Perhelatan akbar Music Awards Japan (MAJ) sukses digelar perdana pada Kamis, 22 Mei 2025 di Rohm Theater, Kyoto. Ajang penghargaan ini memberikan apresiasi bagi insan musik dari Jepang, Asia, hingga dunia Barat. Malam puncak MAJ 2025 dimeriahkan dengan penampilan spektakuler dari sejumlah musisi ternama Jepang.
Musisi yang Memukau Panggung MAJ 2025
Para penggemar dimanjakan dengan penampilan live dari:
- Yoasobi
- Utada Hikaru
- Awich
- Creepy Nuts
- Chanmina
- Fujii Kaze
- Mrs. Green Apple
- Eikichi Yazawa
Daftar Pemenang Music Awards Japan 2025
Berikut adalah daftar lengkap pemenang dari berbagai kategori utama:
- Album of the Year: Fujii Kaze – Love All Serve All
- Artist of the Year: Mrs. Green Apple
- Song of the Year: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- New Artist of the Year: tuki.
- Top Global Hit from Japan: Yoasobi – Idol
- Best Song Asia: aespa – Supernova
- Best Japanese Song: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- Top Japanese Song in Asia: Kenshi Yonezu – "Lemon"
- Top Japanese Song in Europe: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- Top Japanese Song in Latin America: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- Top Japanese Song in North America: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- Best J-Rock Song: King Gnu – "Specialz"
- Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Song: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Song: Hikaru Utada – "Automatic"
- Best Japanese Dance Pop Song: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- Best Japanese Alternative Song: Hitsujibungaku – "More Than Words"
- Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter Song: Vaundy – "Kaiju no Hanauta"
- Best Enka/Kayokyoku: Keisuke Yamauchi – "Kurenai no Cho"’
- Best Anime Song: Yoasobi – "Idol"
- Best Idol Culture Song: Fruits Zipper – "Watashi no Ichiban Kawaii Tokoro"
- Best Revival Hit Song: Eiichi Ohtaki – "Peppermint Blue"
- Best Cross-Border Collaboration Song: Fujii Kaze – "Feelin’ Good"
- Best Instrumental Song: Nujabes – "Aruarian Dance"
- Best Vocaloid Culture Song: Kurousa-P – "Senbonzakura"
- Best Music Video: Yoasobi – "Idol"
- Best Dance Performance: Atarashii Gakko! – "Otonablue"
- Best Viral Song: Creepy Nuts – "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"
- Best Dance/Electronic Song: Wednesday Campanella – "Edison"
- Best Jazz Album: Akiko Yano and Hiromi Uehara – Step Into Paradise — Live in Tokyo
- Best Classical Album: Ryuichi Sakamoto – Opus
- 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: Coldplay – "Feelslikeimfallinginlove"
- Best International Alternative Song in Japan: Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather"
- Best International Hip Hop/Rap Song in Japan: Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us"
- Best International R&B/Contemporary Song in Japan: Ariana Grande – "We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"
- Best International Pop Song in Japan: Rosé featuring Bruno Mars – "Apt."
- Best K-Pop Song in Japan: NewJeans – "Ditto"
- Karaoke of the Year: J-Pop: Mrs. Green Apple – Lilac
- Karaoke of the Year: Enka/Kayōkyoku: Yoshimi Tendo – Showa Katagi
- Largest Live Audience: West MAJ Timeless Echo: Eikichi Yazawa
- Grand Prix Engineer: Katsutoshi Kitamura and Eiji Uchinuma – Mixer’s Lab Sound Series Vol.4’s "Chiisana Hana" by Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band
- Best of Listeners’ Choice: Japanese Song: Number_i – "GOAT"
- Best of Listeners’ Choice: International Song: Megan Thee Stallion – Neva Play (feat. RM BTS)
Special Awards Music Japan Awards 2025
Selain kategori utama, MAJ 2025 juga memberikan Special Awards kepada insan musik berprestasi:
- Special Award: Oshi-Katsu Request Artist of the Year: Number_i
- Special Award: Radio Best Radio-Break Song: Rikon Densetsu – "Love Is More Mellow"
- Special Award: Song of the Year for Creators: Ayase (Yoasobi)
- Special Award: Chinese Popular Music: Zhou Shen "Mind Ur Manners"
- Special Award: Indonesian Popular Music: Salma Salsabil – "Bunga Hati"
- Special Award: Korean Popular Music: SEVENTEEN – God of Music
- Special Award: Philippine Popular Music: Lola Amour – Raining in Manila
- Special Award: Thai Popular Music: Jeff Satur – "Ghost"
- Special Award: Vietnamese Popular Music: Tung Duong – Tai Sinh
Selamat kepada seluruh pemenang Music Awards Japan 2025!
