On February 28, the first SPACE SHOWER MUSIC AWARDS will be held. The awards will honor the best acts in a variety of genres. The show will be hosted by Yusuke Santamaria and Shimizu Fumika at Tokyo International Forum Hall A.

The nominees in several of the categories were announced today. The nominees for “ARTIST OF THE YEAR”, “VIDEO OF THE YEAR”, “BEST GROOVE ARTIST”, “BEST HIP HOP ARTIST”, and “BEST ALTERNATIVE ARTIST” have not been released though. Voting for “PEOPLE’S CHOICE” is currently open to members of SPACE SHOWER TV’s website on the awards show’s website. The audience for the SPACE SHOWER MUSIC AWARDS consist of 3000 people randomly selected from the voters for “PEOPLE’S CHOICE.”

Check out the nominees for the SPACE SHOWER MUSIC AWARDS after the jump!

BEST GROUP ARTIST

Gesu no Kiwami Otome.

Sakanaction

Southern All Stars

SEKAI NO OWARI

BUMP OF CHICKEN

RADWIMPS

BEST MALE ARTIST

Takahashi Yu

Hata Motohiro

Hoshino Gen

Yoshii Kazuya

Yonezu Kenshi

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

Namie Amuro

Leo Ieiri

Shiina Ringo

JUJU

Superfly

Nishino Kana

BEST POP ARTIST

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

DREAMS COME TRUE

Naoto Inti Raymi

back number

miwa

Yuzu

BEST ROCK ARTIST

ASIAN KUNG FU GENERATION

[Alexandros]

Elephant Kashimashi

KANA-BOON

Kyuso Nekokami

Creephyp

MONOEYES

BEST PUNK / LOUD ROCK ARTIST

Ken Yokoyama

SiM

Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

BRAHMAN

MAN WITH A MISSION

ONE OK ROCK

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

THE ORAL CIGARETTES

Suiyoubi no Campanella

vegetarian

04 Limited Sazabys

BLUE ENCOUNT

Unexpected

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST

Adele

Wiz Khalifa

Carly Rae Jepsen

Coldplay

Taylor Swift

Mark Ronson

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