Show Aikawa

2008 calendar featuring Show Aikawa

Show Aikawa (哀川翔, Aikawa Shou) is a Japanese actor, director, producer, singer, and author. Although he has been widely credited as Sho Aikawa for years in western releases of his films, Show is his own preferred English spelling.

Profile

• Name: Show Aikawa (哀川翔, Aikawa Shou)
• Birth date: May 24, 1961
• Birthplace: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
• Blood type: AB
• Height: 5' 10" (178cm)
• Hobbies: Fishing, golf

Awards

• 1999 Japanese Professional Movie Awards
  • Best Actor for Serpent's Path and Eyes of the Spider (won)
• 2005 Japanese Academy Awards
  • Best Actor for Zebraman (nominated)

Filmography

• [1989] Orugoru ... Sho Sinkyo
• [1990] Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Saigo no Tatakai ... Yutaka Nezu
• [1990] The Pale Hand ... Kenji Ichihara
• [1991] The Passage to Japan
• [1991] Shishioh-tachi no Natsu ... Masaru Matsunaga
• [1992] Torarete Tamaruka!
• [1993] Torarete Tamaruka! 2
• [1993] Shishioh-tachi no Saigo
• [1994] Torarete Tamaruka! 3
• [1994] Bo no Kanashimi ... Sugimoto
• [1994] A New Love in Tokyo ... Jiro
• [1995] Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 1: The Heist
• [1995] Kitanai Yatsu
• [1995] Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 2: The Escape
• [1995] Bad Guy Beach
• [1996] Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 3: The Loot
• [1996] Otokotachi no Kaita e ... The professional killer who wore the long coat
• [1996] Katte ni Shiyagare!! Gyakuten Keikaku ... Fujita
• [1996] Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 4: The Gamble
• [1996] Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 5: The Nouveau Riche
• [1996] Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 6: The Hero ... Maeda
• [1997] Onibi: The Fire Within ... Naoto Tanigawa
• [1997] The Eel ... Yuji Nozawa
• [1997] The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
• [1997] Rainy Dog ... Yuuji
• [1997] Peking Man
• [1998] Blood
• [1998] Ja no Michi
• [1998] Eyes of the Spider
• [1998] Shiawase ni Naro ne
• [1998] Serpent's Path ... Nijima
• [1998] License to Live ... Kazaki
• [1999] Ley Lines
• [1999] Saraba Gokudo Dead Beat
• [1999] Dead or Alive ... Det. Jojima
• [2000] Kenka no Gokui Toppamono Bangaichi ... Hanasumi Soukichi
• [2000] Otokogi
• [2000] Seance ... Shinto priest
• [2000] Another Battle
• [2000] Dead or Alive 2: Birds ... Mizuki Okamoto
• [2001] Kairo ... Employee
• [2001] Rush! ... Masaya
• [2002] Dead or Alive: Final ... Ryo
• [2002] True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules ... Kei Hanagata
• [2002] Shangri-La ... Village headman
• [2002] Blood Heat ... Det. Aguri Katsuragi
• [2002] Yomigaeri ... Shuhei
• [2003] Gozu ... Ozaki
• [2003] Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series ... Sho Aikawa
• [2004] Zebraman ... Shin'ichi Ichikawa / Zebraman
• [2004] Out of This World ... Jerry Nakata
• [2005] Makoto ... Shijo
• [2005] Specter
• [2005] The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
• [2005] Tobi ga Kururito
• [2005] Yakuza
• [2005] Tokyo Zombie ... Mitsuo
• [2006] Dekotora no Shu: Koino Hanasaku Shimizuko ... Shu
• [2006] Waru
• [2006] Waru: Kanketsu-hen ... Youji Himuro
• [2006] Sun Scarred
• [2007] Like a Dragon ... Noguchi
• [2008] SS: Special Stage - The Movie
• [2008] Kurosagi
• [2008] Clearness ... Naruse
• [2008] Decotora no Washi

Producer

• [2001] Rush!

Director

• [1995] Bad Guy Beach

Books Published

• Ore, Furyouhin. (2001, Toho Publishing)
• Show, Iwaku (2003, Pia)
• Hyaku Hon Shime (2004, Toho Publishing)
• Show Lonely River (2005, Pia)
• Show, Iwaku Exciting (2006, Pia)

Singles Released

• Ao no Joukei (6.25.1986)
• Wow Wow (11.21.1986)
• Hikyousha (5.25.1987)

External Links

• Show Aikawa at the Internet Movie Database
• Show Aikawa at Nippon Cinema
• Official Website
• Show Aikawa at Wikipedia
• Show Aikawa at Japanese Wikipedia