2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

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"