Shoko Nakagawa
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese idol
, tarento
, actress, voice actress, illustrator
, and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday. She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa
, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s.
She is represented by the Watanabe Entertainment
talent agency. Her nickname is (In the blog by Mika Kaneda, who appeared with her on "Ōsama no Brunch", she is called Shokotasu).
as , she was raised by her mother in Nakano
(Katsuhiko Nakagawa died in 1994). She made her entertainment debut in 2001, winning the Grand Prix award at the Popolo Girl Audition and representing the Jackie Chan
talent agency. Later, on the "Yume-Ga-Oka Residence" programme on SKY PerfecTV!
, she was given a Jackie Chan photobook by Midorikawa Shobō, who were guests on the show. 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 single "Brilliant Dream". It entered the Oricon
chart at number 29, with initial sales of 6313 copies. Nakagawa performed at Anime Expo 2008
at the Los Angeles Convention Center
.
series, and in particular looks up to the character Yūri/Time Pink of Mirai Sentai Timeranger
. At the time, she stood in line all night to watch the live Timeranger show at Kōrakuen Fairground (now Tokyo Dome City
Attractions) in the front row. In 2004, she achieved a longstanding ambition by putting in a guest appearance in the 38th episode of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
(she had previously appeared as a child in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
). She has always wanted to become the next Pink Ranger, and has gone out for auditions four times, but failed each time because "she does not have good athletic ability". She has said that she was drawn to the entertainment world out of admiration not for her father but for Mika Katsumura, who played the role of Yūri, and that during gravure work she uses Katsumura's photobook
s and DVD
s as a guide. She later appeared with Katsumura on Men B, and the two are now as friendly as if they were sisters. She is also a fan of the Metal Hero Series and Heisei Kamen Rider Series, particularly the series written by Yasuko Kobayashi
, and sees Shigeki Hosokawa
who played the titular character of Kamen Rider Hibiki
as an ideal man. She is also fond of fellow entertainer and gravure idol Natsuki Katō
for playing the first female Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Femme (both share a love of anime, tokusatsu, and video games).
Nakagawa is also a fan of Bruce Lee
, and has a wide knowledge of kung fu films. She has studied Cantonese, and visited Hong Kong
many times with her mother (However, she confessed on TV that in fact she soon gave up Cantonese, and hardly speaks it at all, although she keeps it on her profile.) She got to know Jackie Chan
when she met him by chance at a restaurant
he runs. Jackie Chan now keeps a picture she drew on display at his offices in Hong Kong. She has her own tracksuit and nunchaku
she made herself, which are decorated with pink fur.
Nakagawa is skilled as a manga
cartoonist and illustrator
. She worships CLAMP
and Kazuo Umezu
, and wants to become a manga artist
. On the Fuji TV show Kangaeru Hitokoma, on which she is a semi-regular guest, she showed this side of herself by drawing in the style of Kazuo Umezu
. Some of her work was shown on the May 11, 2006 edition of Downtown Deluxe on the Nippon TV network, and was much praised. As of 2006, her manga "SHOCOTAN * QUEST" is being serialised on her official website. The fact that even after becoming a celebrity she has not given up on drawing led to her being selected as a member of the judging panel in the "Jump Damashii" section of the Shūeisha
publication Weekly Shōnen Jump
, starting from Jump number 13 of 2006.
Nakagawa does not like cooking
. In a special version of Koi no Apron (TV Asahi
) in August 2005, she disappointed the judges with her cabbage roll
. She appeared on Koi no Apron again in November, this time making cream puff
s and coffee jelly
, but gave another poor showing, with the lowest ranking of any of the Apron Girls for that day. In July 2006, Nakagawa confessed to having a weak digestion, but managed to keep the situation light-hearted with jokes, while wearing a serious expression on her face.
