Dempagumi.inc Wins 2015 MTV EMA Best Japan Act

Japanese idol group Dempagumi.inc won the "Best Japan Act" for "2015 MTV EMA", one of the biggest music award ceremonies in Europe.

Denpagumi.inc was elected as a representative of Japan in "Worldwide Act Award" from among five groups including BABYMETAL, Dempagumi.inc, ONE OK ROCK, Sandaime J Soul Brothers and SEKAI NO OWARI through online voting took place from September 15 to October 15. They will challenge the final battle for Asia representative with the representatives from China (Jane Zhang), Taiwan (Jay Chou), South Korea (BTS) and Southeast Asia (Son Tung M-TP).

The member Aizawa Risa expressed the gratitude "Thank you so much for choosing Dempagumi.inc from such wonderful artists." and surprised "This is incredible and we are all surprised a lot!". Also, the member Yumemi Nemu tweeted "Thanks to all your support, we were chosen as a Japan represent, I should not have said such a thing, but I had never expected, honestly, we are surprised!"

The final voting has started on October 15 and will be available on the official website until 25th at 6:59 am. Winners including Asia will be announced at "2015 MTV EMA" in Mirano Italy on October 26.