The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan was held in Chiba on June 23, 2012 at the Makuhari Messe and was hosted by Japanese trio Perfume. The nominees were announced on March 21, 2012.
Exile — "Rising Sun"
Lady Gaga — "You and I"
Red Hot Chili Peppers — "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
Girls' Generation — "Mr. Taxi"
Tokyo Jihen — "Kon'ya wa Karasawagi"
Girls' Generation — Girls' Generation
Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto
Juju — You
Kara — Super Girl
Lady Gaga — Born This Way
Bruno Mars — "It Will Rain"
David Guetta (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj) — "Where Them Girls At"
Enrique Iglesias (featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E) - "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
Justin Bieber — "Mistletoe"
Eminem - "Space Bound"
Namie Amuro — "Love Story"
Ayaka — "Hajimari no Toki"
Björk — "Crystalline"
Kana Nishino — "Tatoe Donnani…"
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris — "We Found Love"
2PM — "I'm Your Man"
Coldplay — "Paradise"
Ikimonogakari — "Itsudatte Bokura Wa"
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera — "Moves Like Jagger"
Monkey Majik — "Hero"
2NE1 — "I Am The Best"
CN Blue — "In My Head"
James Blake — "Limit to Your Love"
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Tsukema Tsukeru"
LMFAO — "Party Rock Anthem"
One Ok Rock — "Answer is Near"
Bon Iver — "Holocene"
Radwimps — "Kimi to Hitsuji to Ao"
Red Hot Chili Peppers — "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
Sakanaction — "Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu."
Sandaime J Soul Brothers — "Fighters"
Namie Amuro — "Naked"
Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)"
Ikimono-gakari — "Itsudatte Bokura Wa"
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris — "We Found Love"
Miliyah Kato — "Yūsha-Tachi"
Ai — "Independent Woman"
Amy Winehouse — "Our Day Will Come"
Jason Derülo — "It Girl"
Mayer Hawthorne — "The Walk"
Kreva — "Kijun"
Drake — "Headlines"
Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding — "Otis"
Sick Team — "Street Wars"
Tyler, The Creator — "Yonkers"
Sean Paul — "She Doesn't Mind"
Arare — "Your Puzzle"
Pushim — "Messenger"
SuperHeavy — "Miracle Worker"
The Heavymanners featuring Rumi — "Breath for Speaker"
Perfume — "Laser Beam"
David Guetta featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj — "Where Them Girls At"
James Blake — "Limit to Your Love"
SBTRKT — "Pharaohs"
Etsuko Yakushimaru & D.V.D. — "Gurugle Earth"
Bump of Chicken — "Good Luck" (from Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64)
Bruno Mars — "It Will Rain" (from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)
Foo Fighters — "Walk" (from Thor)
Ziyoou-Vachi — "Disco" (from Moteki)
Superfly — "Ai wo Kurae" (from Smuggler)
Namie Amuro featuring After School — "Make It Happen"
Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding — "Otis"
Miliyah Kato x Shota Shimizu — "Believe"
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera — "Moves Like Jagger"
Special Others and Kj — "Sailin'"
Perfume — "Laser Beam" (choreography by Mikiko)
Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)" (choreography by Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page)
Chris Brown — "Yeah 3x"
LMFAO — "Party Rock Anthem" (choreography by Hokuto "Hok" Konishi)
Shinee — "Lucifer" (choreography by Rino Okinawa and Jaewon Dancing)
Sonar Pocket — "365 Nichi no Love Story."
Ayaka — "Hajimari no Toki"
Che'Nelle — "Baby I Love U"
Lady Gaga — "Judas"
Kana Nishino — "Esperanza"
Linkin Park — "Lies Greed Misery / Numb / Burn It Down"
2NE1 — "Scream / I Am the Best"
Sandaime J Soul Brothers — "1st Place" / "Fighters"
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Tsukema Tsukeru"
Bump of Chicken — "Zero"
Miliyah Kato — "Aiaiai / Heartbeat"
Exile — 24karats ~Exile Tribe Special Medley~
Juju — "Tadaima / Kiseki wo Nozomu Nara..."
2PM — "Beautiful / I'm Your Man"
Perfume — "Laser Beam / Spring of Life"
Karina — presented Best Pop Video
Scandal — presented Best R&B Video
DJ Kaori and World Order — introduced Sandaime J Soul Brothers
AAA — introduced Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Ms. Ooja — presented Best Karaokee! Song
Daichi Miura — introduced Bump of Chicken
Beni — presented Best Group Video
W-inds — introduced Miliyah Kato
Rola — presented Best New Artist
Sonar Pocket — introduced Juju
E-Girls — introduced 2PM
Anna Tsuchiya — presented Video of the Year
Nobuaki Kaneko — introduced Perfume
