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born May 5, 1985 is a Japanese tarento, singer, actress, voice actress, illustrator, YouTuber, and cosplayer. Also known by her nickname , she is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday, and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime Gurren Lagann.
In the 2006 book , she wrote that her legal name was rather than , which she had been using for most of her life. At the time of her birth, she and her mother had to remain in the hospital, and her maternal aunt was left with registering her in the koseki. Her mother's intended name of was declined due to not being included in the list of jōyō kanji or jinmeiyō kanji that are approved for use in Japanese names. The aunt wrote in hiragana instead, but because she wrote very quickly, the small yo appeared larger than intended and the name was recorded as . (2006). 9784054031999, Gakken. ISBN 9784054031999
In 2002, she was chosen as Miss Shōnen Magazine.
Her official blog, 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.
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.
She appeared in a brief section of "Kangaeru Hito" ("People who think") on the Fuji TV network in 2004 as an illustrator, after which she appeared regularly on the later version of the programme which started with minor changes in early 2005, "Kangaeru Hitokoma" ("Thinking about one frame of"). On the Fuji TV show Kangaeru Hitokoma, on which she is an occasional guest, she drew in the style of Kazuo Umezu.
For one year starting in May 2005, Nakagawa appeared as a regular on the TBS programme "Ōsama no Brunch". 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 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Some of her work was shown on May 11, edition of Downtown Deluxe on Nippon TV network, Nakagawa was 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.
On 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".
In 2009, she opened a store called "mmts" with the theme of her hobby in Nakano Broadway.
In 2009–2010, she appeared in a series of commercials for Norton AntiVirus.
In March 2014, Nakagawa's book of autobiographical essays, Neko no Ashiato ("Cats' Pawprints"), was published by Magazine House.
In March 2015, the book was adapted as an anime series titled Omakase Mamitasu ("Leave It to Mamitasu") on NHK, which featured characters based on Nakagawa's cat and her late father and grandfather.
In 2018, Nakagawa returned to Anime Expo to perform as part of Anisong World Matsuri.
In 2019, Nakagawa performed the song 風といっしょに with Sachiko Kobayashi, which was used as the theme song to the theatrical film ; it is a cover of a song originally performed by Kobayashi, which was used as the theme song to the 1998 film .
In 2020 following the temporary loss of work due to COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point, and she started distributing videos on YouTube, separate from the channel that distributes music videos set up by the office. Since then, her blog has hardly been updated.
In 2021, she posted her swimsuit video on YouTube, and she became very popular with over 10 million views in two months.
In October 2023, Nakagawa released the single "65535", the title song of which was used as the opening theme to the anime series . The following day, she announced that she legally changed her name to be the same as her stage name.
On May 5, 2025, on her 40th birthday, Nakagawa announced that she was pregnant with her first child. She also announced the establishment of her own agency, "miracle." She will have a business partnership with Watanabe Entertainment.
| 2007 | Maki | |
| 2008 | Infy | |
| 2009 | Notched-Ear Pichu | |
| 2010 | Proof | |
| 2011 | Aude | |
| 2012 | Keldeo | |
| 2014 | Millis Steele | |
| 2015 | Mary | |
| 2016 | Racel | |
| 2017 | Nurse Joy | |
| 2018 | Riku | |
| 2020 | Karen | |
| Opening theme for Yoshimune | ||||
| Theme for TBS's program Pokémon Sunday theme song and Wanagona theme song. | ||||
| Opening theme for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | ||||
| Ending theme for Hakaba Kitaro | ||||
| Theme song for Tokyo OnlyPic 2008 | ||||
| Ending Song of the anime film | ||||
| Commercial song for Fujiya Look Royal Mode | ||||
| Ending Song of | ||||
| Ending Song of . A special edition of the single features , an ending song for | ||||
| Contains the Ending Song of the Japanese Version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ("Rainbow Forecast") and Shokotan's version of Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl second opening song ("Ame ni Kiss no Hanataba o"). | ||||
| Fifth ending theme for | ||||
| Opening theme for Occult Academy | ||||
| Original song | ||||
| Second ending theme for Beelzebub | ||||
| Theme song for TV show Uchikuru!? | ||||
| Theme song for game | ||||
| "Sakasama Sekai" as theme song for game Puzzle & Dragons Z and "Once Upon a Time (Kibō no Uta)" as the opening for the Japanese broadcast of Once Upon a Time | ||||
| Ending theme for anime | ||||
| Second ending theme for Zoids Wild | ||||
| Second ending theme for Genie Family 2020 | ||||
| "I like you just the way you are." (君のまんまがいいんだよ) | March 9, 2022 | Movie Shimajiro "Shimajiro and Kirakira Oukoku no Oujisama" theme song |
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| Super Shokotan Best(超！しょこたん☆べすと――(°∀°)――!!) | February 22, 2023 |
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| 40,015 |
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| First photobook |
| Second photobook |
| Third photobook |
| Guide on how to use cosmetics/dress up doll |
| A collection of illustrations by Shoko Nakagawa |
| A manga about the life of Shoko Nakagawa from her childhood. The limited edition contains an extra book with pictures and a pencil box. |
| Second collaboration with Mika Ninagawa. |
| Contains Interviews from the beginning of her career until 2013 and many pictures. |
| Entries from November 2004 to August 2005 |
| Entries from September 2005 to August 2006 |
| Entries from October 2006 to December 2007 |
| Entries from March 2008 to October 2009 |
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