YOASOBI’s “Idol” and Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” have been among the many high winners on the Premiere Ceremony of the inaugural Music Awards Japan, held on Might 21, 2025, by the Japan Tradition and Leisure Trade Promotion Affiliation (CEIPA).
The Music Awards Japan was launched by CEIPA to acknowledge excellence in Japanese and pan-Asian music. The awards cowl over 60 classes, together with anime, idol tradition, Vocaloid, and extra.
YOASOBI’s “Idol,” the opening theme for the anime Oshi No Ko, gained Finest Anime Track and Finest Music Video.
Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” the second-season opening theme for Mashle: Magic And Muscle mass, earned a complete of seven awards.
These embody Finest Japanese Track, Finest Viral Track, Finest Japanese Hip-Hop/Rap Track, Finest Japanese Dance Pop Track, and regional titles for Prime Japanese Track in Europe, North America, and Latin America.
It was additionally nominated for Finest Anime Track alongside 10-FEET’s “Dai Zero Kan” from The First Slam Dunk and Mrs. Inexperienced Apple’s “Lilac” from Oblivion Battery.
Different anime-related wins included King Gnu’s “SPECIALZ,” which gained Finest J-Rock Track and was used because the opening for Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2. The band was additionally named Finest J-Rock Artist. Hitsujibungaku gained Finest Japanese Different Track for “greater than phrases,” which served because the ending theme for a similar arc in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2.
Further winners introduced throughout the ceremony embody:
- Finest Japanese Track Artist: Mrs. Inexperienced Apple
- Finest Japanese Dance Pop Artist: Atarashii Gakkō!
- Finest Dance Efficiency: “Otona Blue” by Atarashii Gakkō!
- Finest Japanese R&B/Modern Artist: Hikaru Utada
- Finest Japanese R&B/Modern Track: “Automated” by Hikaru Utada
- Finest Japanese Different Artist: Hitsujibungaku
- Finest Japanese Singer-Songwriter: Kaze Fujii
- Finest Japanese Singer-Songwriter Track: “Kaiju no Hanauta” by Vaundy
- Finest Ok-pop Track in Japan: “Ditto” by NewJeans
- Finest Cross-Border Collaboration Track: “Feelin’ Go(o)d” by Kaze Fujii and A.G. Cook dinner
- Finest Instrumental Track: “aruarian dance” by Nujabes (Posthumous)
- Finest Vocaloid Tradition Track: “Senbonzakura” by Kurousa P
- Finest Classical Album: Opus by Ryuichi Sakamoto (Posthumous)
- Finest Radio-Break Track: “Love is extra Mellow” by Rikon Densetsu
- Largest Dwell Viewers Award: WEST.
- Finest Idol Tradition Track: “Watashi no Ichiban Kawaii Tokoro” by FRUITS ZIPPER
- Prime Japanese Track in Asia: “Lemon” by Kenshi Yonezu
Nominees have been chosen utilizing an automatic system that pulled knowledge from Billboard Japan, Oricon, GfK/NIQ Japan, Luminate, and different sources. Ultimate winners have been chosen by a bunch of greater than 5,000 music business professionals from Japan and abroad.
Supply: ANN
