2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Date	May 29, 2005
Location	Tokyo Bay NK Hall, Japan
Hosted by	Takashi Fujii and Megumi
Website	mtvjapan.com/mvaj
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Japan

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2005 were hosted by Takashi Fujii and Megumi at Tokyo Bay NK Hall, the awards included performances by Namie Amuro, Rain, Mariah Carey, Hoobastank, Jamiroquai and Ashanti.

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Orange Range — "Hana"

• Namie Amuro — "Girl Talk"
• Destiny's Child — "Lose My Breath"
• Eminem — "Just Lose It"
• Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris — "Yeah!"

Album of the Year

Orange Range — MusiQ

• Eminem — Encore
• Green Day — American Idiot
• Ken Hirai — Sentimentalovers
• Usher — Confessions

Best Male Video

Ken Hirai — "Hitomi o Tojite"

• Kreva — "Hitori Janai No Yo"
• Tamio Okuda — "Nanto Iu"
• Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris — "Yeah!"
• Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"

Best Female Video

Mika Nakashima — "Sakurairo Mau Koro"

• Ayumi Hamasaki — "Inspire"
• Avril Lavigne — "My Happy Ending"
• Jennifer Lopez — "Get Right"
• Hikaru Utada — "Easy Breezy"

Best Group Video

Linkin Park — "Breaking The Habit"

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation — "Kimi no Machi Made"
• Destiny's Child — "Lose My Breath"
• Exile — "Carry On"
• Orange Range — "Locolotion"

Best New Artist

Sambomaster — "Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi"

• Ciara featuring Petey Pablo — "Goodies"
• Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
• Nobodyknows — "Kokoro Odoru"
• Ashlee Simpson — "Pieces of Me"

Best Rock Video

Hoobastank — "The Reason"

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation — "Kimi no Machi Made"
• Good Charlotte — "Predictable"
• Linkin Park — "Breaking The Habit"
• Sambomaster — "Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi"

Best Pop Video

Ketsumeishi — "Kimi ni Bump"

• Blue — "Curtain Falls"
• Exile — "Carry On"
• Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?"
• Yuki — "Joy"

Best R&B Video

Namie Amuro — "Girl Talk"

• Ai — "E.O."
• Crystal Kay — "Kiss"
• Alicia Keys — "If I Ain't Got You"
• Usher — "Burn"

Best Hip Hop Video

Beastie Boys — "Ch-Check It Out"

• The Black Eyed Peas — "Let's Get It Started"
• Kreva featuring Mummy-D — "Funky Glamorous"
• Nitro Microphone Underground — "Still Shinin"
• Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"

Best Video from a Film

Ken Hirai — "Hitomi o Tojite" (from Crying Out Love in the Center of the World)

• Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott — "Car Wash" (from Shark Tale)
• Ray Charles — "What'd I Say" (from Ray)
• Ana Johnsson — "We Are" (from Spider-Man 2)
• Orange Range — "Hana" (from Be with You)

Best Collaboration

Jay-Z/Linkin Park — "Numb/Encore"

• Ai featuring Afra and Tucker — "Watch Out!"
• Kiyoshiro Imawano featuring Rhymester — "Ame Agarino Yozora Ni 35"
• Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell — "Drop It Like It's Hot"
• Usher and Alicia Keys — "My Boo"

Best Buzz Asia

Japan

Orange Range — "Locolotion"

• Exile — "Real World"
• Gospellers — "Mimoza"
• Tokyo Jihen — "Gunjō Biyori"
• Yuki — "Joy"

South Korea

Rain — "It's Raining"

• Tony An — "Love Is More Beautiful When You Can't Have IT"
• g.o.d — "An Ordinary Day"
• Jang Nara — "Winter Diary"
• Tim — "Thank You"

Taiwan

Stefanie Sun — "Running"

• Stanley Huang — "Who am I to You"
• Fish Liang — "Can't Hear It"
• S.H.E — "Persian Cat"
• Jolin Tsai — "Pirates"

Special awards

Best Director

Yasuo Inoue

Best Special Effects

Gagle — "Rap Wonder DX"

Best Style

Ashanti

Most Entertaining Video

Gorie with Jasmine Ann Allen and Yamasaki Joann Shikou — "Micky"

International Video Icon Award

Mariah Carey

Most Impressive Performing Asian Artist

Namie Amuro

Live performances

• Ashanti
• Crystal Kay
• Gorie
• Hoobastank
• Jamiroquai
• Ken Hirai
• Mariah Carey
• Namie Amuro
• Orange Range
• Rain