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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 17, 1948
Place of Birth
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- 小杉正一
- ショー・コスギ
- شو کوسوگی
- Shōichi Kosugi
- Shô Kosugi
Sho Kosugi
0.9 Popularity
Biography
Sho Kosugi (born Shōichi Kosugi; June 17, 1947) is a Japanese martial artist with training in shindō jinen-ryū karate who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing a ninja. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi. After taking a hiatus from film, he started a taiko group in California. In Japan, he also runs an internationally oriented group of martial arts acting schools known as the Sho Kosugi Institute. It is common for Kosugi to have his sons co-star in movies when the plot includes family relations. Films in which Kosugi's sons perform alongside their father include Black Eagle, Revenge of the Ninja, and Kabuto (aka Shogun Warrior).
Known For
6.7
Ozunu
Ninja Assassin
2009
8.2
Gali
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
1994
6.4
Larry Matsuda
Dark Society in the East
1993
0.0
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
4.6
Daigoro Mayeda
Journey of Honor
1991
6.5
The Assassin
Blind Fury
1989
4.9
Ken Tani
Black Eagle
1988
4.3
Yukinaga Konishi
Aloha Summer
1988
5.6
Shiro Tanka
Rage of Honor
1987
5.2
Spike Shinobi
9 Deaths of the Ninja
1985
Credits
Ninja Assassin
as Ozunu
2009
6.7
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
as Gali
1994
8.2
Dark Society in the East
as Larry Matsuda
1993
6.4
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
0.0
Journey of Honor
as Daigoro Mayeda
1991
4.6
Blind Fury
as The Assassin
1989
6.5
Black Eagle
as Ken Tani
1988
4.9
Aloha Summer
as Yukinaga Konishi
1988
4.3
Rage of Honor
as Shiro Tanka
1987
5.6
9 Deaths of the Ninja
as Spike Shinobi
1985
5.2
Pray for Death
as Akira Saito
1985
6.0
The Master Ninja 5
as Okasa
1985
10.0
Ninja III: The Domination
as Yamada
1984
6.1
Master Ninja II
as Okasa
1984
7.0
The Master
as Okasa
1984
5.1
Master Ninja
as Okasa
1984
4.7
Revenge of the Ninja
as Cho Osaki
1983
6.2
Enter the Ninja
as Hasegawa
1981
5.4
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
as Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)
1978
4.7
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave
1976
4.1
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave
as Suzuki (uncredited)
1976
4.1
The Godfather Part II
as Passerby in Coat with Cap Pulled Down (uncredited)
1974
8.6