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*[[Kiryu]], [[Godzilla/1954|Godzilla's]] skeleton (''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'') | *[[Kiryu]], [[Godzilla/1954|Godzilla's]] skeleton (''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'') | ||
*[[Kiryu]], [[Liopleurodon]] [scrapped], [[Kamoebas]], [[Mothra/Tokyo SOS (Imago)|Mothra imago]] and [[Mothra/Tokyo SOS (Larvae)|larvae]] (''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'') | *[[Kiryu]], [[Liopleurodon]] [scrapped], [[Kamoebas]], [[Mothra/Tokyo SOS (Imago)|Mothra imago]] and [[Mothra/Tokyo SOS (Larvae)|larvae]] (''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'') | ||
*[[Impactor Radia]], [[Impactor Lucia]], [[Stiuks]], [[Bislian]]s, [[Killerdian]], [[Fedora]], [[Gadoulean]], [[Kliminelean]], [[Freed]], [[Boscheat]], [[Troius]], [[Cableon]] (''[[The Gransazers]]''){{sfn|Maruyama et al.|2021|pp=84-85}} | |||
*[[Deafrog]], [[Troydon]], [[Leogaias]], [[King Zero]], [[Twins Knight]]s, [[Devorus]], [[Scaraberes]], [[Leogaias|Leogaias II]], [[Dorag]], [[Megarion]], [[Kurogane]] (''[[The Justirisers]]''){{sfn|Maruyama et al.|2021|pp=85-86}} | |||
*[[Anguirus]], [[Rodan/Millennium|Rodan]], [[Mothra/Final Wars|Mothra]], [[King Caesar]], [[Ebirah]], [[Kumonga]], [[Kamacuras]], [[Minilla]], [[Hedorah]], [[Manda]] (''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'') | *[[Anguirus]], [[Rodan/Millennium|Rodan]], [[Mothra/Final Wars|Mothra]], [[King Caesar]], [[Ebirah]], [[Kumonga]], [[Kamacuras]], [[Minilla]], [[Hedorah]], [[Manda]] (''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'') | ||
*[[Winmira]], [[Drill-Angler]], [[Thundera]], [[Divider]], [[Black Lio]] (''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]''){{sfn|Maruyama et al.|2021|pp=86-87}} | |||
*[[New Boscheat]], [[Mammoth Boscheat]] (''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'') | |||
*God of Clay (''[[The God of Clay]]'') | *God of Clay (''[[The 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)]] (''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.GRIDMAN|SSSS.GRIDMAN]]'') | *[[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]]'') | ||
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*[https://www.tohokingdom.com/blog/shinji-nishikawa-interview/ Interview by Toho Kingdom (November 2018 to January 2019)] | *[https://www.tohokingdom.com/blog/shinji-nishikawa-interview/ Interview by Toho Kingdom (November 2018 to January 2019)] | ||
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-06-24/godzilla-designer-shinji-nishikawa-holds-1st-solo-exhibition-in-shibuya/.103488 Shinji Nishikawa holds first Solo Exhibition in Shibuya] | *[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-06-24/godzilla-designer-shinji-nishikawa-holds-1st-solo-exhibition-in-shibuya/.103488 Shinji Nishikawa holds first Solo Exhibition in Shibuya] | ||
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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 Monster King Godzilla manga that was serialized in TV Magazine.
