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Show Aikawa

Acting Born May 24, 1961 Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan 267 credits

Biography

Show Aikawa is a male Japanese actor born on May 24, 1961, in Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan. His stage name is also written as 哀川翔, and he is known by alternate names including Shou Aikawa and Shoh Aik. With 265 known credits in acting, his career encompasses a variety of films ranging from V-Cinema productions to mainstream ventures. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated extensively with directors such as Banmei Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Takashi Miike.

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Career

Career overview

Show Aikawa is a Japanese actor born on May 24, 1961, in Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan. His stage name is also written in Japanese characters, and he is known by alternate romanizations including Shou Aikawa and Shoh Aik. With a career spanning numerous projects, he has accumulated 265 known credits on the Movie Database and is primarily known for his work in acting.

Throughout his career, Aikawa has starred in a wide variety of films that range from V-Cinema productions to mainstream ventures. He has also collaborated extensively with several prominent directors, including Banmei Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Takashi Miike.

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Known for

Film

Helter Skelter

as Mikio Hamaguchi

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

2024
Film

Exodus

as Eiji Busujima

Kisarazu Cat's Eye

2002
Film

Pulse

as Employee

Laramie

as Mizuki Okamoto
Film

Serpent's Path

as Nijima
Film

A New Love in Tokyo

as Jiro
Film

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

as Junko Mizuta
Film

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

as Junko Mizuta

Frequent co-stars

Ren Osugi 3 shared titles
Shirō Shimomoto 3 shared titles
Chikako Aoyama 2 shared titles
Rikiya Yasuoka 2 shared titles
Tatsuo Yamada 2 shared titles
Yukino Tobita 2 shared titles
Kōji Shimizu 2 shared titles
Kenji Takaoka 2 shared titles
Toru Minegishi 2 shared titles
Joe Shishido 2 shared titles

Career timeline

Old Car: Tento Mushi no ProposeVoice
One Last Bloom
New Eagle of DecotoraWhat Happened to Our Nest Egg!?
三代目代行
Patalliro! The Movie目を閉じてギラギラ ～一発逆転!借金人生～
Final LifeSentosha: Battle WheelsConflictUnification Of Japan 20
Unification Of Japan 17Unification Of Japan 19Unification Of Japan 15Unification Of Japan 16Unification Of Japan 18
Teddy Go!Unification Of Japan 11Unification Of Japan 14Unification Of Japan 9Unification Of Japan 10
Shot GunUnification Of Japan 8Unification Of Japan 4Unification Of Japan 6Unification Of Japan 5
ChinpiraUnification Of Japan 3Unification Of Japan 2Tiger MaskUnification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
Helter SkelterThe Locked Room Murders修羅の花道2修羅の花道The Yakuza Named Evil Part 2
目を閉じてギラギラConqueror of Shura: Final Chapter跡目奪還Conqueror of Shura 2Don's Road
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra CityAccidental KidnapperOnobori monogatariGraveyard of BrothersGraveyard of Brothers: Final Chapter
Mission To KillBrass Knuckle BoysDropZenKamen Rider G
The Quiz ShowZatoichi LiveThe Black SwindlerSS - Special StageFlying Rabbits
Yakuza: Like a DragonLife Tengoku de Kimi ni AetaraEagle of the Decotora 4: Love and Tears of the Oga Peninsula
The Black SwindlerWaruSun ScarredEagle of the Decotora 3: The Flower of Love Blooms in Shimizu PortWaru: The End
GAROTokyo ZombieThe Suspect: Muroi ShinjiThe SpecterMAKOTO
Destiny of LoveSéanceZebramanEagle of the Decotora 2: Aizu, Kitakata, and the Humanity Road!Out of This World
GozuKisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon SeriesSemi: Nakanai SemiYomigaeriEagle of the Decotora: Festival Music
Kisarazu Cat's EyeShangri-LaMuscle HeatDead or Alive: FinalDOA Final: Original Making-of Featurette
PulseShura's Barbarian King修羅のみちA Yakuza Christian: A Battle in HellJitsuroku: Hokkaidō yakuza sensō: gyakuen
Shura ga Yuku 9Dead or Alive 2: BirdsDOA 2: Original Making-Of FeaturetteShura ga Yuku 12Another Battle
Dead BeatOut - Tsumatachi no HanzaiDead or AliveDanger de mortLicense to Live
Shura ga Yuku 8Serpent's PathShura ga Yuku 7Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2Eyes of the Spider
The Peking ManShura ga Yuku 6Shura ga Yuku 4The EelOnibi: The Fire Within
Shura ga Yuku 3Prison HotelSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The LootSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau RicheRamen Fight
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.Bad Guy BeachBad Guy Beach · DirectorSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The EscapeSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
A New Love in TokyoThe Hit-and-Run Family 2Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2Like a Rolling StoneThe Lioness
Death of the Lion KingsCan you collect it? 2Bastard LAST DOWN TEN

