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|name        =Shinji Nishikawa
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|caption      =Nishikawa in 2015
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|birthday    =October 2, 1964
|birthday    =October 2, 1964
|birthplace  =[[Kyoto]], [[Japan]]
|birthplace  =[[Kyoto]], Kyoto, [[Japan]]
|occupation    =[[:Category:Artists|Artist]]
|occupation    =[[:Category:Artists|Illustrator]], designer, storyboardist
|first        =''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
|first        =''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
|notable      =''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
|notable      =''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
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'''Shinji Nishikawa''' {{Nihongo|西川伸司|Nishikawa Shinji}}, also known by the pen name '''MASH''',  is a [[Japan]]ese artist. Nishikawa has worked as a designer on the majority of the [[Heisei era|Heisei]] and [[Millennium era|Millennium]] [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] films, starting with ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' in 1989. In addition, Nishikawa has worked on non-Godzilla tokusatsu projects such as the Toho film ''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'', and several recent entries in [[Tsuburaya Productions]]' [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Series|Ultra Series]]. Nishikawa has also illustrated Godzilla-related manga, such as ''Godzilla: Legend'' and the ongoing ''Monster King Godzilla'' manga that is serialized in ''TV Magazine''.  
'''Shinji Nishikawa''' {{Nihongo|西川 伸司|Nishikawa Shinji}}, also known by the pen name '''MASH''',  is a [[Japan]]ese artist. Nishikawa has worked as a designer on the majority of the [[Heisei era|Heisei]] and [[Millennium era|Millennium]] [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] films, starting with ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' in 1989. In addition, Nishikawa has worked on non-Godzilla tokusatsu projects such as Toho's ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' trilogy, and several recent entries in [[Tsuburaya Productions]]' [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Series|''Ultra'' series]]. Nishikawa has also illustrated Godzilla-related manga, such as ''Godzilla: Legend'' and the ongoing ''Monster King Godzilla'' manga that is serialized in ''TV Magazine''.  
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989) - [[Biollante]] designer [with Atsuhiko Sugita, Noritaka Suzuki]
*''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'' (1990) [unmade]
*''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'' (1990) - Design works [unmade]
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) - [[King Ghidorah/Heisei|King Ghidorah]] designer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'' (1992) [unmade]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'' (1992) - Design works [unmade]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - Design works [with [[Minoru Yoshida]], [[Hurricane Ryu Hariken|Hidemi Miyata]], Atsuhiko Sugita, Kunio Aoi]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Kunio Aoi, Naoshi Yasui, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hidemi Miyata]
*''[[Monster Planet of Godzilla]]'' (1994)
*''[[Monster Planet of Godzilla]]'' (1994) - Mechanic design [uncredited]
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hideo Okamoto, [[Yuji Sakai]], Hiroshi Sagae]
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Ryu Hariken]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Satoshi Imai, Hideo Okamoto, Hideki Oka]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'' (1998)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Hideki Oka, Ryu Hariken]
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]'' (1997) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Ryu Hariken]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'' (1998) - Character design [with Yasushi Torisawa]
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) - Design works [with Ryu Hariken, Yasushi Torisawa, Hideo Okamoto, Yuji Sakai] / Storyboards [uncredited]
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) - Design works
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004)
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) - Design works [with Hiroshi Maruyama]
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006)
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003) - Design works
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007)
*''[[The Gransazers]]'' (TV 2003-2004) - Design works [with [[Fuyuki Shinada]], Hideo Okamoto]
*''[[The God of Clay]]'' (2011)
*''[[The Justirisers]]'' (TV 2004-2005) - Design works [with Naoki Ogiwara]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga (series)|Ultraman Ginga]]'' (TV 2013)
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) - Storyboards / Monster design
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special|Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special]]'' (2013)
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006) - Design works [with Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki, Minoru Yoshida]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga S|Ultraman Ginga S]]'' (TV 2014)
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005) - Design [with Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki, Minoru Yoshida] / Storyboards
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman X (series)|Ultraman X]]'' (TV 2015)
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007) - Design works
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman X The Movie: Here Comes! Our Ultraman|Ultraman X the Movie]]'' (2016)
*''[[The God of Clay]]'' (2011) - Storyboards
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Orb (series)|Ultraman Orb]]'' (TV 2016)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga (series)|Ultraman Ginga]]'' (TV 2013) - Storyboards
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.GRIDMAN|SSSS.GRIDMAN]]'' (TV 2018)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special|Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special]]'' (2013) - Storyboards
==Illustrating Credits==
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga S|Ultraman Ginga S]]'' (TV 2014) - Storyboards
*''[[Godzilla: Legend]]''
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman X (series)|Ultraman X]]'' (TV 2015) - Storyboards
*''[[Monster King Godzilla (manga)|Monster King Godzilla]]''
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman X The Movie: Here Comes! Our Ultraman|Ultraman X the Movie]]'' (2016) - Storyboards
*''Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure''
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Orb (series)|Ultraman Orb]]'' (TV 2016) - Storyboards
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Geed (series)|Ultraman Geed]]'' (TV 2017) - Storyboards
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.GRIDMAN|SSSS.GRIDMAN]]'' (TV 2018) - Monster design
==Illustrating credits==
*''[[Godzilla: Legend]]'' (1987)
*''Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure'' (2007-2008)