Nakagawa is also enthusiastic about the Wikipedia
Project. In a blog entry dated November 25, 2006 she praised the free online encyclopedia for its articles, especially those related to the otaku
culture. She is especially fond of the collaborative writing aspect the project incorporates and has even jokingly said she wanted to jumble her own article.
, and buys up many clothes at auction
, (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 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 - 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.
, Shokotan * Blog opened in 2004, and 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. There are very many otaku-style entries, and she updates it extremely regularly: 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. She has become known as the "New Queen of the Blogs", after the original "Queen of the Blog", Kaori Manabe
.
The blog sometimes took liberties with copyright
, but as of 2006, these entries have been deleted. (see JASRAC.)
From September 2004, posters on 2 Channel took note of her otaku-style interests. She started to use board slang in her blog, including ASCII art
imitating Raizon Naitō.
After her appearance on a telethon, the number of accesses to her blog increased, leading to continual trackback
spamming. The trackback function was suspended. At present, fans can only send her messages in real time via her mobile phone guestbook.
, a planarian and a Corydoras
.
Japanese idol
In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...
, tarento
Tarento
is a Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "famous just for being famous" because many that fall into this career line...
, actress, voice actress, illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday. She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa
Katsuhiko Nakagawa
was a Japanese actor and musician from Tokyo. He is the grandson of Kazutaka Itō and the father of the multi-tarento Shoko Nakagawa. He appeared in the 1986 adaptation of Toki o Kakeru Shōjo, voiced the lead character of Superpowered Robo Garat, and released 10 singles and 9 albums before his death...
, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s.
She is represented by the Watanabe Entertainment
Watanabe Entertainment
is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Its head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entertainers as well as hosting foreign entertainers on...
talent agency. Her nickname is (In the blog by Mika Kaneda, who appeared with her on "Ōsama no Brunch", she is called Shokotasu).
Life
Born to entertainer Katsuhiko NakagawaKatsuhiko Nakagawa
was a Japanese actor and musician from Tokyo. He is the grandson of Kazutaka Itō and the father of the multi-tarento Shoko Nakagawa. He appeared in the 1986 adaptation of Toki o Kakeru Shōjo, voiced the lead character of Superpowered Robo Garat, and released 10 singles and 9 albums before his death...
as , she was raised by her mother in Nakano
Nakano, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Nakano City .As of April 1, 2011, the ward has an estimated population of 311,690 with a household number of 176,936 and a density of 19,992.94 persons per km². The total area is 15.59 km².-Geography:Five special wards...
(Katsuhiko Nakagawa died in 1994). She made her entertainment debut in 2001, winning the Grand Prix award at the Popolo Girl Audition and representing the Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
talent agency. Later, on the "Yume-Ga-Oka Residence" programme on SKY PerfecTV!
SKY PerfecTV!
SKY PerfecTV! is a direct broadcast satellite service that provides satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services to households in Japan, owned by parent company SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation....
, she was given a Jackie Chan photobook by Midorikawa Shobō, who were guests on the show. She commented "I thought he was an enemy of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
's", apparently referring to Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...
. 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
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
programme "Ōsama no Brunch", which made her well-known among the general public. In July 2006, she released her debut single "Brilliant Dream". It entered the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
chart at number 29, with initial sales of 6313 copies. Nakagawa performed at Anime Expo 2008
Anime Expo
Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation . With rare exceptions, the convention is traditionally held on the July 4th weekend and lasts for four days...
at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles Convention Center
The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest portion of downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show and Anime Expo, and is best known to video games fans as host to E3...
.
Personality
Nakagawa is a fan of the Super SentaiSuper Sentai
The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...
series, and in particular looks up to the character Yūri/Time Pink of Mirai Sentai Timeranger
Mirai Sentai Timeranger
is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series. It is the twenty-fourth series in Toei's Super Sentai franchise. The footage from this series was used in the American production Power Rangers Time Force. The opening narration of the series is .-Plot:...
