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|occupation      =[[:Category:Producers|Producer]]
|occupation      =Chairman of the Japan Institute of the Moving Image,<ref name="Chairman">{{cite web|url=https://www.eiga.ac.jp/news/20220217.html|title=富山省吾理事長が2/27放送FMヨコハマ「COLORFUL KAWASAKI」に出演（84.7MHz）|date=18 February 2022|work=Japan Institute of the Moving Image}}</ref><br>former film [[:Category:Producers|producer]], former president of [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]<ref name="Monstermaker">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla - King of Monstermaker]]|first=Shinichi|last=Wakasa|author-link=Shinichi Wakasa|date=6 October 2017|publisher=[[Yosensha]]|page=273|isbn=9784800313430}}</ref>
|birthday        =1952
|birthday        =February 27, [[1952]]
|birthplace      =[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|birthplace      =[[wikipedia:Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Japan]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[Heisei Godzilla Chronicle]]|edition=2nd|date=14 July 2014|others=Planned and supervised by [[Koichi Kawakita]]|publisher=Kinema Junpo|page=222|isbn=978-4-87376-319-4}}</ref>
|first            =''Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion'' (1985)
|first            =''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973)<ref name="Homenick">{{cite web|url=https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/19/carrying-on-godzillas-legacy-producer-shogo-tomiyama-on-guiding-the-godzilla-series-into-the-new-millennium/|title=CARRYING ON GODZILLA’S LEGACY: Producer Shogo Tomiyama on Guiding the Godzilla Series into the New Millennium!|first=Brett|last=Homenick|date=19 May 2021|work=Vantage Point Interviews}}</ref>
|notable          =''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
|notable          =''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla|Godzilla Against<br>Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
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{{Quote|This year's [[Godzilla: Final Wars]] is the last [[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]] film. But so long as [[Godzilla]] fascinates people like you, I believe he will be resurrected by new generations of filmmakers in the future.|Shogo Tomiyama in a speech accepting Godzilla's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004}}
{{Quote|it=no|''This year's'' [[Godzilla Final Wars]] ''is the last'' [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] ''film. But so long as [[Godzilla]] fascinates people like you, I believe he will be resurrected by new generations of filmmakers in the future.''|Shogo Tomiyama in a speech accepting Godzilla's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004}}
'''Shogo Tomiyama''' is a Japanese producer who oversaw every [[Toho]] [[kaiju]] film made from 1989 to 2004. Following the death of [[Godzilla]] creator [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] in 1997, the responsibility of developing the series fell to Tomiyama. He served as the president of [[Toho]] from 2004 to 2010.
'''Shogo Tomiyama''' {{Nihongo|富山 省吾|Tomiyama Shōgo}} is a [[Japan]]ese businessman and former [[:Category:Producers|producer]] who oversaw every [[Toho]] [[kaiju]] film made from [[1994]] to [[2004]]. He first entered the [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' series]] with [[1989]]'s ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'', assisting executive producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] on that and the next three films. He was specially billed as "co-executive producer" on ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) before becoming a fully-fledged executive producer with ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995). Following Tanaka's death in [[1997]], the responsibility of developing the series fell squarely on Tomiyama, who acted as the executive producer of all six entries in the [[Millennium era]]. He was also appointed as the president of [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] in [[2004]], and served until [[2010]].{{R|Monstermaker}}
 
Tomiyama is one of only four men to work as executive producer of the Japanese ''Godzilla'' films, a list which includes Tanaka, [[Minami Ichikawa]], and [[Keiji Ota]].
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==Kaiju Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989) - Associate Producer
===Producer===
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) - Producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - Producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) - Producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]'' (1994) - Producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) - Producer
===Executive producer===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) - Producer
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996) - Executive Producer
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]'' (1997) - Executive Producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) [with [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'' (1998) - Executive Producer
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) - Executive Producer
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) - Executive Producer
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998)
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) - Executive Producer
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) - Executive Producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003) - Executive Producer
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) - Executive Producer, Story (with [[Wataru Mimura]])
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)
===Miscellaneous===
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) - Special effects art assistant{{R|Homenick}}
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) - Special effects art assistant{{R|Homenick}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) - Co-executive producer
*''[[wikipedia:Iké Boys|Iké Boys]]'' (2021) - Thanks
==Selected video games==
*''[[Super Godzilla]]'' (1993) - Special thanks
*''[[Godzilla Generations]]'' (1998) - Special thanks
*''[[Godzilla: Trading Battle]]'' (1998) - Special thanks
*''[[Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact]]'' (1999) - Co-operation
==Selected bibliography==
*''[[Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters]]'' (2007) - Author ["This is How Godzilla Was Born"]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
Tomiyama_Kitamura_FinalGoji.jpg|Tomiyama with the [[FinalGoji]] suit and [[Ryuhei Kitamura]]
Tomiyama_Kitamura_FinalGoji.jpg|Tomiyama with the [[FinalGoji]] suit and [[Ryuhei Kitamura]]
Higuchi, Tomiyama, and Iwase.jpg|[[Shogo Tomiyama]] (center) with [[Shinji Higuchi]] (left) and Masao Iwase (right) at the Godzilla Cinema Concert on October 31, 2017
Higuchi, Tomiyama, and Iwase.jpg|Shogo Tomiyama (center) with [[Shinji Higuchi]] (left) and Masao Iwase (right) at the Godzilla Cinema Concert on October 31, 2017
</gallery>
</gallery>
==External Links==
==Trivia==
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/tomiya.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1995)]
*Tomiyama is the nephew of late [[Toho]] special effects cameraman [[Tokimaro Karasawa]].{{R|Homenick}}
*[http://www.henshinonline.com/archive2003.html Interview by Tetsu Nakamura (May 2003)]
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170920073428/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/tomiya.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1995, archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080919172815/http://www.henshinonline.com/archive2003.html Interview by Satoshi Nakamura (May 2003, archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124192932/http://www.henshinonline.com/archive.html Interview by Keith Aiken (November 2004, archived)]
*[https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/19/producing-godzilla-former-toho-pictures-president-shogo-tomiyama-reflects-on-the-godzilla-series/ Interview by Brett Homenick (published May 19, 2021)]
*[https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/19/carrying-on-godzillas-legacy-producer-shogo-tomiyama-on-guiding-the-godzilla-series-into-the-new-millennium/ Interview by Brett Homenick (published May 19, 2021)]
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Latest revision as of 01:33, 6 January 2024

Shogo Tomiyama
Shogo Tomiyama
Born February 27, 1952
Okinawa, Japan[1]
Occupation Chairman of the Japan Institute of the Moving Image,[2]
former film producer, former president of Toho Pictures[3]
First work Zone Fighter (TV 1973)[4]
Notable work Godzilla Against
Mechagodzilla (2002)
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“
This year's Godzilla Final Wars is the last Godzilla film. But so long as Godzilla fascinates people like you, I believe he will be resurrected by new generations of filmmakers in the future.
„ 

— Shogo Tomiyama in a speech accepting Godzilla's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004

Shogo Tomiyama (富山 省吾,   Tomiyama Shōgo) is a Japanese businessman and former producer who oversaw every Toho kaiju film made from 1994 to 2004. He first entered the Godzilla series with 1989's Godzilla vs. Biollante, assisting executive producer Tomoyuki Tanaka on that and the next three films. He was specially billed as "co-executive producer" on Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) before becoming a fully-fledged executive producer with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995). Following Tanaka's death in 1997, the responsibility of developing the series fell squarely on Tomiyama, who acted as the executive producer of all six entries in the Millennium era. He was also appointed as the president of Toho Pictures in 2004, and served until 2010.[3]

Tomiyama is one of only four men to work as executive producer of the Japanese Godzilla films, a list which includes Tanaka, Minami Ichikawa, and Keiji Ota.

Selected filmography

Producer

Executive producer

Miscellaneous

Selected video games

Selected bibliography

Gallery

Trivia

External links

References

This is a list of references for Shogo Tomiyama. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ Heisei Godzilla Chronicle. Planned and supervised by Koichi Kawakita (2nd ed.). Kinema Junpo. 14 July 2014. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-87376-319-4.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ↑ "富山省吾理事長が2/27放送FMヨコハマ「COLORFUL KAWASAKI」に出演（84.7MHz）". Japan Institute of the Moving Image. 18 February 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wakasa, Shinichi (6 October 2017). Godzilla - King of Monstermaker. Yosensha. p. 273. ISBN 9784800313430.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Homenick, Brett (19 May 2021). "CARRYING ON GODZILLA'S LEGACY: Producer Shogo Tomiyama on Guiding the Godzilla Series into the New Millennium!". Vantage Point Interviews.

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