Nakagawa Shoko

Nakagawa Shoko promoting the single "Flying Humanoid / Sen no Kotoba to Futari no Himitsu" (2010)

Nakagawa Shoko (中川翔子) is a Japanese pop singer, gravure idol, actress, and seiyuu. She is the daughter of the late Nakagawa Katsuhiko, once called the Japanese David Bowie.

Profile

• Name: Nakagawa Shoko (中川翔子)
• Real name: Nakagawa Shiyouko (中川薔子 (ながかわしようこ) - different spelling and pronounce)
• Nickname: Shokotan (しょこたん)
• Birthdate: May 5th, 1985
• Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
• Blood Type: A
• Height: 156cm
• Measurements: 84 - 58 - 84
• Hobbies: Watching movies, making candy
• Collects: Bruce Lee, Matsuda Seiko, and Super Sentai merchandise
• Abilities: Drawing, Cantonese

Information

Nakagawa Shoko's father was a big influence on her life. When she was five, she was given horror manga by her father to read, his reason being that she couldn't become an adult without reading them. As a result of her father's influences, Nakagawa loves 80s idol music, anime, and old video games. She is considered to be something of a nerd because of it. This started her love for sentai, and after watching Mirai Sentai Timeranger, Nakagawa wanted to become a gravure idol like Katsumura Mika. Katsumura played the pink ranger Yuri in the series, and was also a gravure idol with several photobooks and DVDs out. Nakagawa studied all of these to prepare for her own debut as a gravure idol.

Nakagawa was chosen as one of the winners of Miss Magazine 2002, which helped to boost her popularity some. In 2004 Nakagawa got to be in the show Men B with her idol Katsumura and the two became like sisters.

Nakagawa loves to draw. When she was younger, she had wanted to grow up and become a mangaka. Many of her illustrations are available at her talent agency's profile website. In 2006 she began Shokotan Quest, a series only found at that website. She also became part of the illustrating group Jump Damashii.

Nakagawa is also a huge fan of Bruce Lee and kung fu movies in general, even owning a pair of pink nunchucks. Nakagawa mastered Cantonese and would visit Hong Kong with her mother frequently, and even got to meet Jackie Chan by chance during one of these visits. She drew an illustration of him; this drawing now hangs in Chan's Hong Kong office.

She cosplays frequently, and has sold many of her costumes at auctions. These outfits include mainly Evangelion, Sailormoon, and Final Fantasy. Because of her love for cosplay, she has gained more fans who love to see her cosplay shoots. Nakagawa generally cosplays alone, but occasionally she cosplays with fellow idols Ito Ayaka and Kyan Chiaki. When they cosplay together, they wear outfits according to their hair. For example, if Nakagawa is Tsukino Usagi from Sailormoon, Ito will be Mizuno Ami because of her shorter hair. For the anime Futari wa Pretty Cure, Nakagawa plays Honoka, and Ito is is Nagisa.

Nakagawa began keeping a public blog in 2004. It shows her perfectionist habits and only further proves her self-proclaimed nerdiness through her distinct way of typing and frequent updating. April 2005 marked her 600th entry, and Nakagawa blogged 70 times in the month of January 2006 alone. This is a national record for an idol blog. Manabe Kaori was once called the "Blog Queen" because of her own constant writing, but with this new record Nakagawa stole the title. Even fellow idol and friend Kawabe Chieco (5-7 entries a day) has not come to beat her yet. Nakagawa's entries began to get published in September 2005 in the book Shokotan Blog. On April 21st, 2006, Nakagawa's blog broke 100 million hits. She is becoming known among non-Japanese communities for her many pictures of her acting like she "eats" her cat's (named Mamitas) head.

On July 5th, 2006, Nakagawa released her first non-anime character single, "Brilliant Dream".

In spring 2007 it was announced that Sanrio collaborated with Nakagawa to make phone straps of Hello Kitty as Nakagawa holding Mamitas and of Hello Kitty holding a small Nakagawa doll. Nakagawa called it "Giza kawayus!", or "Super cute!" in her own slang.

Trivia

• Is close friends with Kawabe Chieco, Aoi Sora and Gal Sone.
• Her father died when she was nine.
• She had an appearance in the sentai series Dekaranger, episode 38.
• Shouko is a big fan of SOUL'd OUT and has been to many of their lives.
• She is also a big fan of Hello! Project and appeared on an episode of Hello! Morning on 2006.05.21.

