Shogen | |
Native Name: | 尚玄 |
Birth Name: | Shogen Itokazu |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1978 |
Birth Place: | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation: | actor model |
Spouse: | May J. (2022–present) |
Children: | 1 |
Shogen Itokazu , known mononymously as Shogen, is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his role as Nao Tsuchiyama in Gensan Punch,[1] which had a joint win for the Kim Jiseok award with The Rapist at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.
Shogen originally worked as a model in Paris, Milan, and London. In 2004, he returned to Japan and acted in his debut film, Bloody Snake Under the Sun, which was nominated at the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival. After this experience, he developed an interest in acting and travelled to New York for lessons.[2]
In 2018, he pitched a film idea to Brillante Mendoza at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival through mutual friend Eric Khoo. The film would later become Gensan Punch, a story inspired by his friend Nao Tsuchiyama, a Japanese boxer with a prosthetic leg.[3]
For the role, Shogen exercised five to six times a week to look like a boxer. He also used tape to tie his ankles and legs, then performed punches to imitate the movements of disabled people.[4]
Gensan Punch later premiered at the Tokyo and Busan film festivals.[5] The latter of which awarded the film the Kim Jiseok award in a joint win with The Rapist.[6]
In 2022, he starred in December, which was nominated the Kim Jiseok award at the 27th Busan International Film Festival.[7]
In 2022, he married singer May J. and they had a child in 2023.[8]
2007 | Akôkurô | Hitonari Tokashiki | ||||||
2009 | Kafoo: Waiting For Happiness | Shunichi Teruya | ||||||
Bartender | ||||||||
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler | Majima | |||||||
2011 | Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera | Teranishi | Television film | |||||
2012 | Shinobido | Tateishi Komahiko | ||||||
Actresses | Masao Endo | |||||||
The Onsen | ||||||||
The Room | Taka | |||||||
2013 | TAP: Perfect Education | Sôma | ||||||
2014 | Uzumasa Limelight | Jun Kudo | ||||||
Samurai of the Dead | Tojin X | |||||||
The Shadow Inside | Masa | |||||||
2015 | Control of Violence | Chris Elder Brother | ||||||
Tankentai no eiko | Miguel | |||||||
2016 | Lequio | Television film | ||||||
Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days | Tattooed man | |||||||
2017 | Kasagi Rock! | |||||||
Cosmetic Wars | Junichi Yamazaki | |||||||
Inumukoiri | Yurina | |||||||
High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky | Ken Okido | |||||||
High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission | Ken Okido | |||||||
Smokin' on the Moon | ||||||||
2018 | Ramen Teh | Uncredited role | ||||||
Tokyo Living Dead Idol | ||||||||
Stay | Ryu | |||||||
2019 | Okinawan Blue | Yuhi Hanashiro | ||||||
Enemy Within | Lieutenant Jack Mizuha | |||||||
2020 | Fancy | Misaki | ||||||
Come and Go | ||||||||
Joint | Jai | |||||||
2021 | Sexual Drive | Ikeyama | ||||||
Detective Chinatown 3 | ||||||||
Supagetikodo rabu | ||||||||
Intimate Stranger | Kenichi Okawa | |||||||
2022 | Bodaresu airando | |||||||
Lightning Over the Beyond | ||||||||
Anata no hohoemi | ||||||||
2023 | Everything, Everywhere | --> | 2007 | Bloody Snake Under the Sun | Ryo Yonaha | |||
2021 | Gensan Punch | Nao Tsuchiyama | ||||||
2022 | December | Katsu | ||||||
2023 | One Last Bloom | [9] | ||||||
2024 | A Day Begins | [10] | ||||||
2006 | Kaikan Shokunin | Naoki Miyadera | 10 episodes | |||||
2010 | Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō | Sho Hyuga | 1 episode | |||||
2011 | Zettai reido: Tokushu hanzai sennyu sosa | Henri | 1 episode | |||||
2012 | Anonymous Detective | Naitô | 1 episode | |||||
Harusa eika 2 | Joe Tabata | 1 episode | ||||||
2013 | Mottomo toi ginga | Television mini series
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Neo Ultra Q | Hashio | Television mini series; 1 episode | ||||||
Hard Nuts!: Sugaku Girl no jikenbo | Magellan Otsuki | Television mini series; 2 episodes | ||||||
2014 | Kurodo | 6 episodes | ||||||
Young Gouken | 8 episodes | |||||||
MOZU | ||||||||
2015 | Death Note | Raye Penber | Television mini series; 11 episodes | |||||
Samurai Sensei | Toshihiko Makimura | Television mini series; 1 episode | ||||||
Transit Girls | Ryutaro Saeki | Television mini series; 8 episodes | ||||||
2016 | Yassan: tsukiji hatsu! oishii jikenbo | Television mini series; 1 episode | ||||||
2017 | AI: Watashi to kanojo to jinkou chinou | Television mini series; 1 episode | ||||||
2023 | Sennyu Sosakan Matsushita Kohei | Machida | Television mini series--> | 2013 | Yae's Sakura | Unnamed role | 1 episode; Taiga drama | [11] |