Shoot Ogawa

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Shoot Ogawa (born 1975) is a Japanese magician. He has been interested in magic from the age of 10. [1]

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He has been featured on the cover of the Magic Magazine March 2003 issue. He has also appeared on "After Dark At The Magic Castle." [2]

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2010-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "After Dark at the Magic Castle", December 16, 2006 documentary on A&E Network
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Hall of Fame". The Academy of Magical Arts.
  4. "Most Valuable Participant". Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic.