The 2022 Japan Ninja Indies Music Awards Show was a Great Success!

Photo after the event ended. Half the people had gone home, but this is still a fab photo.

The 2022 Japan Ninja Indies Music Awards was a big success! Thank you everyone for attending.

It had been a tough two years due to Corona. This event had been postponed twice! But come hell or high water, we ran the show on May 18, 2022.

We want to make something cool for the bands and artists. I hope this becomes like the Mercury Awards in the UK… But that will take a long time.

Thank you all for coming and I hope that this day and this event you will be able to brag, I was at the first one!

 I wanna say thanks to our judges and Jury members now:

-Stephen Benham musicians and boss of Sound Street Radio
-Motohisa Ono music promoter
-Takao Tanaka boss of Milky Way
-Yokoe san tencho of Milky Way
-Audrey Kumura Japan boss for SXSW and founder of the the great Benten label
-Hiroshi Yoshida also know as Pianistar Hiroshi
-Evan Bourgault Boston brigade blogger on all things Japan music
-Sheena Rogers - Youtuber

Special Thanks to Ken Nishikawa, Les Deciduous, and Henry for the video shoot!

And finally, last but not least, Josie Cotton. Music legend. She couldn’t come to Japan, but we hope she can next year.

Thanks to everyone and a special thanks to my wife, Yuka for all your help. Without you, this would never happen.

THE WINNING ARTISTS WERE: (*is the category winner)

2022 NIMA Punk & Garage Nominations

Justin Snikkar - Dr, Snik - It’s My Halloween Party (You Can Die If You Want)

Walter Santucci - Detroit Illharmonic - Ruby’s Song

Billy Gerhardt & Wesley Price - The Kegels - One Day

*Sasaki Syogo - Samehada Shiriko & Dynamite - Enchanting Newretro World

2022 NIMA Other Music Nominations

*Ruskan Borisov - Siuzanna - Parim

A R Rahman - Fariston

Nobuhisa Yagi - Oavette - Neus

Michael Williams - Nature Airliner - Letting Go

Shuichi Yamaguchi - Kao=s - Sakura no Oni

2022 NIMA Electronica Nominations

Michael Robertson - Wasted ft. Krysta Youngs - ALWZ SNNY

Lara Celenza - Kokusai Dori -Betra Astand

*Philippe Funk - Philippe Funk - Love´s Worst Nightmare

2022 NIMA Rock Music Nominations

Jay NG - IX - The Last Goodbye

Joseph Varley - Rinrin - The Game

Axl Jansen, Danilo Rasori - Angela Chambers - Jumping the Gun

Justin Lyle Smith - Beck Black - Transmission

*Maxine Syjuco - Jack of None - Dios por Santo

Kazu Mifune - Kazz -Love Somebody

2022 NIMA Hip Hop Nominations

George Cederquist - MC K. F. - Corsair

Massimo Burhanuddin - J the Protagonist - Bullet Down

*Linh Manh Tong - Tik Tok Rollie Viet Mix MV

2022 NIMA Pop Music Nominations

Juan Vasquez Corallez - The Wound

Tinks Lovelace - L.A. Bliss - Stranger Love

*Junji Naito - Natsuki - Topaz

Katsu Tarui Band - Super Speed Spirits

Namida Ai - Cliff Hijyouguti

2022 NIMA Performers

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