. At the time, she stood in line all night to watch the live Timeranger show at Kōrakuen Fairground (now Tokyo Dome City
Tokyo Dome City
Tokyo Dome City is an entertainment complex in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.It includes the world's largest roofed baseball stadium known as Tokyo Dome , an amusement park known as Tokyo Dome City Attractions , and Korakuen Hall...
Attractions) in the front row. In 2004, she achieved a longstanding ambition by putting in a guest appearance in the 38th episode of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
is the twenty-eighth production of the Super Sentai television series produced by Toei. The action footage from the show was used for the American series Power Rangers S.P.D..The opening catchphrase of the series is .-Story:...
(she had previously appeared as a child in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series. It was TOEI Company Limited's fourteenth installment of the Super Sentai television series. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1990 to February 8, 1991, with a total of 48 episodes...
). She has always wanted to become the next Pink Ranger, and has gone out for auditions four times, but failed each time because "she does not have good athletic ability". She has said that she was drawn to the entertainment world out of admiration not for her father but for Mika Katsumura, who played the role of Yūri, and that during gravure work she uses Katsumura's photobook
Photobook
A photo-book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. The most critically acclaimed photo-books celebrate the creative work of an individual photographer, but can also result from the collaboration between a photographer and a writer, an...
s and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s as a guide. She later appeared with Katsumura on Men B, and the two are now as friendly as if they were sisters. She is also a fan of the Metal Hero Series and Heisei Kamen Rider Series, particularly the series written by Yasuko Kobayashi
Yasuko Kobayashi
is a Japanese anime and tokusatsu drama screenwriter who has been involved in various television shows throughout her career, beginning in 1993 with Tokusou Robo Janperson.-Writing credits:...
, and sees Shigeki Hosokawa
Shigeki Hosokawa
is a former Japanese model and now a Japanese television and movie actor.He married Mamiko Mise on 2 February 2011.-Shigeki Hosokawa:Shigeki Hosokawa attended Ogaki Municipal North Elementary School and Ogaki Municipal North Junior High School. He then graduated from Ogaki Public High School in...
who played the titular character of Kamen Rider Hibiki
Kamen Rider Hibiki
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the fifteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. Kamen Rider Hibiki first aired on January 30, 2005 and aired its final episode on January...
as an ideal man. She is also fond of fellow entertainer and gravure idol Natsuki Katō
Natsuki Kato
is a Japanese actress and former fashion model, regularly appearing on television in various roles.-Career:After she was spotted and recruited with 1998's television commercial appearance by a current entertainment production, she made her debut in 1999....
for playing the first female Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Femme (both share a love of anime, tokusatsu, and video games).
Nakagawa is also a fan of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
, and has a wide knowledge of kung fu films. She has studied Cantonese, and visited Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
many times with her mother (However, she confessed on TV that in fact she soon gave up Cantonese, and hardly speaks it at all, although she keeps it on her profile.) She got to know Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
when she met him by chance at a restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
he runs. Jackie Chan now keeps a picture she drew on display at his offices in Hong Kong. She has her own tracksuit and nunchaku
Nunchaku
is a traditional Okinawan weapon consisting of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope.-Etymology:The Japanese word nunchaku is the Kun'yomi reading of the Kanji term for a traditional Chinese two section staff....
she made herself, which are decorated with pink fur.
Nakagawa is skilled as a manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
cartoonist and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
. She worships CLAMP
Clamp (manga artists)
, is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader , who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively ,...
and Kazuo Umezu
Kazuo Umezu
, is an author of Japanese horror and other manga, as well as a musician and actor.He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation...
, and wants to become a manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
. On the Fuji TV show Kangaeru Hitokoma, on which she is a semi-regular guest, she showed this side of herself by drawing in the style of Kazuo Umezu
Kazuo Umezu
, is an author of Japanese horror and other manga, as well as a musician and actor.He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation...