Selected filmography
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - Biollante designer [with Atsuhiko Sugita, Noritaka Suzuki]
- Mothra vs. Bagan (1990) - Design works [unmade]
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - King Ghidorah designer
- Godzilla vs. Gigamoth (1992) - Design works [unmade]
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Hidemi Miyata, Atsuhiko Sugita, Kunio Aoi]
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Kunio Aoi, Naoshi Yasui, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hidemi Miyata]
- Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) - Mechanic design [uncredited]
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hideo Okamoto, Yuji Sakai, Hiroshi Sagae]
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Ryu Hariken]
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Satoshi Imai, Hideo Okamoto, Hideki Oka]
- Rebirth of Mothra (1996) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Hideki Oka, Ryu Hariken]
- Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) - Design works [with Minoru Yoshida, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Ryu Hariken]
- Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) - Character design [with Yasushi Torisawa]
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) - Design works [with Ryu Hariken, Yasushi Torisawa, Hideo Okamoto, Yuji Sakai] / storyboards [uncredited]
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) - Design works
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) - Design works [with Hiroshi Maruyama]
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) - Design works
- The Gransazers (TV 2003-2004) - Design works [with Fuyuki Shinada, Hideo Okamoto]
- The Justirisers (TV 2004-2005) - Design works [with Naoki Ogiwara]
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004) - Storyboards / monster design
- Super Fleet Sazer-X (TV 2005-2006) - Design works [with Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki, Minoru Yoshida]
- Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) - Design [with Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki, Minoru Yoshida] / storyboards
- Kawaii! JeNny (TV 2007) - Design works
- The God of Clay (2011) - Storyboards
- Ultraman Ginga (TV 2013) - Storyboards
- Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special (2013) - Storyboards
- Ultraman Ginga S (TV 2014) - Storyboards
- Ultraman X (TV 2015) - Storyboards
- Ultraman X the Movie (2016) - Storyboards
- Ultraman Orb (TV 2016) - Storyboards
- Ultraman Geed (TV 2017) - Storyboards
- SSSS.GRIDMAN (TV 2018) - Monster design
- Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) - Storyboards
- SSSS.DYNAZENON (TV 2021) - Monster design
- Brush of the God (2023) - Design [with Akira Takahashi]
Selected bibliography
Illustrator
- 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)
Author
- Shinji Nishikawa: Drawing Book of Godzilla (2016)
- Shinji Nishikawa Design Works (2019)
- Ultra Star God Series Completion (2021) [with various]
Designed monsters
- Biollante (Godzilla vs. Biollante) [partially]
- Mothra, Bagan (Mothra vs. Bagan) [scrapped]
- King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Dorat, Godzillasaurus (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah)
- Gigamoth (Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth, Godzilla vs. Gigamoth) [scrapped]
- Mothra Larva, Battra, MBAW-93 (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
- Rodans, White Rodan, Transforming Mechagodzilla (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II) [scrapped]
- Mechagodzilla [partially], BabyGodzilla (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II)
- Utsuno Ikusagami, Amano Shiratori, Kumasogami, Kaishin Muba, Yamata no Orochi [partially] (Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon)
- AstroGodzilla (Godzilla vs. AstroGodzilla) [scrapped]
- LittleGodzilla, SpaceGodzilla [partially], MOGUERA [partially] (Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla)
- Anguirus, Ghost Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Godzilla) [scrapped]
- Barubaroi (Godzilla vs. Barubaroi) [scrapped]
- Godzilla Junior, Super X3, CLT-95, Destoroyah [partially], G-END [scrapped] (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)
- Desghidorah, Garugaru (Rebirth of Mothra)
- Dagahra, Ghogo, Barem (Rebirth of Mothra 2)
- Aqua Mothra, Armor Mothra, Eternal Mothra, Fairy, King Ghidorah, Cretaceous King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)
- Godzilla [partially], Millennian, Millennian UFO (Godzilla 2000: Millennium)
- Megaguirus, Meganulon, Meganula, GX-813 Griffon, SGS, Dimension Tide (Godzilla vs. Megaguirus)
- Kiryu, Godzilla's skeleton (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla)
- Kiryu, Liopleurodon [scrapped], Kamoebas, Mothra imago and larvae (Godzilla: Tokyo SOS)
- Impactor Radia, Impactor Lucia, Stiuks, Bislians, Killerdian, Fedora, Gadoulean, Kliminelean, Freed, Boscheat, Troius, Cableon (The Gransazers)[1]
- Deafrog, Troydon, Leogaias, King Zero, Twins Knights, Devorus, Scaraberes, Leogaias II, Dorag, Megarion, Kurogane (The Justirisers)[2]
- Anguirus, Rodan, Mothra, King Caesar, Ebirah, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Minilla, Hedorah, Manda (Godzilla Final Wars)
- Winmira, Drill-Angler, Thundera, Divider, Black Lio (Super Fleet Sazer-X)[3]
- New Boscheat, Mammoth Boscheat (Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie)
- God of Clay (The God of Clay)
- Ghoulghilas, Mecha Ghoulghilas, Dévadadan, Anti (Kaiju Form) (SSSS.GRIDMAN)
- Agnitor (Dawn of the Monsters)
See also
External links
- Twitter account
- Interview by David Milner (December 1995)
- Interview by Toho Kingdom (November 2018 to January 2019)
- Shinji Nishikawa holds first Solo Exhibition in Shibuya
References
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Bibliography
- Maruyama, Takeshi; Taketomi, Gentaro; Yamazaki, Gigan; Akita, Hideo; Toyota, Tomohisa; Nakano, Yoo; Nishikawa, Shinji (22 February 2021). Ultra Star God Series Completion. Hobby Japan. ISBN 978-4-7986-2337-5.
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