*''Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure Neo'' (2009-2010)
*''Mega Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier'' (2013-2015)
*''[[Monster King Godzilla (manga)|Monster King Godzilla]]'' (2016-)
==Books==
==Books==
*''[[Shinji Nishikawa: Drawing Book of Godzilla]]''
*''[[Shinji Nishikawa: Drawing Book of Godzilla]]'' (2016) - Author
==Designed monsters==
==Designed monsters==
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*[[Biollante]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'') [partially]
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*[[Mothra]], [[Bagan]] (''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'') [scrapped]
*[[Biollante]] (partially)
*[[King Ghidorah/Heisei|King Ghidorah]], [[Mecha-King Ghidorah]], [[Dorat]], [[Godzillasaurus]] (''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'')
*[[Mothra]] (''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'')
*[[Gigamoth]] (''[[Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'') [scrapped]
*[[Bagan]] (partially)
*[[Mothra/Heisei|Mothra Larva]], [[Battra]], [[MBAW-93]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'')
*[[Meganulon]] (unused concept art from 1991)
*[[Rodan/Heisei|Rodans]], [[White Rodan]], [[Transforming Mechagodzilla]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (early drafts)|Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'') [scrapped]
*[[Godzillasaurus]]
*[[Mechagodzilla/Heisei|Mechagodzilla]] [partially], [[Godzilla Junior|BabyGodzilla]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'')
*[[Dorat]]
*[[Utsuno Ikusagami]], [[Amano Shiratori]], [[Kumasogami]], [[Kaishin Muba]], [[Yamata no Orochi]] [partially] (''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'')
*[[King Ghidorah/Heisei|King Ghidorah]] / [[Mecha-King Ghidorah]] (''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'')
*''[[AstroGodzilla]]'' (''[[Godzilla vs. AstroGodzilla]]'') [scrapped]
*[[Gigamoth]] / [[Battra]]
*[[Godzilla Junior|LittleGodzilla]], [[SpaceGodzilla]] [partially], [[MOGUERA]] [partially] (''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'')
*[[Godzilla Junior|BabyGodzilla / LittleGodzilla / Godzilla Junior]]
*[[Anguirus]], [[Ghost Godzilla]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Godzilla]]'') [scrapped]
*[[Transforming Mechagodzilla]] / [[Mechagodzilla/Heisei|Mechagodzilla]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'')
*[[Barubaroi]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Barubaroi]]'') [scrapped]
*[[Fairy Mothra]]
*[[Godzilla Junior]], [[Super X3]], [[CLT-95]], [[Destoroyah]] [partially], [[G-END]] [scrapped] (''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'')
*[[Rodan/Heisei|Rodan]] (''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'') [partially]
*[[Desghidorah]], [[Garugaru]] (''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'')
*[[MOGUERA]] (partially)
*[[Dagahra]], [[Ghogo]], [[Barem]] (''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]'')
*[[AstroGodzilla]] / [[SpaceGodzilla]] (partially)
*[[Mothra Leo|Aqua Mothra, Armor Mothra, Eternal Mothra]], [[Fairy Mothra|Fairy]], [[King Ghidorah/Rebirth of Mothra III|King Ghidorah, Cretaceous King Ghidorah]] (''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'')
*[[Utsuno Ikusagami]]
*[[Godzilla/Godzilla 2000|Godzilla]] [partially], [[Millennian]], [[Millennian UFO]] (''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'')
*[[Amano Shiratori]]
*[[Megaguirus]], [[Meganulon]], [[Meganulon#Meganula|Meganula]], [[GX-813 Griffon]], SGS, [[Dimension Tide]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'')
*[[Kumasogami]]
*[[Kiryu]], [[Godzilla/1954|Godzilla's]] skeleton (''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'')
*[[Kaishin Muba]]
*[[Kiryu]], [[Liopleurodon]] [scrapped], [[Kamoebas]], [[Mothra/Tokyo S.O.S. (Imago)|Mothra imago]] and [[Mothra/Tokyo S.O.S. (Larvae)|larvae]] (''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'')
*[[Yamata no Orochi]] (''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'')
*[[Anguirus]], [[Rodan/Millennium|Rodan]], [[Mothra/Final Wars|Mothra]], [[King Caesar]], [[Ebirah]], [[Kumonga]], [[Kamacuras]], [[Minilla]], [[Hedorah]], [[Manda]] (''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'')
*[[Anguirus]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Godzilla]]'')
*God of Clay (''The God of Clay'')
*[[G-END]]
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ghoulghilas|Ghoulghilas]], [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ghoulghilas|Mecha Ghoulghilas]], [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dévadadan|Dévadadan]], [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Anti|Anti (Kaiju Form)]] (''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.GRIDMAN|SSSS.GRIDMAN]]'')
*[[Ghost Godzilla]] / [[Barubaroi]] / [[Destoroyah]] (partially)
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*[[Mothra Leo]], Aqua Mothra, Light Speed Mothra, Armor Mothra
*[[Desghidorah]]
*[[Garugaru]]
*[[Dagahra]]
*[[Ghogo]]
*[[Barem]]
*[[King Ghidorah/Rebirth of Mothra III|Modern Type King Ghidorah / Cretaceous King Ghidorah]]
*[[Primitive Mothra]]
*[[Godzilla/Godzilla 2000|Godzilla (''Godzilla 2000: Millennium'')]] [partially]
*[[Orga]] and [[Millennian]] (partially)
*[[Megaguirus]]
*[[Meganulon]] / [[Meganulon#Meganula|Meganula]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'')
*[[Kiryu]]
*[[Godzilla/1954|Godzilla's]] skeleton
*[[Liopleurodon]] / [[Kamoebas]] (''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'')
*[[Mothra/Tokyo S.O.S. (Imago)|Mothra imago]] and [[Mothra/Tokyo S.O.S. (Larvae)|larvae]] (''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'')
*[[Mothra/Final Wars|Mothra]], [[Minilla]], [[Anguirus]], [[King Caesar]], [[Hedorah]], [[Rodan/Millennium|Rodan]], [[Manda]], [[Kamacuras]], [[Ebirah]], [[Kumonga]] (''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'')
*God of Clay
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ghoulghilas|Ghoulghilas]]
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ghoulghilas|Mecha Ghoulghilas]]
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dévadadan|Dévadadan]]
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Anti|Anti (Kaiju Form)]]
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Minoru Yoshida]]
*[[Minoru Yoshida]]
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Shinji Nishikawa
Nishikawa in 2015
Born October 2, 1964
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Occupation Illustrator, designer, storyboardist
First work Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Notable work Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
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Shinji Nishikawa (西川 伸司,   Nishikawa Shinji), also known by the pen name MASH, is a Japanese artist. Nishikawa has worked as a designer on the majority of the Heisei and Millennium Godzilla films, starting with Godzilla vs. Biollante in 1989. In addition, Nishikawa has worked on non-Godzilla tokusatsu projects such as Toho's Rebirth of Mothra trilogy, and several recent entries in Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra series. Nishikawa has also illustrated Godzilla-related manga, such as Godzilla: Legend and the ongoing Monster King Godzilla manga that is serialized in TV Magazine.

