# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cary-hiroyuki-tagawa
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:00:30.072Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/cary-hiroyuki-tagawa"
name: "Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa"
slug: "cary-hiroyuki-tagawa"
description: "Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was a Japanese actor and film producer who was best known for his role as the evil shapeshifter sorcerer Shang Tsung in various works of the Mortal Kombat franchise: he first played the character in the 1995 film adaptation, and reprised it in 2013 for the television series Mortal Kombat: Legacy and in 2019 for the video game Mortal Kombat 11. He appeared as Lt. A.J. Shimamura on 15 episodes of the American television series Nash Bridges."
tagline: "Japanese actor (1950-2025)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1950-09-27"
deathDate: "2025-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump