MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 has revealed its full slate of nominees, with Kenshi Yonezu, Fujii Kaze, HANA, and Mrs. GREEN APPLE leading the field across the major categories. The announcement was made on April 30th at TOKYO NODE, atop the Toranomon Hills building, by MAJ ambassadors Kento Nakajima and Mei Hata.
Now in its second year, the awards aim to spotlight Japanese music on the global stage. The Grand Ceremony will take place on Saturday June 13th at TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO, with a Premiere Ceremony at SGC Hall Ariake honouring categories outside the major awards.
Topping the major categories, Kenshi Yonezu is shortlisted four times across Song of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Best Global Hit From Japan, the latter featuring both ‘IRIS OUT’ and ‘JANE DOE’, his collaboration with Hikaru Utada. HANA follow with three major nominations, picking up nods in Song of the Year, Artist of the Year, and New Artist of the Year. Fujii Kaze, Mrs. GREEN APPLE, and Sakanaction round out the top five with two major nominations each.
Compared to the entry stage announced in March, where Mrs. GREEN APPLE led overall with 64 entries across 13 categories, Kenshi Yonezu has emerged as the overall frontrunner, leading on total nominations with 18 across all 63 categories, including one under his Vocaloid producer name Hachi. His single ‘IRIS OUT’ alone picks up nine nominations, while Hachi is nominated for Best Digital Culture Artist alongside DECO*27, Keina Suda/balloon, Hiiragi Magnetite and Hoshimachi Suisei.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE remain among the leading acts with nine total nominations, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for ’10’, which ranked at No.10 on the IFPI Global Album Chart for 2025. YOASOBI, by contrast, had 11 major-category entries, including nine in Best Global Hit From Japan, but are absent from the nominee list entirely.
Behind Yonezu, Fujii Kaze places second on total nominations with 10, followed by HANA and Mrs. GREEN APPLE on nine apiece. Hoshino Gen picks up eight, Hikaru Utada and M!LK seven each, and Sakanaction six. Creepy Nuts, FRUITS ZIPPER, King Gnu, and XG all land five nominations.
Five tracks are nominated for Song of the Year: ‘Blue Jeans’ by HANA, ‘IRIS OUT’ by Kenshi Yonezu, ‘Kaiju’ by Sakanaction, ‘On The Way’ by AiNA THE END, and ‘Sukisugite METSU!’ by M!LK.
‘IRIS OUT’ is the most-nominated song across the entire ceremony, with its nine nomations spanning Song of the Year, Best Global Hit From Japan, Best J-Pop Song, Best Anime Song, and four regional categories covering Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America. AiNA THE END’s ‘On The Way’ follows with five nominations, while ‘JANE DOE’, Sakanaction’s ‘Kaiju’, and M!LK’s ‘Sukisugite METSU!’ each pick up four.
Album of the Year sees Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s ’10’ competing with Fujii Kaze’s ‘Prema’, Hoshino Gen’s ‘Gen’, the various artists tribute ‘Dear Jubilee – RADWIMPS TRIBUTE –’, and Southern All Stars’ ‘THANK YOU SO MUCH’.
The New Artist of the Year shortlist features CANDY TUNE, HANA, luv, STARGLOW, and Brandy Senki.
For Best Global Hit From Japan, nominees include XG’s ‘HYPNOTIZE’, Kenshi Yonezu’s ‘IRIS OUT’, ‘JANE DOE’, LiSA’s ‘ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)’, and Ado‘s ‘Usseewa’.
The Best Asian Song category nominates Silet Open Up’s ‘Tabola Bale’ from Indonesia, Cup of Joe’s ‘Multo’ from the Philippines, and three South Korean entries: PLAVE’s ‘Dash’, WOODZ’s ‘Drowning’, and HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden’.
Genre-wise, J-pop unsurprisingly leads with 108 total nominations across major and other categories, followed by idol pop on 57. K-pop and hip-hop sit close behind on 31 and 29 respectively, with J-rock rounding out the top five on 24.
Beyond the headline categories, nominees have been chosen across 63 categories in total. Creepy Nuts’ ‘doppelgänger’ is up for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Song, while their 2024 hit ‘Otonoke’ appears in regional categories including Best Japanese Song in Europe and Best Japanese Song in North America. Hitsujibungaku‘s ‘Koe’ is nominated for Best Alternative Song, and the band’s ‘more than words (Miso Extra Remix)’ appears in Best Dance/Electronic Song.
The Best Cross-Border Collaboration Song category pairs Japanese acts with international artists, with nominees including Hoshino Gen’s ‘2 (feat. Lee Youngji)’, ZICO and Lilas Ikuta’s ‘DUET’, Balming Tiger’s ‘Narani Narani (feat. ATARASHII GAKKO!)’, LiSA’s ‘ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)’, and AURORA’s ‘Some Type Of Skin (feat. ATARASHII GAKKO!)’.
Final voting by music industry professionals begins now, with winners determined ahead of the June ceremony. The Grand Ceremony will broadcast live on NHK, with the red carpet airing on NHK BS and the Premiere Ceremony on TOKYO MX. Both ceremonies will stream worldwide on YouTube, with additional live streaming via Lemino, ABEMA, and radiko.
Awards Week runs from June 5th to June 13th, featuring tribute concerts to Eiichi Ohtaki, an enka and kayō showcase, LisAni! LIVE on TOKYO ANIME MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS, and a Masayoshi Takanaka and ANRI double bill at SGC Hall Ariake on June 11th.
Charts compiled by Electric Bloom Webzine from the official MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN nominee list. Artist credits, known aliases, genre groupings and title formatting have been standardised for analysis.
All MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 nominees by category Song of the YearHANA – ‘Blue Jeans’Kenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’Sakanaction – ‘Kaiju’AiNA THE END – ‘On the Way’M!LK – ‘Sukisugite METSU!’ Artist of the YearFujii KazeHANAMrs. GREEN APPLESakanactionKenshi Yonezu New Artist of the YearCANDY TUNEHANAluvSTARGLOWBrandy Senki Album of the YearMrs. GREEN APPLE – ’10’Various Artists – ‘Dear Jubilee -RADWIMPS TRIBUTE-‘Gen Hoshino – ‘Gen’Fujii Kaze – ‘Prema’Southern All Stars – ‘THANK YOU SO MUCH’ Best Global Hit From JapanXG – ‘HYPNOTIZE’Kenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada – ‘JANE DOE’LiSA – ‘ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)’Ado – ‘Usseewa’ Best Song AsiaSilet Open Up – ‘[Indonesia] Tabola Bale’Cup of Joe – ‘[Philippines] Multo’PLAVE – ‘[South Korea] Dash’WOODZ – ‘[South Korea] Drowning’HUNTR/X – ‘[South Korea] Golden’ Best J-POP SongKenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada – ‘JANE DOE’AiNA THE END – ‘On the Way’Mrs. GREEN APPLE – ‘Darling’Koji Tamaki – ‘Fanfare’ Best Rock SongBUMP OF CHICKEN – ‘I’ONE OK ROCK – ‘Puppets Can’t Control You’King Gnu – ‘TWILIGHT!!!’Sakanaction – ‘Kaiju’RADWIMPS – ‘Tamamono’ Best Hip Hop/Rap SongSTUTS – ’99 Steps (feat. Kohjiya, Hana Hope)’Creepy Nuts – ‘doppelgänger’YZERR, LANA, JP THE WAVY & ¥ellow Bucks – ‘Miss Luxury’CHANMINA – ‘WORK HARD’RIP SLYME – ‘Do ON’ Best R&B/Contemporary SongGen Hoshino – ‘Eureka’Fujii Kaze – ‘Hachikō’Gen Hoshino – ‘Mad Hope (feat. Louis Cole, Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes)’Hikaru Utada – ‘Mine or Yours’Tatsuro Yamashita – ‘MOVE ON’Fujii Kaze – ‘Prema’Gen Hoshino – ‘Star’Suchmos – ‘Whole of Flower’Fujii Kaze – ‘Masshiro’ Best Alternative SongKroi – ‘Method’Brandy Senki – ‘Akai Wine ni Namida ga…’Rikon Densetsu – ‘Ajisai’Hitsujibungaku – ‘Koe’Rikon Densetsu – ‘First Kiss’Humbert Humbert – ‘Warattari Korondari’ Best Dance & Vocal Song (Group/Solo)HANA – ‘BAD LOVE’HANA – ‘Blue Jeans’XG – ‘GALA’Number_i – ‘GOD_i’XG – ‘MILLION PLACES’HANA – ‘NON STOP’HANA – ‘ROSE’HANA – ‘Tiger’Da-iCE – ‘Nonfictions’BE:FIRST – ‘Muchū’ Best Boys Idol Culture Song (Group/Solo)timelesz – ‘Rock this Party’King & Prince – ‘Theater’DOMOTO – ‘Ai no Katamari’M!LK – ‘Iijan’Snow Man – ‘Charismaxx’M!LK – ‘Sukisugite METSU!’ Best Girls Idol Culture Song (Group/Solo)AiScReam – ‘Ai♡Scream!’FRUITS ZIPPER – ‘Kagami’CUTIE STREET – ‘Kyū ni Stop Dekimasen!’Equal LOVE – ‘Tokubechu, Shite’FRUITS ZIPPER – ‘Hachamecha Wacha Life!’Juice=Juice – ‘More! Mi Amore’ Best Enka/KayōkyokuLeon Niihama – ‘Fun! Fun! Fun!’Yūto Tatsumi – ‘Unmei no Natsu’Keisuke Yamauchi – ‘Kita no Dangai’SHOW-WA – ‘Hazusenai Pinky Ring’SHOW-WA & MATSURI – ‘Bokura no Kuchibue’ Best Instrumental SongClassy Moon – ‘A Light That Never Goes Out’Shingo Sekiguchi – ‘Elevator Lover’Toshiki Soejima, Nahokimama – ‘Moon’DJ Mitsu the Beats – ‘Stack Wave (feat. STUTS)’Kan Sano – ‘Kamisama no Melody’ Best Dance/Electronic Song in association with JDDAHikaru Utada – ‘Electricity (Karen Nyame KG Remix)’tofubeats – ‘Fallin’ feat. Neibiss’XG – ‘GALA’Hitsujibungaku – ‘more than words (Miso Extra Remix)’iri – ‘otozure’Wednesday Campanella – ‘Wo Ai Ni’ Best Anime SongKenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada – ‘JANE DOE’Sakanaction – ‘Kaiju’AiNA THE END – ‘On the Way’FRUITS ZIPPER – ‘Hachamecha Wacha Life!’ Best Vocaloid Culture SongAbaraya – ‘Kaben, Sore ni Matsuwaru Onsei’r-906 – ‘Saji no Ju’Yamamoto – ‘Sanbunen wo Eroi Me de Miru na’Yamamoto – ‘Chikubi Nazonazo’marasy – ‘Human Being’Umicha – ‘Maku wo Orosō, Parade e’ Best Cross-Border Collaboration SongGen Hoshino / Lee Youngji – ‘2 (feat. Lee Youngji)’ZICO, Rira Ikuta – ‘DUET’Balming Tiger / ATARASHII GAKKO! – ‘Narani Narani (feat. ATARASHII GAKKO!)’LiSA / Felix – ‘ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)’AURORA / ATARASHII GAKKO! – ‘Some Type Of Skin (Ft. ATARASHII GAKKO!)’ Best Viral SongAiScReam – ‘Ai♡Scream!’M!LK – ‘Iijan’HALCALI – ‘Otsukare SUMMER’CUTIE STREET – ‘Kawaii Dake ja Dame Desu ka?’M!LK – ‘Suki Sugite Metsu!’CANDY TUNE – ‘Bai Bai FIGHT!’ Best Revival Hit SongArashi – ‘Love so sweet’ORANGE RANGE – ‘Ikenai Taiyō’KANA-BOON – ‘Silhouette’Spitz – ‘Robinson’Fujifabric – ‘Wakamono no Subete’ Best Long-Charting SongVaundy – ‘Kaiju no Hanauta’CUTIE STREET – ‘Kawaii Dake ja Dame Desu ka?’CANDY TUNE – ‘Bai Bai FIGHT!’Fujii Kaze – ‘Michite Yuku’Mrs. GREEN APPLE – ‘Lilac’ Best Japanese Song in AsiaKing Gnu – ‘AIZO’Kenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada – ‘JANE DOE’Official Hige Dandism – ‘Pretender’AiScReam – ‘Ai♡Scream!’ Best Japanese Song in EuropeKing Gnu – ‘AIZO’Kenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’LiSA – ‘ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)’Creepy Nuts – ‘Otonoke’AiNA THE END – ‘On the Way’ Best Japanese Song in North AmericaKing Gnu – ‘AIZO’Kenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’Lotus Juice / Azumi Takahashi – ‘It’s Going Down Now’Taku Iwasaki – ‘Outlaws Get No Entry’Creepy Nuts – ‘Otonoke’ Best Japanese Song in Latin AmericaKenshi Yonezu – ‘IRIS OUT’DJ HASEBE – ‘The Lazy Song’Creepy Nuts – ‘Otonoke’AiNA THE END – ‘On the Way’Miki Matsubara – ‘Mayonaka no Door ~stay with me’ Best International Pop Song in JapanLady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’HUNTR/X – ‘Golden’Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’Taylor Swift – ‘The Fate of Ophelia’Shakira – ‘Zoo (From ‘Zootopia 2′)’ Best International Rock Song in JapanWet Leg – ‘catch these fists’Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD – ‘My Only Angel’Bon Jovi – ‘Red, White and Jersey’Green Day – ‘Smash It Like Belushi’LINKIN PARK – ‘Up From the Bottom’ Best International Hip Hop/Rap Song in JapanDoechii – ‘Anxiety’JENNIE – ‘ExtraL (feat. 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