Shoko Nakagawa is a Japanese tarento, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. Also known by her nickname Shokotan, she is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday, and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime Gurren Lagann. Her otaku status has no bounds, with particular reverence to Bruce Lee, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Super Sentai, among many others.
 
Born: May 5, 1985, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5′ 1″
Parents: Katsuhiko Nakagawa, Keiko Nakagawa
Albums: 9lives, Big Bang!!!, Magic Time, Cosmic ♬ Inflation
 

Shoko Facts:

- Born to actor and musician Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s, she was raised by her mother in Nakano (Katsuhiko Nakagawa died in 1994).

- In 2002, she was chosen as Miss Shōnen Magazine.

- In 2004, she made a guest appearance in the 38th episode of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, after having previously appeared as a child in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman.She later appeared with Katsumura on Men B. On the Fuji TV show Kangaeru Hitokoma, on which she is an occasional guest, she drew in the style of Kazuo Umezu.

- On the May 30, 2006, airing of Kasupe!, in the section entitled Fuji Ginkō Geinōjin Satei-Gakari (フジ銀行 芸能人査定係), "Fuji Bank Celebrity Evaluator", it was discovered that she liked the manga Kachō Shima Kōsaku, eliciting a comment from the host, Sayaka Aoki, that she had pretty "grown-up tastes".

- In 2009, she appeared in a series of commercials for Norton AntiVirus.

- Shoko is a big fan of the series, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki.

- Her dream is to marry and have children with the fictional character, Jotaro Kujo.

- She wants Jotaro to say "yare yare daze" and spit on her.


  TV

  AX MUSIC-TV 00 (2003-2004)
    Pokémon Sunday (ポケモン☆サンデー Pokemon☆Sandē) (2006-2010)
    Waraiga Ichiban (笑いがいちばん Waraiga Ichiban) (2007-2010)
    Shūmatsu no Cinderella Sekai! Dangan Traveler (週末のシンデレラ 世界!弾丸トラベラー Shūmatsu-no-shinderera Sekai! DanganToraberā) (2007-2012)
    Pokémon Smash! (ポケモンスマッシュ! Pokemon Sumasshu!) (2010-2013)
    Pokémon Get TV (ポケモンゲット☆TV Pokemon Getto Terebi) (2013–present)
    Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (特捜戦隊デカレンジャー Tokusō Sentai Dekarenjā) (2004) as Falupian Yaako (quest appearance) Episode 38
    Isshukan no Koi (一週間の恋) (2006)
    Hou no Niwa (法の庭) (2007)
    Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi (ほんとにあった怖い話) (2007)
    Anmitsu Hime (あんみつ姫) (2008)
    Anmitsu Hime 2 (あんみつ姫2) (2009)
    Gunshi Kanbei (軍師官兵衛) (2014) as Okita
    Mare (まれ) (2015)
    Yuusha Yoshihiko to Michibikareshi 7-nin (勇者ヨシヒコと導かれし七人) (2016)
    Anata no Koto wa sore hodo (あなたのことはそれほど) (2017)
    Tokyo Vampire Hotel (東京ヴァンパイアホテル) (2017)

Films

    Kabuto-O Beetle (2005)
    Umezu Kazuo: Kyofu Gekijo - Zesshoku (2005)
    Koala Kacho / Executive Koala (2005)
    The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
    X-Cross (2007)
    Gothic Lolita Battle Bear (2013)

Anime

    Eyeshield 21 (2005) - Suzuna Taki
    Saint Seiya Omega (2012) - Saori Kido/Athena
    Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012) - Keldeo
    Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) - Yogen-gyo
    Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene (2013) - Bahiku
    Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) - Yogen-gyo
    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (2015) - Diana
    Dragon Ball Super (2015) - Yogen-gyo
    Akiba's Trip: The Animation (2017) - Risa Deiba
    Pokémon the Movie: Everyone's Story (2018) - Riku

She also has voiced characters in every Pokémon movie since 2007.

Video games

    Dragon Quest Heroes (2015) - Alena
    Dragon Quest Heroes II (2016) - Alena
    Toukiden 2 (2016) - Gwen
    Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary (2017) - Alena
    Kingdom Hearts III (2019) - Rapunzel


Japanese dub:

Live-action

    Silent Hill (2006) - Alessa Gillespie (voice-over for Jodelle Ferland)
    Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) - Tessa Yeager (voice-over for Nicola Peltz)
    Ra.One (2015) - Desi/Dawsal (voice-over for Priyanka Chopra)
    Venom (2018) - Anne Weying (voice-over for Michelle Williams)

Animation

    Tangled (2010) - Rapunzel
    Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) - Rapunzel

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