Works

Nakagawa Shoko promoting "Kirei à la Mode" (2008)

Nakagawa Shoko promoting "Kokoro no Antenna" (2009)

Albums

• [2008.03.19] Big☆Bang!!!
• [2009.01.01] Magic Time
• [2010.10.06] Cosmic Inflation

Cover Albums

• [2007.05.02] Shokotan☆Cover ~Anisong ni Koi wo Shite.~ (しょこたん☆かばー　～アニソンに恋をして。～)
• [2007.09.19] Shokotan☆Cover×2 ~Anisong ni Ai wo Komete!!~ (しょこたん☆かばー×2　～アニソンに愛を込めて!!～)
• [2010.03.10] Shokotan☆Cover 3 ~Anisong wa Jinrui wo Tsunagu~ (しょこたん☆かばー3 〜アニソンは人類をつなぐ〜)

Singles

• [2006.07.05] Brilliant Dream
• [2007.02.14] Strawberry melody (ストロベリmelody)
• [2007.06.27] Sorairo Days (空色デイズ)
• [2008.01.30] snow tears
• [2008.08.06] Shiny GATE
• [2008.09.10] Tsuzuku Sekai (続く世界)
• [2008.10.22] Kirei à la Mode (綺麗ア・ラ・モード)
• [2009.04.29] Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana (涙の種、笑顔の花)
• [2009.07.15] Kokoro no Antenna (心のアンテナ)
• [2009.10.14] "Arigatou no Egao" (「ありがとうの笑顔」)
• [2010.04.28] RAY OF LIGHT
• [2010.08.18] Flying Humanoid / Sen no Kotoba to Futari no Himitsu (フライングヒューマノイド / 千の言葉と二人の秘密)

Character Singles

• [2006.01.25] Eyeshield 21 Character Song SONG FIELD 6 GO for it!! (アイシールド21キャラクターソング SONG FIELD6 GO for it!!) (Taki Suzuna)
• [2009.07.15] High Touch! 2009 / Moe yo Gizamimi Pichu (ハイタッチ!2009 / もえよ ギザみみピチュー!) (Gizamimi Pichu starring Shokotan - with Matsumoto Rica and Toyoguchi Megumi)

DVD

• [2008.01.01] Nakagawa Shoko 1st Concert ~Donyoku☆Matsuri~ (中川翔子1stコンサート ～貪欲☆まつり～)
• [2008.08.06] Sukashikashiban Man Movie (スカシカシパンマン・ザ・ムービー)
• [2008.09.10] Nakagawa Shoko Concert Tour 2008 ~Donyoku☆Matsuri~ (中川翔子コンサートツアー2008 ～貪欲☆まつり～)
• [2009.09.30] Nakagawa Shoko Magical Tour 2009 ~WELCOME TO THE SHOKO☆LAND~ (中川翔子 マジカルツアー 2009 ～WELOCME TO THE SHOKO☆LAND～)
• [2010.01.20] Nakagawa Shoko Choudonyoku☆Matsuri IN Nippon Budokan (中川翔子 超貪欲☆まつり IN 日本武道館)
• [2010.08.18] Nakagawa Shoko Prism Tour 2010 (中川翔子 Prism Tour 2010)

Compilation / Soundtracks

• [2006.03.23] Eyeshield 21 SONG BEST (#8 Go for it!! <album-mix>)
• [2006.03.23] We Love Yoshimune (Disc 2 #2 Brilliant Dream, #19 Brilliant Dream ~Remix Version~)
• [2007.10.03] Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann BEST SOUND (Disc 1 #1 Sorairo Days, #4 happily ever after)
• [2008.03.05] Eyeshield 21 complete BEST ALBUM (Disc 2 #4 Go for it!!)
• [2008.03.19] Hakaba Kitaro Original Soundtrack (#25 snow tears -TV Mix-, #26 Kimi ni Meroron)
• [2009.03.18] JUDY AND MARY 15th Anniversary Tribute Album (#10 Sobakasu)
• [2009.08.05] 2009nen Gekijouban Pocket Monsters Arceus Choukoku no Jikuu e Music Collection (#30 Kokoro no Antenna ~Haruomi Hosono Original Mix~)
• [2009.09.02] DJ CAROLINE D'AMORE - J-Girls Celebrity Mix (#30 Shiny GATE (J-Girls Celebrity Mix ver.))
• [2009.12.09] Matsumoto Takashi - Zoku Kazemachi Zukan (Disc 1 #6 Kirei à la Mode)
• [2010.03.03] Arigatou no Uta (#7 "Arigatou no Egao")

Photobooks

• [2004.03.xx] Jewel Box
• [2005.06.24] Fushigi ni Muchuu

Idol DVD

• [2002.10.23] Miss Magazine 2002 Nakagawa Shouko
• [2004.01.21] Cutie Attack
• [2004.11.25] Beach Angels

Anime

• Eyeshield 21 - Taki Suzuna

Books

• [2005.09.20] Shokotan Blog

External Links

• Agency Profile
• Shoko*Time - Official Website
• Shokotan Blog
• Shokotan Blog 2