Shogo Tomiyama

Shogo Tomiyama Born February 27, 1952 Tokyo, Japan Occupation Producer, screenwriter First work Brother and Sister (1976) Notable work Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

“	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 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.

Selected filmography

Producer

• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)

Executive producer

• Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) [with Tomoyuki Tanaka]
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997)
• Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998)
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Miscellaneous

• House (1977) - Publicist
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) - Co-executive producer

Bibliography

• Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters (2007) - Author ["This is How Godzilla Was Born"]

Gallery

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  Tomiyama with the FinalGoji suit and Ryuhei Kitamura

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  Shogo Tomiyama (center) with Shinji Higuchi (left) and Masao Iwase (right) at the Godzilla Cinema Concert on October 31, 2017

External links

• Interview by David Milner (December 1995)
• Interview by Tetsu Nakamura (May 2003)
• Interview by Keith Aiken (November 2004)
• Interview by Brett Homenick (published May 19, 2021)

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