Shōko Nakagawa (中川翔子, Nakagawa Shōko?) is a Japanese personality who has various entertainment roles. The most relevant roles to Pokémon are as a variety show host, singer and voice actress from Pokémon's anime. She spent 17 years in the position of the host of Pokémon Sunday, Pokémon Get☆TV, Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru? (Pokénchi), and Pokémon to Doko Iku!? (PokéDoko) until PDI058. She is often known by her pseudonym Shokotan (しょこたん).
On July 18, 2013, she published an autobiographical account named 「中川翔子ポケモンが生きる意味を教えてくれた」Nakagawa Shōko: Pokémon ga Ikiru Imi o Oshiete Kureta, meaning "Shōko Nakagawa: Pokémon Taught Me the Meaning of Life".
Roles[]
Variety shows[]
- Pokémon Sunday
- Pokémon Get☆TV
- Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru? (Pokénchi)
- Pokémon to Doko Iku!? (PokéDoko)
Characters[]
Pokémon[]
Non-Pokémon series[]
- Seer (Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F)
- Luna Mi Mad Magra (Level E)
- Diana (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal)
- Rapunzel (Tangled, Tangled Ever After, Sofia the First, Tangled: Before Ever After, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure & Ralph Breaks the Internet)
- Alena (Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below and Dragon Quest Heroes: Twins Kings and Ending of the Prophecy)
- Goldilocks (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)
Trivia[]
- Her birth name was 「中川 しようこ」Nakagawa Shiyōko, as her parents initially intended to name her 薔子 based on their appreciation of roses (薔薇), but due to her and her mother being in the hospital at the time, her maternal aunt filed her birth registration on their behalf. 「薔子」 was rejected due to not being in the list of jōyō or jinmeiyō kanji approved for names at the time, and since her name was written in hiragana 「しょうこ」 upon arguing and frustration, the small yo (「ょ」) accidentally ended up being printed in full size and her name was registered as 「しようこ」.[1]
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Allegra
Peg
Luisa
Luis
Millis Steel
Keldeo
Spikey-eared Pichu
Sylveon