
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Sho Kosugi (born Shōichi Kosugi; June 17, 1947) is a Japanese martial artist with training in shindō jinen-ryū karate who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing a ninja. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi. After taking a hiatus from film, he started a taiko group in California. In Japan, he also runs an internationally oriented group of martial arts acting schools known as the Sho Kosugi Institute. It is common for Kosugi to have his sons co-star in movies when the plot includes family relations. Films in which Kosugi's sons perform alongside their father include Black Eagle, Revenge of the Ninja, and Kabuto (aka Shogun Warrior).

as Gali

as Passerby in Coat with Cap Pulled Down (uncredited)
1974

as Ozunu
2009

as Gali
1994

1993

as Okasa
1984

as The Assassin
1989

as Cho Osaki
1983

as Yukinaga Konishi
1988

as Ken Tani
1988

as Yamada
1984

as Akira Saito
1985

as Daigoro Mayeda
1991
as Daigoro Mayeda
1991

as Ozunu
2009

as Larry Matsuda
1993

as Daigoro Mayeda
1991

as The Assassin
1989

as Ken Tani
1988

as Yukinaga Konishi
1988

as Shiro Tanka
1987

as Spike Shinobi
1985

as Akira Saito
1985

as Okasa
1985

as Yamada
1984

as Okasa
1984

as Okasa
1984

as Cho Osaki
1983

as Hasegawa
1981

as Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)
1978

1976

as Passerby in Coat with Cap Pulled Down (uncredited)
1974
as Okasa
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