Sho Kosugi

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, playing usually a ninja. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi. After taking a hiatal from Film, he started a Taiko group in Kalifornien. In Japan, das er auch runs an internationally oriented group of martial arts acting schools known as the Sho Kosugi Institut.

It is common for Kosugi to have his sons co-star in movies includes when the plot family relations. Films in which Kosugi s sons perform alongside their father include Black Eagle, Revenge of the Ninja, Kabuto and (aka Shogun Warrior).