Full filmography

  • Old Car: Tento Mushi no Propose (2024)
  • Voice (2024) as Makoto
  • One Last Bloom (2023) as Jirou Fujiwara
  • New Eagle of Decotora (2021)
  • What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? (2021) as Tenma
  • 三代目代行 (2020)
  • Patalliro! The Movie (2019)
  • 目を閉じてギラギラ ～一発逆転!借金人生～ (2019) as Kizaki
  • Final Life (2017)
  • Sentosha: Battle Wheels (2017)
  • Conflict (2017)
  • Unification Of Japan 20 (2017)
  • Unification Of Japan 17 (2016)
  • Unification Of Japan 19 (2016)
  • Unification Of Japan 15 (2016) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 16 (2016)
  • Unification Of Japan 18 (2016)
  • CONFLICT: Outbreak (2016) as Myojin
  • CONFLICT II: Conclusion (2016) as Myojin
  • Platinum Family Crest 3 (2016)
  • Platinum Family Crest (2016)
  • Platinum Family Crest 2 (2016)
  • Teddy Go! (2015) as Amano Yasuo
  • Unification Of Japan 11 (2015) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 14 (2015) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 9 (2015) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 10 (2015) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 12 (2015) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 13 (2015)
  • Deadman Inferno (2015) as Hiroya Munakata
  • Third Generation Acting Boss 4 (2015)
  • Third Generation Acting Boss 5 (2015)
  • Third Generation Acting Boss 6 (2015)
  • Unification of Japan: Compilation II — Clash of Turmoil (2015)
  • Drifter Teppei (2015)
  • Shot Gun (2014)
  • Unification Of Japan 8 (2014) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 4 (2014) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 6 (2014) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 5 (2014) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • One Third (2014)
  • Unification Of Japan 7 (2014) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Silver Spoon (2014) as Mikage Masashi
  • 借王シャッキング～華麗なる借金返済作戦～ (2014)
  • Third Generation Acting Boss (2014)
  • 25 (2014)
  • 実録 新選組 (2014) as Sakamoto Ryoma
  • Third Generation Acting Boss 3 (2014)
  • Third Generation Acting Boss 2 (2014)
  • Chinpira (2013)
  • Unification Of Japan 3 (2013) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Unification Of Japan 2 (2013) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Tiger Mask (2013) as Mister X
  • Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition (2013)
  • Unification Of Japan (2013) as Terumasa Akimoto
  • Don's Road 6 (2013)
  • Don's Road 7 (2013)
  • Chinpira 2 (2013)
  • Helter Skelter (2012) as Mikio Hamaguchi
  • The Locked Room Murders (2012) as Nonogaki Jiro
  • 修羅の花道2 (2012)
  • 修羅の花道 (2012)
  • The Yakuza Named Evil Part 2 (2012)
  • Don's Road 2 (2012)
  • Don's Road 4 (2012)
  • Don's Road 5 (2012)
  • Don's Road 3 (2012)
  • The Yakuza Named Evil (2012)
  • The Yakuza Named Evil: Final Edition (2012)
  • 目を閉じてギラギラ (2011) as Kizaki
  • Conqueror of Shura: Final Chapter (2011)
  • 跡目奪還 (2011)
  • Conqueror of Shura 2 (2011)
  • Don's Road (2011)
  • Mad Dog (2011)
  • Conqueror of Shura (2011)
  • Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010) as Shinichi Ichikawa / Zebraman
  • Accidental Kidnapper (2010)
  • Onobori monogatari (2010)
  • Graveyard of Brothers (2010)
  • Graveyard of Brothers: Final Chapter (2010)
  • The Bugs Detective (2010)
  • Mission To Kill (2009)
  • Brass Knuckle Boys (2009) as Kanna's Father
  • Drop (2009) as Detective
  • Zen (2009)
  • Kamen Rider G (2009) as Seizan Tokugawa
  • Unification of Shura (2009)
  • Black Mafia - The End (2009)
  • The Quiz Show (2008) as Kosuke Ando