. Some of her work was shown on the May 11, 2006 edition of Downtown Deluxe on the Nippon TV network, and was much praised. As of 2006, her manga "SHOCOTAN * QUEST" is being serialised on her official website. The fact that even after becoming a celebrity she has not given up on drawing led to her being selected as a member of the judging panel in the "Jump Damashii" section of the Shūeisha
Shueisha
is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...
publication Weekly Shōnen Jump
Weekly Shonen Jump
is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of July 2, 1968, and it is still circulating. One of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan, it has a circulation of 2.8 million copies...
, starting from Jump number 13 of 2006.
Nakagawa does not like cooking
Cooking
Cooking is the process of preparing food by use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions. Cooks themselves also vary widely in skill and training...
. In a special version of Koi no Apron (TV Asahi
TV Asahi
, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
) in August 2005, she disappointed the judges with her cabbage roll
Cabbage roll
A cabbage roll is a dish consisting of cooked cabbage leaves wrapped around a variety of fillings. It is common to the ethnic cuisines of England, and has also found popularity in areas of North America settled by English Settlers....
. She appeared on Koi no Apron again in November, this time making cream puff
Cream puff
A profiterole, cream puff or choux à la crème is a choux pastry ball filled with whipped cream, pastry cream, or ice cream. The puffs may be decorated or left plain or garnished with chocolate sauce, caramel, or a dusting of powdered sugar....
s and coffee jelly
Coffee jelly
is a popular gelatin dessert in Japan. It has the color and flavor of black coffee, though it is a somewhat translucent gel. It is often cut into cubes and served in a variety of dessert dishes and beverages. Cubes of coffee jelly are sometimes added to milkshakes, at the bottom of an ice cream...
, but gave another poor showing, with the lowest ranking of any of the Apron Girls for that day. In July 2006, Nakagawa confessed to having a weak digestion, but managed to keep the situation light-hearted with jokes, while wearing a serious expression on her face.
Nakagawa is also enthusiastic about the Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
Project. In a blog entry dated November 25, 2006 she praised the free online encyclopedia for its articles, especially those related to the otaku
Otaku
is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga or video games.- Etymology :Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family , which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun...
culture. She is especially fond of the collaborative writing aspect the project incorporates and has even jokingly said she wanted to jumble her own article.
Cosplay
Nakagawa is also known for loving cosplayCosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...
, and buys up many clothes at auction
Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
, (particularly costumes for Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
The franchise is an umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax. It has grossed over 150 billion yen since 1995. The central works of the franchise feature an apocalyptic mecha action story which revolves around the efforts by the paramilitary organization...
, the Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy
is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
series and Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
).
On the May 30, 2006 airing of Kasupe!, in the section entitled , "Fuji Bank Celebrity Evaluator", it was discovered that she liked the manga Kachō Shima Kōsaku, eliciting a comment from the host, Sayaka Aoki
Sayaka Aoki (comedian)
is a Japanese TV star and comedienne from Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture . Both of her parents are primary school teachers. After graduating from Nagoya Gakuin University, she began her comedienne career. One of her co-workers is Hidekazu Nagai.-Career:* Aoki is a daughter of two elementary school...
, that she had pretty "grown-up tastes".
On , "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
Akiko Wada
is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from , Ikuno-ku, Osaka. Born Kim Bok-Ja , like many Zainichi Koreans, she also had a name for everyday use, which was Japanicized . On her selection of Japanese citizenship, her name became , which upon...
, from start to finish. She showed off her cosplay versions of Misato
Misato Katsuragi
is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise created by Hideaki Anno. She is the operations director at Nerv, initially with the rank of captain; she is later promoted to major. In Rebuild of Evangelion Misato's rank is lieutenant colonel...
from Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
The franchise is an umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax. It has grossed over 150 billion yen since 1995. The central works of the franchise feature an apocalyptic mecha action story which revolves around the efforts by the paramilitary organization...
