Shoko Nakagawa

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Shoko Nakagawa
Also known as Shokotan, Shokotasu
Born May 5, 1985 (1985-05-05) (age 24)
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s) Japanese Pop
Occupation(s) Idol / Model / Comedienne / Singer / TV Personality / Presenter
Years active 2001-present
Label(s) Sony Records
Website Official Website

Shoko Nakagawa (中川 翔子 Nakagawa Shōko?, born May 5, 1985 in Tokyo as Shiyoko Nakagawa (中川 しようこ Nakagawa Shiyōko?)) is a Japanese idol and tarento (an actress, seiyū (voice actor), illustrator, and singer). She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s.[citation needed]

She is represented by the Watanabe Entertainment talent agency. Her nickname is Shokotan.

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[edit] Life

Shoko Nakagawa was raised by her mother. Her father, Katsuhiko, died from leukemia when she was nine. She made her entertainment debut in 2001 and won the Grand Prix award at the Popolo Girl Audition representing the Jackie Chan talent agency. Afterwards, she was given a Jackie Chan photobook by Midorikawa Shobō during the "Yume-Ga-Oka Residence" programme on SKY PerfecTV!. She commented "I thought he was an enemy of Bruce Lee's", apparently referring to Enter the Dragon. In 2002, she was chosen as Miss Shōnen Magazine. She appeared in a brief section of "Kangaeru Hito" ("People who think") on the Fuji TV network in 2004 and showed her ability as an illustrator; this won her a regular place on the later version of the programme which started with minor changes in early 2005, "Kangaeru Hitokoma" ("Thinking about one frame [of a cartoon strip]"). For one year starting in May 2005, she appeared as a regular on the TBS programme "Ōsama no Brunch", which made her well-known among the general public. In July 2006, she released her debut CD, "Brilliant Dream". It entered the Oricon chart at number 29, with initial sales of 6313 CDs. Nakagawa performed at Anime Expo 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 3 till July 6.

[edit] Cosplay

She is also known for loving cosplay, buying many clothes at auctions, particularly costumes for Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Final Fantasy series and Sailor Moon.

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".

On Private Lesson - Tadashii Wada Akiko no Tsukurikata (個人授業(プライベートレッスン)～正しい和田アキ子の作り方～?), "Private Lesson - The Right Way to Make an Akiko Wada", shown on October 4, 2006, when she appeared as a tutor, she entered dressed as Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, dancing to the end theme from that anime. Immersed in the role of Haruhi, she expounded passionately on "otaku studies" in a disrespectful tone, bewildering her student, Akiko Wada, from start to finish. She showed off her cosplay versions of Misato from Evangelion (which she filmed herself), Doremi from Ojamajo Doremi, and Vegeta from Dragon Ball, and to finish, got Wada to join in, with Wada playing Rei to her Asuka, and even gave acting directions.

In the limited-edition pressing of her single "Namida No Tane, Egao No Hana", a small photobook is enclosed of Shoko cosplaying characters Yoko and Nia from "Gurren Lagann". Her song "Sora-Iro Days" was used in the series' opening sequence, and "Namida No Tane, Egao No Hana" serves as the credits music for its second OAV, "Lagann-hen". Fans refer to her as "Shoko-Yoko" when in cosplay of this series.

[edit] Blog

Her official blog, Shokotan * Blog, opened in 2004. By April 2006 it had received a total of 100 million hits. On February 2, 2008, the daily Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported that her blog had been accessed 1 billion times. As one might expect from her personality, most entries are otaku-style. She updates extremely regularly, which may be related to her compulsive personality, but also because she uses it as a kind of notepad, as she admitted in an interview. In the month of April 2005, there were 600 updates and on January 28, 2006, there were 70 updates, a record number for a single day. It is likely that she holds the record for the greatest number of blog updates by an idol. She has become known as the "New Queen of the Blog", after the original "Queen of the Blog", Kaori Manabe. Due to her blog's popularity, in September 2005, Koma Books released a compilation of her blog entries, also titled Shokotan * Blog.

From September 2004, posters on the News Sokuhō (VIP) Ita bulletin board on 2 Channel, which had just been set up, took note of her otaku-style interests and her drawings, which were very different from what one might expect from an idol. She came to be treated as the idol of that board. Because of this, she started to use the slang dialect of the board in her blog, writing ASCII art and imitating Raizon Naitō in her photographs.

After her appearance on a telethon, the number of visits to her blog increased, leading to continual trackback spamming by pornography sites, businesses and show business news sites, making it difficult for her to update the blog. Sometimes "non title" was displayed instead of the title, or entries she posted were not displayed. As a result, the trackback function was suspended, and the page became a published diary, rather than a blog. At present, fans can only send her messages in real time via her mobile phone guestbook, for which there is a fee.

Her blog also shows that other than cats, she also keeps a tortoise, albino corydoras and clione.

[edit] Cats

She is so fond of cats that she once took home an abandoned cat she found while filming. She has recently taken in three cats, one out of kindness for an owner who was ill.[1] At present she keeps seven cats as pets. They are Chibita (a spotted male, also called "Nekomura" because he looks like Neco Nekomura from Kyō no Nekomura-san (きょうの猫村さん?), "Today's Helping of Nekomura-san"), Mami (a female tortoiseshell, named after Magical Angel Creamy Mami, also called "Mamitasu" or "mmts"), Luna (a black male, named after Luna from Sailor Moon), Raijiro (a spotted male named after Yujiro Hanma (範馬勇次郎 Hanma Yūjirō?) of the anime Baki the Grappler), and new additions Kung Fu Panda, Jojo, and Milk Bun.