  • Zatoichi Live (2008) as Zatoichi
  • The Black Swindler (2008) as Masaru Kashima
  • SS - Special Stage (2008)
  • Flying Rabbits (2008)
  • Heibon Ponch (2008)
  • CLEARNESS (2008) as Naruse
  • Eagle of Decotora 5: Kumamoto Burning Express (2008)
  • Black Mafia (2008) as Toma
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007) as Noguchi
  • Life Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara (2007)
  • Eagle of the Decotora 4: Love and Tears of the Oga Peninsula (2007)
  • The Black Swindler (2006) as Kashima Masaru
  • Waru (2006)
  • Sun Scarred (2006) as Toshiki Katayama
  • Eagle of the Decotora 3: The Flower of Love Blooms in Shimizu Port (2006)
  • Waru: The End (2006)
  • Yakuza Don (2006)
  • Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2 (2006)
  • Yakuza Don 3 (2006)
  • Yakuza Don 2 (2006)
  • GARO (2005) as Eiji Busujima
  • Tokyo Zombie (2005) as Mitsuo
  • The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005) as Keiichi Kudo
  • The Specter (2005) as Captain
  • MAKOTO (2005)
  • Tobi ga kururi to (2005) as Etsuji Takamatsu
  • Destiny of Love (2004) as Ken Osugi
  • Séance (2004) as Shinto Priest
  • Zebraman (2004) as Shinichi Ichikawa / Zebraman
  • Eagle of the Decotora 2: Aizu, Kitakata, and the Humanity Road! (2004)
  • Out of This World (2004) as Jerry Nakata
  • Making of Zebraman (2004)
  • Young Thugs: Going My Way (2004)
  • Zenidou (2004)
  • 最後の神農 (2004)
  • Gozu (2003) as Ozaki
  • Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003) as Show Aikawa
  • Semi: Nakanai Semi (2003)
  • Yomigaeri (2003) as Shuhei
  • Eagle of the Decotora: Festival Music (2003)
  • Showa Gamblers (2003)
  • Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History (2003)
  • Okite (2003)
  • Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002)
  • Shangri-La (2002) as Village Headman
  • Muscle Heat (2002) as Det. Aguri Katsuragi
  • Dead or Alive: Final (2002) as Ryô
  • DOA Final: Original Making-of Featurette (2002)
  • 修羅のみち4 北九州代理戦争 (2002)
  • 修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団 (2002)
  • Blood Brothers (2002) as Noburo
  • King of Sha-kin: Final (2002)
  • True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules (2002) as Kei Hanagata
  • 修羅のみち3 広島・四国全面戦争 (2002)
  • Pulse (2001) as Employee
  • Shura's Barbarian King (2001)
  • 修羅のみち (2001)
  • A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell (2001)
  • Jitsuroku: Hokkaidō yakuza sensō: gyakuen (2001)
  • 修羅のみち2 関西頂上決戦 (2001)
  • The Secret of Quarrel Breakthrough Number (2001)
  • Rush! (2001) as Masaya
  • Gokudo Retsuden Sakura (HANA) and Dragon (RYU) (2001)
  • Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 (2001)
  • Shura Legend: Yakuza's Hell (2001)
  • King of Sha-kin 8 (2001)
  • Chogokudo (2001)
  • 極悪　人間魚雷ブルース (2001)
  • Shura ga Yuku 9 (2000)
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000) as Mizuki Okamoto
  • DOA 2: Original Making-Of Featurette (2000)
  • Shura ga Yuku 12 (2000)
  • Another Battle (2000)
  • Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War (2000)
  • Debt King Part VII: Millennium (2000)
  • Thug Business Worker Sabu (2000)
  • Shura ga Yuku 11 (2000)
  • New Gokudo: Legend Three Dragons 2 (2000)
  • Shura ga Yuku 13 (2000)
  • Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2 (2000)
  • Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy (2000)
  • Dead Beat (1999)
  • Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai (1999)
  • Dead or Alive (1999) as Det. Jojima
  • Danger de mort (1999)
  • License to Live (1999) as Kasaki
