Shinji Nishikawa

Shinji Nishikawa Born October 2, 1964 Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Occupation Illustrator, designer, storyboardist First work Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) Notable work Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

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)
• Deafrog, Troydon, Leogaias, King Zero, Twins Knights, Devorus, Scaraberes, Leogaias II, Dorag, Megarion, Kurogane (The Justirisers)
• 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)
• 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)

SD illustrations

Shinji Nishikawa have done several illustrastions from characters and monsters from the Godzilla franchise in the Super Deformed format. These illustrations have been used in callendars, masking tapes and more commonly in coasters.

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Calendars

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Coasters

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  Jet Jaguar, Mechagodzilla 1974 and Megalon

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  Gaira, Sanda, Type 66 Maser Cannon and Gotengo

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  Shobijin, Xilien, Hedorah and Miki Fujinomiya

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  Mothra larvae, Mothra 1992, King Ghidorah 1964 and Gigan 1972

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  Godzilla 1954, Godzilla 1962, Godzilla 1964 and Rodan 1956

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  Miana, Maina and Godzilla Earth

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  Godzilla 2016

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  Gigan 2004 and Kiryu

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  Godzilla 2000, Baragon and Godzilla 2001

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  Mechagodzilla (Noriyoshi Ohrai Poster Ver.), LittleGodzilla, Godzilla 1995 and Destoroyah

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  Godzilla 1994, Biollante, King Ghidorah 1991 and Mecha-King Ghidorah

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  Mothra 1992 larva

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  Mothra Leo

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  Aqua Mothra

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  Armor Mothra

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  Megaguirus, Godzilla 2002, Fire Rodan and SpaceGodzilla

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  Battra

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  Super Mechagodzilla

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  Showa King Ghidorah

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  Anguirus

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  Orga

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  Battra larva

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  Monster X

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  Godzilla 2019, King Ghidorah 2019, Mothra 2019 and Rodan 2019

Masking tapes

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  Godzilla: King of the Monsters theme

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See also

• Minoru Yoshida

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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