(which she filmed herself), Doremi from Ojamajo Doremi, and Vegeta
Vegeta
is a fictional character and antihero in the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta first appeared in the manga chapter #204 first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 19, 1988, and in episode 5 of its anime adaptation Dragon Ball Z...
from Dragon Ball, and to finish, got Wada to join in, with Wada playing Rei to her Asuka, and even gave acting directions.
Blog
Her official blogBlog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
, Shokotan * Blog opened in 2004, and by April 2006 it had received a total of 100 million hits. On February 2, 2008, the daily Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by .-History:The history of the Mainichi Shimbun begins with founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper...
reported that her blog had been accessed 1 billion times. There are very many otaku-style entries, and she updates it extremely regularly: 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. She has become known as the "New Queen of the Blogs", after the original "Queen of the Blog", Kaori Manabe
Kaori Manabe
Kaori Manabe is a Japanese television personality and model. She was born in 1981 in Saijō, Ehime.Her television roles include:*Science Zero *WAKU☆WAKU *WATER BOYSOther appearances:*Ø Story...
.
The blog sometimes took liberties with copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
, but as of 2006, these entries have been deleted. (see JASRAC.)
From September 2004, posters on 2 Channel took note of her otaku-style interests. She started to use board slang in her blog, including ASCII art
ASCII art
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters...
imitating Raizon Naitō.
After her appearance on a telethon, the number of accesses to her blog increased, leading to continual trackback
TrackBack
A trackback is one of three types of linkback methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to their articles...
spamming. The trackback function was suspended. At present, fans can only send her messages in real time via her mobile phone guestbook.
Pets
At present she keeps seven cats as pets. She also has four turtles; a school of ClioneClione
Clione is a genus of small floating sea slugs, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae, the sea angels.Clione is the type genus of the family Clionidae.- Species :Species within the genus Clione include:...
, a planarian and a Corydoras
Corydoras
Members of the South American Corydoras genus are freshwater temperate and tropical catfish in the armored catfish family , and are commonly referred to as corydorases, cories, or cory catfish.-Taxonomy:...
.
Singles
| # | Title | Release Date | First week sales | Total sales | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Brilliant Dream" | July 5, 2006 | 6,313 | 10,459 | Opening theme for Yoshimune Yoshimune (anime) is a Japanese anime series produced by Gonzo, and directed by Hiroaki Sato. It is based on a pachislo game by Daito Giken.- Synopsis :The story is set in a parallel world which combines elements of the Edo Era such as samurai and the modern, such as disco halls and motorbikes. The kingdom is... |
| 2 | February 14, 2007 | 10,023 | 15,784 | Theme for TBS's program Pokemon Sunday theme song and Wanagona theme song. | |
| 3 | June 27, 2007 | 30,517 | 67,453 | Opening theme for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | |
| 4 | "Snow Tears" | January 30, 2008 | 26,068 | 43,450 | Ending theme for Hakaba Kitaro |
| 5 | "Shiny Gate" | August 6, 2008 | 13,564 | 20,316 | Theme song for Tokyo OnlyPic 2008 |
| 6 | September 10, 2008 | 32,906 | 49,368 | Ending Song of the anime film Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen | |
| 7 | October 22, 2008 | 13,758 | 20,236 | CM song for "Fujiya Look Royal Mode | |
| 8 | April 29, 2009 | 23,383 | 38,932 | Ending Song of Gekijoban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann Hen | |
| 9 | July 15, 2009 | 13,533 | 21,954 | Ending Song of Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life. A special edition of the single features , an ending song for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Pokémon (anime) , abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets... |
