathe Life
• Lukas Graham – 7 Years

Babymetal – Metal Resistance

• Back Number – Chandelier
• Bump of Chicken – Butterflies
• Kana Nishino – Just Love
• Perfume – Cosmic Explorer

Beyoncé – Lemonade

• Adele – 25
• Drake – Views
• Justin Bieber – Purpose
• Rihanna – Anti

Alexandros – Swan

• Coldplay – Up & Up
• Radiohead – Daydreaming
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dark Necessities
• The Yellow Monkey – Alright

Babymetal – Karate

• Crossfaith – Rx Overdrive
• Deftones – Prayers / Triangles
• Iron Maiden – Speed of Light
• Trivium – Silence in the Snow

Nissy – Playing With Fire

• Ariana Grande – Into You
• Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla Sign) – Work from Home
• Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean?
• Kana Nishino – Anata no Suki na Tokoro

Daichi Miura – Cry & Fight

• Alessia Cara – Here
• Bryson Tiller – Don't
• Usher (feat. Young Thug) – No Limit
• The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face

AK-69 – Flying B

• Chance the Rapper (feat. Saba) – Angels
• Drake – Hotline Bling
• Desiigner – Panda
• Kanye West – Famous

Boom Boom Satellites – Lay Your Hands on Me

• Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna) – This Is What You Came For
• Disclosure (feat. Lorde) – Magnets
• Kygo (feat. Maty Noyes) – Stay
• Mike Posner – I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)

Generations from Exile Tribe – Ageha

• Beat Buddy Boi – B-Boi Scramble
• Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla Sign) – Work from Home
• Justin Bieber – Sorry
• Sia – Alive

Sakura Fujiwara – Soup

• Doberman Infinity – Ga Ga Summer
• Scandal – Take Me Out
• Sky-Hi – Nanairo Holiday
• Rei Yasuda – Message

The Yellow Monkey

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1. ↑ Arama! Japan: Nominees Announced for the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2016. 1. September 2016, abgerufen am 24. Mai 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).