is a Japanese actor.

Career

Show Aikawa was born in

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and raised in

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. Aikawa has appeared in a number of

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...

's films, including ''Eyes of the Spider'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''License to Live'', ''Seance'', and ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

* ''Orugoru'' (1989) * ''The Pale Hand'' (1990) * ''Gokudo no Onna Tachi: Saigo no Tatakai'' (1990) * ''Shishio Tachi no Natsu'' (1991) * ''The Passage to Japan'' (1991) * ''Torarete Tamaruka!'' (1992) * ''Shishio Tachi no Saigo'' (1993) * ''Torarete Tamaruka! 2'' (1993) * ''A New Love in Tokyo'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1994) * ''Torarete Tamaruka! 3'' (1994) * ''Kitanai Yatsu'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Reversal'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche'' (1996) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero'' (1996) * ''Otokotachi no Kaita E'' (1996) * ''The Revenge: A Visit from Fate'' (1996) * ''The Revenge: A Scar That Never Fades'' (1996) * ''Peking Man'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1997) * '' The Eel'' (1997) * ''The Fire Within'' (1997) * ''Serpent's Path'' (1997) * ''Eyes of the Spider'' (1997) * ''Blood'' (1998) * ''

License to Live is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Cast * Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor), Hidetoshi Nishijima – Yutaka Yoshii * Kōji Yakusho – Fujimori * Shun Sugata – Shinichiro Yoshii * Lily (entertainer), Lily – Sachiko * Kumi ...

'' (1998) * ''Shiawase ni Naro ne'' (1998) * '' Dead or Alive'' (1999) * ''Saraba Gokudo: Dead Beat'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Dead or Alive 2: Birds'' (2000) * '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (2000) * ''Seance'' (2000) * ''Otokogi'' (2000) * ''Rush!'' (2001) * ''

(2001) * ''Yomigaeri'' (2002) * ''Muscle Heat'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules'' (2002) * '' Dead or Alive: Final'' (2002) * ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series'' (2003) * ''Dekotora no Shu'' (2003) * '' Gozu'' (2003) * ''Tokyo Wankei: Destiny of Love'' (2004) * ''Out of This World'' (2004) * ''Dekotora no Shu 2'' (2004) * ''

Zebraman is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu action comedy superhero film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Kankurō Kudō and stars Shō Aikawa as the main character, a superhero named "Zebraman". A 2010 sequel, titled '' Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City ...

'' (2004) * '' Tokyo Zombie'' (2005) * ''Tobi ga Kururi to'' (2005) * ''The Suspect: Muroi Shinji'' (2005) * ''Specter'' (2005) * ''Makoto'' (2005) * ''Dekotora no Shu 3'' (2005) * '' Waru: kanketsu-hen'' (2006) * ''Taiyo no Kizu'' (2006) * '' Waru'' (2006) * ''Dekotora no Shu 4'' (2006) * '' SS'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''Dekotora no Shu 5'' (2008) * ''Drop'' (2009) * '' Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City'' (2010) * ''Me o Tojite Giragira'' (2011) * '' Helter Skelter'' (2012) * ''

Z Island (released internationally as ''Deadman Inferno'') is a 2015 Japanese action comedy zombie film directed by Hiroshi Shinagawa. It was released in Japan on May 16, 2015. A four-part mini-series prequel was also released. Cast * Aikawa Shō as Hiro ...

'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?'' (2021) * ''Dekotora no Shu 6'' (2021) * ''Haru ni Chiru'' (2023)

Television

* ''Tsubasa'' (1994) * ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye'' (2002) * ''

'' (2006) * ''Garo: Makai No Hana (Eiji Busujima)'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2016), Gotō Matabei * ''

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'' (2022), Gō Kido

Video games

* ''

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'' (2012), Kouichi Takasugi

Dubbing

* '' Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway'' (2021), Barnabas

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aikawa, Show 1961 births Actors from Kagoshima Prefecture Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors