Koji Kikkawa

is a Japanese actor and singer who portrayed Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull in Kamen Rider W. 
==Biography==
Kikkawa's family were survivors of the Hiroshima bombing during World War II, where his grandmother's inn was heavily impacted. His father was an aspiring actor who later quit to help his grandmother. As a child, Kikkawa grew up as a film and music fan, and saved up money to buy an electric guitar before he entered high school. Wanting to get scouted, he sought out Watanabe Productions and had a representative watch him perform. Aspiring to go into entertainment against his father's wishes, Kikkawa dropped out of high-school and moved to Tokyo. 
Kikkawa debuted in 1984 with his debut single "Monica" (later remade in Cantonese sung by Leslie Cheung) and he won 8 music awards in the same year. After taking a short break in 1988, he came back as a lead singer in the band Complex with Tomoyasu Hotei (former guitarist of Boøwy) and "Be My Baby" was released. Complex remained as one of the most popular bands in Japan until 1990.
After "Complex", Kikkawa released series of hit singles such as "Setsunasa O Korosenai", "Kiss Ni Utarete Nemuritai" and "Boy's Life". Kikkawa completed a "20th Anniversary Tour" at Budokan on February 1, 2005.
His single "One World," is the theme for the 2006 motion picture Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love. More recently, he had teamed up with popular Japanese DJ TWINS to release a single "Juicy Jungle". Also, DJ TWINS had released an album with remixes of several of Kikkawa's previous hits.
With this new sound-disco revisit, Kikkawa redefined himself like he does year after year. Throughout all his career, it could be considered that Kikkawa had outgrown from an idol to an artiste that explore the music boundary. He writes his own songs, produced and arranged his own albums and also played most of the instruments in it.
His albums are always different through experimenting and reinventing. It is considered without doubt that rock is his form of sound and genre. He is an icon in his own rights-be it in fashion or music. Until now, he is renowned for his live concerts-where he sounds better live-due to his dynamic showmanship & stamina.
He had just released a remix album of his old hits-titled-DISCO K2. In April 2007, a new single "BABY JANE" was released.
==Filmography==
===Film===
*Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 (2009) - Sokichi Narumi, Sokichi Narumi (A.R. World)/Kamen Rider Skull
*Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core (2010) - Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull
===Television===
*Kamen Rider W (2010) - Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull
==Discography==
*ONE WORLD (2006) - Ending Theme of Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
*Nobody's Perfect (2010) - Insert Theme of Kamen Rider W
*HEART∞BREAKER (2010) - Ending Theme to Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core (as part of the duo DaiKichi, with Maki Ohguro)
*Tsumi to Batsu to Underground (2022) - Composer and producer, ending theme to anime Fuuto PI
Category:Actors
Category:Singers