Nakagawa Shoko pays her respect to her late father Nakagawa Katsuhiko

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Nakagawa Katsuhiko was a popular Japanese actor and music artist. First starring in the 1986 film adaptation of “Toki o Kakeru Shojo”, the lead character in “Superpowered Robo Garat” and released 10 singles and nine albums.

He was considered a visual kei artist of the ’80s and was known for his glamorous look.

But in 1992, Nakagawa was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. He fought hard against the disease and made a comeback nine months later, but in August 1994, the leukemia returned and he would pass away on September 17th at the age of 32.

His daughter Nakagawa Shoko was appointed to a CM campaign for the Japan Bone Bank Support Campaign in July 2018, 24 years after Katsuhiko’s death, and in the CM, Shoko talked about how she was 9 years old when her father passed away.

In a tweet on July 20th, Shoko wrote that her father would be 60 years old that day if he was alive. And how she was nine years old when he passed away. But she inherited her father’s blood and his passion for singing, acting, being a voice actor and paintings. He is looking after her from up above.

7/20は、父　中川勝彦の誕生日です
生きていたら60歳！想像できないけど

9歳のときに亡くなった父、こうして生きた証が残っていてまだたくさんの方が覚えていてくださって凄いことですね
まるでリメンバーミー！

歌や演技、声優、絵など父から受け継いだ血の運命
空からみていてね pic.twitter.com/KrxMNP5gUY

— 20周年の中川翔子🪐 (@shoko55mmts) July 19, 2022

Nakagawa Shoko also is featured in gravure on the cover of “Gekkan Young Magazine”.

月間ヤングマガジンに写真集のアナザーカットがたくさん！表紙巻頭でグラビア載ってます！
月間ヤングマガジンでしか見られないのでぜひゲットしてね✨
20周年ですごいこと、ありがたいです！ pic.twitter.com/VIYzMOPND7

— 20周年の中川翔子🪐 (@shoko55mmts) July 21, 2022

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