When they cosplay together, they wear outfits according to their hair. Nakagawa generally cosplays alone, but occasionally she cosplays with fellow idols Ito Ayaka and Kyan Chiaki. Because of her love for cosplay, she has gained more fans who love to see her cosplay shoots. These outfits include mainly Evangelion, Sailormoon, and Final Fantasy. She cosplays frequently, and has sold many of her costumes at auctions. She drew an illustration of him this drawing now hangs in Chan's Hong Kong office. Nakagawa mastered Cantonese and would visit Hong Kong with her mother frequently, and even got to meet Jackie Chan by chance during one of these visits. Nakagawa is also a huge fan of Bruce Lee and kung fu movies in general, even owning a pair of pink nunchucks. She also became part of the illustrating group Jump Damashii. In 2006 she began Shokotan Quest, a series only found at that website. Many of her illustrations are available at her talent agency's profile website. When she was younger, she had wanted to grow up and become a mangaka. In 2004 Nakagawa got to be in the show Men B with her idol Katsumura and the two became like sisters. Nakagawa was chosen as one of the winners of Miss Magazine 2002, which helped to boost her popularity some. Nakagawa studied all of these to prepare for her own debut as a gravure idol. Katsumura played the pink ranger Yuri in the series, and was also a gravure idol with several photobooks and DVDs out. This started her love for sentai, and after watching Mirai Sentai Timeranger, Nakagawa wanted to become a gravure idol like Katsumura Mika. She is considered to be something of a nerd because of it. As a result of her father's influences, Nakagawa loves 80s idol music, anime, and old video games.

When she was five, she was given horror manga by her father to read, his reason being that she couldn't become an adult without reading them. Nakagawa Shoko's father was a big influence on her life. Birth Name: Nakagawa Shiyouko (中川薔子 (ながかわしようこ) - different spelling and pronounce).

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