  • Ley Lines (1999) as Ikeda
  • Nile (1999)
  • Organized Violence Bloody Honor 2 (1999)
  • Shura ga Yuku 10 (1999)
  • Debt King Part V: Project Okinawa (1999)
  • New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons (1999)
  • Organized Violence Bloody Honor (1999)
  • Organized Violence: Blood for Blood (1999)
  • The Fox with Gentle Shoulders (1999)
  • Organized Violence: Blood for Blood 2 (1999)
  • Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa (1999)
  • Shura ga Yuku 8 (1998)
  • Serpent's Path (1998) as Nijima
  • Shura ga Yuku 7 (1998)
  • Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2 (1998)
  • Eyes of the Spider (1998) as Nijima
  • The Cold-Blooded Trap (1998)
  • Let's Get Happy (1998)
  • KIZU (1998)
  • Men (1998)
  • King of Sha-kin 4 (1998)
  • Kizu Blood Apocalypse (1998)
  • Ooinaru kan bonno (1998)
  • King of Sha-kin 3 (1998)
  • The Informer (1998)
  • Chimpira Life (1998)
  • The Peking Man (1997) as Captain Shimura
  • Shura ga Yuku 6 (1997)
  • Shura ga Yuku 4 (1997)
  • The Eel (1997) as Yuji Nozawa
  • Onibi: The Fire Within (1997) as Naoto Tanigawa
  • Rainy Dog (1997) as Yuji
  • The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997) as Anjô Itsurô
  • The Rainbow Seeker 2 (1997)
  • King of Sha-kin 2 (1997)
  • The Revenge: A Visit from Fate (1997) as Anjô Itsurô
  • King of Sha-kin (1997) as Mitsuru Anzai
  • Shura ga Yuku 5 (1997)
  • Naniwa Chūshingura (1997)
  • Assault Rakugaki Fools (1997)
  • The Fighting Cook (1997)
  • Shura ga Yuku 3 (1996)
  • Prison Hotel (1996)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot (1996) as Yûji
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche (1996) as Yuji
  • Ramen Fight (1996)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble (1996) as Yuji
  • The Man with Two Hearts (1996)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero (1996) as Yuji
  • チンピラ仁義 新・極楽とんぼ (1996)
  • Shura ga Yuku 2 (1996)
  • Known As! Pissken (1996)
  • Keikoku! Nozoki ari. (1995)
  • Bad Guy Beach (1995) as Shiro Kisu
  • Bad Guy Beach (1995) Director
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape (1995) as Yûji Fujita
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist (1995) as Yûji Fujita
  • Shura ga Yuku (1995)
  • チンピラ仁義 極楽とんぼ2 (1995)
  • The Dirty One (1995) as Wang Shungo
  • Will You Die in the Chinpira Dream Chara! (1995)
  • A New Love in Tokyo (1994) as Jiro
  • The Hit-and-Run Family 2 (1994)
  • Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 (1994)
  • Like a Rolling Stone (1994)
  • The Lioness (1994) as Eiji
  • Chinpira Jingi: Gokuraku Tonbo (1994)
  • Can you collect it? Complete (1994)
  • Yokohama Bakkuretai: Natsu no Shounan jun'ai hen (1994)
  • Death of the Lion Kings (1993) as Misaki Kazuma
  • Can you collect it? 2 (1993)
  • Bastard LAST DOWN TEN (1993)
  • Ten Count (1992)
  • Can You Collect It? (1992)
  • Can You Collect It? (1992) Theme Song Performance
  • STREET KIDS: Bousou Gishiki (1992)
  • Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1991) as Junko Mizuta
  • Shabondama (1991)
  • Russian Roulette: The Last Bet (1991)
  • Summer of the Lion Kings (1991) as Masaru Matsunaga
  • Fukuzawa Yukichi (1991)
  • Scratched License (1991)
  • Danger Point: The Road to Hell (1991)
  • Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990) as Junko Mizuta
  • The Pale Hand (1990)
  • Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990) as Yutaka Nezu
  • Music Box (1989) as Sho Sinkyo
  • Nice Game (1988)
  • Dragonfly (1988) as Tsuneyoshi Mito
  • This Heartbeat (1988)
  • Best Friend (1987)