Selected filmography

Illustrating credits

  • Godzilla: Legend (1987)
  • Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure (2007-2008)
  • Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure Neo (2009-2010)
  • Mega Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier (2013-2015)
  • Monster King Godzilla (2016-)

Books

Designed monsters

See also

External links

Staff members
 
Directors
Drama directors
Adam Wingard • Daisuke Sato • Ernest Schoedsack • Eugène Lourié • Gareth Edwards • Hideaki Anno • Hirochika Muraishi • Hiroto Yokokawa • Hiroyuki Seshita • Ishiro Honda • John Guillermin • Jordan Vogt-Roberts • Jun Fukuda • Kazuhiro Nakagawa • Kazuki Omori • Kensho Yamashita • Kimiyoshi Yasuda • Kiyotaka Taguchi‎‎ • Kobun Shizuno • Koji Hashimoto • Kunio Miyoshi • Masaaki Hisamatsu • Masaaki Tezuka • Masaji Nonagase • Merian C. Cooper • Michael Dougherty • Minoru Kawasaki • Motoyoshi Oda • Noriaki Yuasa • Okihiro Yoneda • Peter Jackson • Roland Emmerich • Ryuhei Kitamura • Ryuichi Ichino • Shinji Higuchi • Shinpei Hayashiya • Shizuo Nakajima • Shusuke Kaneko • Takao Okawara • Takashi Miike • Takashi Yamazaki • Takeshi Yagi • Takuya Uenishi • Tomoo Haraguchi • Tokuzo Tanaka • Willis O'Brien • Yoshikazu Ishii • Yoshimitsu Banno • Yusuke Ishida
Effects directors
Assistant directors
 
Artists
Production designers
Illustrators
Propmakers

 
 
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