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| 10 | October 14, 2009 | 12,407 | - | Contains the Ending Song of the Japanese Version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated family comedy film, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, distributed by Columbia Pictures, and released on September 18, 2009. The film is loosely based on the children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett.The film... ("Rainbow Forecast") and Shokotan's version of Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl YAWARA!, also known as Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, is a Japanese manga series by Naoki Urasawa which ran in Big Comic Spirits from 1986 to 1993... second opening song ("Ame ni Kiss no Hanataba o"). |
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| 11 | "Ray of Light" | April 28, 2010 | 12,977 | - | Fifth ending theme for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood |
| 12 | August 18, 2010 | 13,217 | - | Opening theme for Occult Academy Occult Academy is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex and directed by Tomohiko Itō. The 13-episode anime premiered in Japan on the TV Tokyo television network on July 6, 2010. Occult Academy is the third project of Anime no Chikara. It was shown by Crunchyroll an hour after the... |
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| 13 | April 6, 2011 | - | Original song | ||
| 14 | June 8, 2011 | - | Second ending theme for Beelzebub | ||
| 15 | January 11, 2012 | - | Theme Song for TV Show Uchikuru!? | ||
Cover albums
| # | Title | Release Date | | First week sales | | Total sales |
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| 1 | May 2, 2007 | 12,579 | 31,501 | |
| 2 | September 19, 2007 | 17,836 | 23,964 | |
| 3 | March 10, 2010 | 15,343 | - | |
| 4 | October 12, 2011 | |||
| 5 | October 12, 2011 |
Albums
| # | Title | Release Date | | First week sales | | Total sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big☆Bang!!! | March 19, 2008 | 32,612 | 45,793 |
| 2 | Magic Time | January 1, 2009 | 26,197 | 40,015 |
| 3 | Cosmic Inflation | October 6, 2010 | 14,453 | 21,459 |
Photobooks
| # | Title | Release date | Publisher | ISBN | Price | Photobook Photobook A photo-book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. The most critically acclaimed photo-books celebrate the creative work of an individual photographer, but can also result from the collaboration between a photographer and a writer, an... information |
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| 1 | JEWEL BOX | April 1, 2004 | Ascom | ISBN 978-4-7762-0147-2 | 3,000 yen | First photobook |
| 2 | July 25, 2005 | Wani Magazine | ISBN 978-4-89829-798-8 | 2,800 yen | Second Photobook | |
| 3 | April 15, 2007 | Wani Books | ISBN 978-4-8470-3000-0 | 2,800 yen | Third photobook | |
| 4 | November 25, 2008 | SHUFU-TO-SEIKATSU-SHA | ISBN 978-4-391-13707-1 | 1,800 yen | Guide on how to use cosmetics/dress up doll |
Blog
| # | Title | Release date | Publisher | ISBN | MSRP Suggested retail price The manufacturer's suggested retail price , list price or recommended retail price of a product is the price which the manufacturer recommends that the retailer sell the product. The intention was to help to standardise prices among locations... | Photobook Photobook A photo-book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. The most critically acclaimed photo-books celebrate the creative work of an individual photographer, but can also result from the collaboration between a photographer and a writer, an... information |
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| 1 | October 10, 2005 | Goma Books | ISBN 4-7771-0210-6 | 1,300 yen | Entries from November 2004 to August 2005 | |
| 2 | November 10, 2006 | Goma Books | ISBN 4-7771-0487-7 | 1,300 yen | Entries from September 2005 to August 2006 | |
| 3 | January 30, 2008 | Kadokawa Group Publishing | ISBN 978-4-04-895012-1 | 1,300 yen |
Filmography
- X-CrossX-Crossis a 2007 Japanese horror film directed by Kenta Fukasaku.-Cast:* Nao Matsushita* Ami Suzuki* Shoko Nakagawa* Maju Ozawa* Hiroyuki Ikeuchi...
(2007) - Tangled (2010) (voice-over for Mandy MooreMandy MooreAmanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
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External links
- Web page by Watanabe Entertainment
- Official web page Shokotime
- Shokotan blog
- Go Sukashi!, a web video series being produced by WestHavenBrook in association with Watanabe Entertainment, based on a character she created.