Of these seven, she particularly adores Mami, who appears in her blog frequently. Mami's cute looks have attracted many "Mamitasu fans"; she has appeared on television and in magazines, and was the subject of a photobook, "Giza * Mamitasu!!", published in August 2006. Another sign of Nakagawa's adoration for Mami is an act which appears frequently in her blog, called "good smell" (putting one's nose to the rear of a cat and smelling it). Mami has also been made to join her owner's cosplay, particularly as Luna from Sailor Moon, although recently the black cat Luna has taken over this position.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] TV

[edit] Anime

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

# Title Release Date Label Run time (CD) Run time (DVD) First week sales Total sales Information
1 "Brilliant Dream" July 5, 2006 Sony Records 00:20:35 00:09:35 6,313 10,459 First single
2 "Strawberry Melody"
(ストロベリmelody
 Sutoroberi Merodi?)		 February 14, 2007 Sony Records 00:18:32 00:11:13 10,023 15,784 Second single
3 "Sky-Blue Days"
(空色デイズ
 Sorairo Deizu?)		 June 27, 2007 Sony Records — — 30,517 67,453 Opening theme for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
4 "snow tears" January 30, 2008 Sony Records — — 26,068 43,450 Ending theme for Hakaba Kitaro
5 "Shiny Gate" August 6, 2008 Sony Records — — 13,564 20,316 Theme song for Tokyo OnlyPic 2008
6 "The World Continues"
(続く世界
 Tsuzuku Sekai?)		 September 10, 2008 Sony Records — — 32,906 50,249 Opening theme for Gekijōban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren Hen
7 "Beautiful À La Mode"
(綺麗ア・ラ・モード
 Kirei A Ra Mōdo?)		 October 22, 2008 Sony Records — — 13,758 20,236 CM song for "Fujiya Look Royal Mode"
8 "Seed of Tears, Flower of Smile"
(涙の種、笑顔の花
 Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana?)		 April 29, 2009 Sony Records — — 23,383 30,983 Theme song of Gekijōban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann Hen
9 "Antenna of the Heart"
(心のアンテナ
 Kokoro no Antena?)		 July 15, 2009 Sony Records — — - - Ending Song of Gekijōban Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e

[edit] Other Singles

# Title Release Date Label Run time (CD) Run time (DVD) First week sales Total sales Information
1 "High Touch 2009/Burn with Ambition, Notch-Eared Pichu!" (ハイタッチ! 2009/もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！ Hai Tacchi 2009/Moeyo Gizamimi Pichu!?) July 15, 2009 7th Ending Song of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. High Touch 2009 is however performed by Megumi Toyoguchi and Rica Matsumoto for the Opening Theme of Gekijōban Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e

[edit] Mini-Albums

# Title Release Date Label Run time (CD) Run time (DVD) First week sales Total sales
1 Shoko-tan Cover ~Falling in Love with Anime Songs~
(しょこたん☆かばー ～アニソンに恋をして。～
 Shokotan Kabā ~Anison ni Koi o shite.~?)		 May 2, 2007 Sony Records 00:18:19 00:10:06 12,579 31,501
2 Shoko-tan Cover Cover ~Falling in Love with Anime Songs~
(しょこたん☆かばー×2 ～アニソンに愛を込めて!!～
 Shokotan Kabā Kabā ~Anison ni Ai o Komete!!~?)		 September 19, 2007 Sony Records 00:21:38 00:32:36 17,836 23,964

[edit] Albums

# Title Release Date Label Run time (CD) Run time (DVD) First week sales Total sales Information
1 Big Bang March 19, 2008 Sony Records — — 32,612 45,793 1st album
2 Magic Time January 1, 2009 Sony Records — — 26,197 40,015 2nd album

[edit] Printed Media

[edit] Photobooks

# Title Release date Publisher ISBN Price Photobook information
1 JEWEL BOX April 1, 2004 Ascom ISBN 9784776201472 3,000 yen First photobook
2 In a mysterious daze (不思議に夢中 Fushigi Muchū?) July 25, 2005 Wani Magazine ISBN 9784898297988 2,800 yen Second Photobook
3 SHOKO et MIKANNE (中川翔子ｘ蜷川実花（しょこれみかんぬ） Shokoremikanu?) April 15, 2007 Wani Books ISBN 9784847030000 2,800 yen Third photobook
4 Shoko a la mode (しょこア・ラ・モード― Shoko a ra mōdō?) November 25, 2008 SHUFU-TO-SEIKATSU-SHA ISBN 9784391137071 1,800 yen Guide on how to use cosmetics/dress up doll

[edit] Blog

# Title Release date Publisher ISBN MSRP Photobook information
1 Shokotan Official Blog (しょこたんぶろぐ・中川翔子＊オフィシャル BLOG＊?) October 10, 2005 Goma Books ISBN 4777102106 1,300 yen Entries from November 2004 to August 2005
2 Shokotan Official Blog 2 (しょこたんぶろぐ・中川翔子＊オフィシャル BLOG 2 ＊?) November 10, 2006 Goma Books ISBN 4777104877 1,300 yen Entries from September 2005 to August 2006
3 Shokotan Blog Days of Desire (しょこたんぶろぐ貪欲デイズ中川翔子?) January 30, 2008 Kadokawa Group Publishing ISBN 9784048950121 1,300 yen

[edit] References

  1. ^ [Shokotan Blog, http://www.playlog.jp/shokotan_usa/blog/2008-08-16-01]

[edit] External links

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