# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sho-kosugi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:07:56.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sho-kosugi"
name: "Sho Kosugi"
slug: "sho-kosugi"
description: "Sho Kosugi  is a Japanese actor, martial artist and writer with extensive training in Shindō jinen-ryū Karate, Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo, Aikido and Ninjutsu. A former All Japan Karate Champion, he gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, often playing ninjas. He starred in a trilogy of martial arts ninja films produced by Cannon Films, before starring in the primetime television series The Master. His work helped establish ninjas in popular culture, leading to a \"ninja boom\" or \"ninjamania\" during the early-to-mid-1980s."
tagline: "Japanese actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sho_Kosugi.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.81
  momentum:             4.085817599372013
  historical:           18.58293733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467563/"
    handle:    "nm0467563"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://shokosugi.net/shopro"
sources:
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    title: "ایس ایچ او کوسوگی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Kosugi"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Шо Косуґі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "شو كوسوجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%8C"
    title: "شو کوساقی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8"
    title: "Шо Косуги"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Kosugi"
    title: "Shō Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Kosugi"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Kosugi"
    title: "Shō Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "شو کوسوگی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Kosugi"
    title: "Shō Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Kosugi"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Kosugi"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Kosugi"
    title: "Shō Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AE"
    title: "ショー・コスギ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%87%BC_%EC%BD%94%EC%8A%A4%EA%B8%B0"
    title: "쇼 코스기"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Kosugi"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Kosugi"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Kosugi"
    title: "Shō Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Kosugi"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D1%91"
    title: "Косуги, Сё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99846"
    title: "Sho Kosugi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump