Shogo Tomiyama

Shogo Tomiyama Born February 27, 1952 Okinawa, Japan Occupation Chairman of the Japan Institute of the Moving Image, former film producer, former president of Toho Pictures First work Zone Fighter (TV 1973) 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 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.

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

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

Executive producer

• Reiko, 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

• Zone Fighter (TV 1973) - Special effects art assistant
• Submersion of Japan (1973) - Special effects art assistant
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) - Co-executive producer
• Iké Boys (2021) - Thanks

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

Trivia

• Tomiyama is the nephew of late Toho special effects cameraman Tokimaro Karasawa.

External links

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

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