Acting
Sho Kosugi
Also Known As: 小杉正一, ショー・コスギ, شو کوسوگی
Birth Date
June 17, 1948
(78 years old)
Place of Birth
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
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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).
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The Godfather Part II
Passerby in Coat with Cap Pulled Down (uncredited)
1974
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
Gali
1994 • 2 episodes
Ninja Assassin
Ozunu
2009
Blind Fury
The Assassin
1989
The Master
Okasa
1984 • 13 episodes
Black Eagle
Ken Tani
1988
Revenge of the Ninja
Cho Osaki
1983
Ninja III: The Domination
Yamada
1984
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993 • 23 episodes
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)
1978
Master Ninja II
Okasa
1984
Master Ninja
Okasa
1984
Dark Society in the East
Larry Matsuda
1993
9 Deaths of the Ninja
Spike Shinobi
1985
Pray for Death
Akira Saito
1985
Rage of Honor
Shiro Tanka
1987
Journey of Honor
Daigoro Mayeda
1991
The Master Ninja 5
Okasa
1985
Enter the Ninja
Hasegawa
1981
The Best of the Martial Arts Films
Self
1990