Ajang penghargaan bergengsi dari Jepang, Music Awards Japan (MAJ), sukses digelar pada 21-22 Mei 2025 di Rohm Theater, Kyoto. Inisiatif dari Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association ini bertujuan untuk mengapresiasi insan musik dari Jepang, Asia, hingga dunia Barat.
Pada perhelatan perdananya ini, MAJ memperkenalkan lebih dari 50 kategori penghargaan. Duo hip-hop asal Jepang, Creepy Nuts, berhasil mendominasi dengan membawa pulang banyak piala.
Bernadya dalam Nominasi Best Song Asia
Musisi muda berbakat Indonesia, Bernadya, turut meramaikan ajang ini dengan menjadi nomine dalam kategori "Best Song Asia" melalui lagu hits-nya, "Satu Bulan". Ia bersaing ketat dengan PLAVE, Regina Song, aespa, dan Jeff Satur. Sayangnya, piala tersebut jatuh ke tangan aespa berkat lagu fenomenalnya, "Supernova".
Salma Salsabil Raih Special Award
Kabar membanggakan datang dari Salma Salsabil! Penyanyi jebolan Indonesian Idol ini berhasil meraih "Special Award: Indonesian Popular Music" melalui lagu populernya, "Bunga Hati". Kemenangan ini menjadi catatan sejarah tersendiri bagi industri musik Indonesia.
Daftar Lengkap Pemenang Music Awards Japan 2025
Berikut adalah daftar lengkap pemenang kategori utama dalam Music Awards Japan 2025:
- Album of the Year: LOVE ALL SERVE ALL (Fujii Kaze)
- Artist of the Year: Mrs. GREEN APPLE
- Song of the Year: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- New Artist of the Year: tuki.
- Top Global Hit from Japan: Idol (YOASOBI)
- Best Song Asia: Supernova (aespa)
- Best Japanese Song: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- Top Japanese Song in Asia: Lemon (Kenshi Yonezu)
- Top Japanese Song in Europe: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- Top Japanese Song in Latin America: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- Top Japanese Song in North America: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- Best J-Rock Song: SPECIALZ (King Gnu)
- Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Song: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Song: Automatic (Hikaru Utada)
- Best Japanese Dance Pop Song: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- Best Japanese Alternative Song: more than words (Hitsujibungaku)
- Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter Song: Kaiju no Hanauta (Vaundy)
- Best Enka/Kayokyoku: Kurenai no Cho (Keisuke Yamauchi)
- Best Anime Song: Idol (YOASOBI)
- Best Idol Culture Song: Watashi no Ichiban Kawaii Tokoro (FRUITS ZIPPER)
- Best Revival Hit Song: Peppermint Blue (Eiichi Ohtaki)
- Best Cross-Border Collaboration Song: Feelin’ Go(o)d (Fujii Kaze / A. G. Cook)
- Best Instrumental Song: aruarian dance (Nujabes)
- Best Vocaloid Culture Song: Senbonzakura (Kurousa-P)
- Best Music Video: Idol (YOASOBI)
- Best Dance Performance: OTONABLUE (ATARASHII GAKKO!)
- Best Viral Song: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Creepy Nuts)
- Best Dance/Electronic Song: Edison (WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA)
- Best Jazz Album: Step Into Paradise -LIVE IN TOKYO- (Akiko Yano x Hiromi)
- Best Classical Album: Opus (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
- Best DJ: DJ Nobu
- Best Japanese Song Artist: Mrs. GREEN APPLE
- Best J-Rock Artist: King Gnu
- Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Artist: Creepy Nuts
- Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Artist: Hikaru Utada
- Best Japanese Dance Pop Artist: ATARASHII GAKKO!
- Best Japanese Alternative Artist: Hitsujibungaku
- Best Idol Artist/Group: Snow Man
- Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter: Fujii Kaze
- Best International Rock Song in Japan: feelslikeimfallinginlove (Coldplay)
- Best International Alternative Song in Japan: BIRDS OF A FEATHER (Billie Eilish)
- Best International Hip Hop/Rap Song in Japan: Not Like Us (Kendrick Lamar)
- Best International R&B/Contemporary Song in Japan: we can’t be friends (wait for your love) [Ariana Grande]
- Best International Pop Song in Japan: APT. (ROSE & Bruno Mars)
- Best K-Pop Song in Japan: Ditto (NewJeans)
- Karaoke of the Year: J-Pop: Lilac (Mrs. GREEN APPLE)
- Karaoke of the Year: Enka/Kayokyoku: Showa Katagi (Yoshimi Tendo)
- Largest Live Audience: WEST.
- MAJ Timeless Echo: EIKICHI YAZAWA
- Grand Prix Engineer: Mixer’s Lab Sound Series Vol.4’s "Chiisana Hana" by Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band (Katsutoshi Kitamura & Eiji Uchinuma)
- Best of Listeners’ Choice: Japanese Song: GOAT (Number_i)
- Best of Listeners’ Choice: International Song: Neva Play (feat. RM of BTS) [Megan Thee Stallion]
Daftar Pemenang Special Award:
- Special Award: Oshi-Katsu Request Artist of the Year: Number_i
- Special Award: Radio Best Radio-Break Song: Love is more Mellow (RIKON)
- Special Award: Song of the Year for Creators: Ayase (YOASOBI)
- Special Award: Chinese Popular Music: Mind Ur Manners (Zhou Shen)
- Special Award: Indonesian Popular Music: Bunga Hati (Salma Salsabil)
- Special Award: Korean Popular Music: God of Music (SEVENTEEN)
- Special Award: Philippine Popular Music: Raining in Manila (Lola Amour)
- Special Award: Thai Popular Music: Ghost (Jeff Satur)
- Special Award: Vietnamese Popular Music: Tai Sinh (Tung Duong)
Music Awards Japan diharapkan dapat terus mempromosikan musik Jepang dan Asia di kancah internasional.
