Shōko Nakagawa

Shōko Nakagawa

Shōko Nakagawa (Japanese: 中川翔子 Nakagawa Shōko, born May 5, 1985 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress for the Pokémon anime and was also one of the hosts of Pokémon Sunday and Pokémon Smash, and will continue her hosting role in Pokémon Get☆TV. She is also known under the nickname, Shokotan and is famous for her extensive use of 2ch-driven language, which is known by her fans as Shokotanese (Japanese: しょこたん語 Shokotan-go).

In 2013, she wrote an autobiographical book about her experiences as a Pokémon fan and her experiences working as on Pokémon Sunday, Pokémon Smash and as a voice actress. It is titled Shōko Nakagawa: Pokémon Taught Me The Meaning of Life.

Roles on Pokémon

• Pokémon Sunday as a host
• Pokémon Smash! as a host
• Pokémon Get☆TV as a host
• Allegra
• Infi
• Peg
• Luisa
• Luis
• Keldeo
• Spiky-eared Pichu
• Sylveon (PK25)
• Millis Steel
• Mary

Musical appearances in Pokémon

• Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu! (Japanese: もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！)
• Antenna of the Heart (Japanese: 心のアンテナ)
• DreamDream (Japanese: ドリドリ)

Other non-Pokémon roles

• Suzuna (Eyeshield 21)
• Diana (Sailor Moon Crystal)

Trivia

• As part of a campaign for Pokémon Sunday, Shokotan's Tropius was available for download from various Pokémon Centers in Japan from February 2 to 12, 2007.
• The "Pikachu-colored" Pichu that was available to those who pre-ordered a movie ticket for Arceus and the Jewel of Life has Shokotan as its OT.
  • Also the Keldeo that was available to those who pre-ordered a movie ticket for M15 has Shokotan as its OT.
• In a blog entry posted on May 31, 2010, Shokotan spoke of Peg's love of Electric types and mentioned that, because of this, she wanted to capture a Zekrom. Zekrom was not officially confirmed to be part-Electric type until two weeks later.
• She is similar to Becky: both were Pokémon Sunday hosts and occasionally voiced characters on the movies.
• With the exceptional of PK25, all of her anime roles were only in movies. She does not appear in Genesect and the Legend Awakened, the film associated with the short.
• This voice actor is referred on the second Pokémon Direct, as someone who suggested early what would be the Pokémon Bank.

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