Kotaro Shiga

Biography

Kotaro Shiga (志賀 廣太郎, Shiga Kōtarō, August 31, 1948 – April 20, 2020) was a Japanese actor and theater educator who was active since the 1990s until around 2020. Kotaro was born in Hyogo, Japan. He was a part-time lecturer at Toho Gakuen College of Art, majoring in theater. He was a member of Japanese theater company Seinen-dan (青年団). He was affiliated with l'être.

Movies & TV Shows

1. After Life (1999) — Kenji Yamamoto
2. Survive Style 5+ (2004) — Taxi Driver
3. The Taste of Tea (2004) — Teacher Gashi
4. Gintama (2017)
5. I Give My First Love to You (2009) — English Teacher
6. Kiki's Delivery Service (2014) — Zoo Director
7. Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016) — Nakatsuka
8. Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005) — Minami
9. Hirugao (2017) — Professor Sakagami
10. The Brave 'Yoshihiko' (2011)
11. Solitary Gourmet (2012) — 店員1
12. What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2019) — Goro Kakei
13. Judge! (2014) — Karaoke Manager
14. Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan (2018)
15. Au revoir l'été (2014) — City Councilor
16. Haruta & Chika (2017) — Toshio Iwai
17. Summer Blooms (2018) — Yukio Kazama
18. Unfair: Code Breaking (2006)
19. Blue Swallow (2005) — Pawn Shop Owner
20. Unfair (2006) — Masahiro Yasumoto
21. Tokyo Dogs (2009) — Mitsuo Suzuki
22. Rikuoh (2017) — Genzo Tomishima
23. Sawako Decides (2010) — Tadao
24. Time Limit Investigator (2006) — Tanaka-shacho
25. Reverse (2017) — Tadashi Hirosawa
26. Antarctica (2011) — Kinnosuke Tani
27. The Curtain Rises (2015)
28. War of Money (2015) — 赤松大介
29. Rose Color's Buko (2014) — President of Takahimaya
30. Kamen Teacher: The Movie (2014)
31. Flower of Shanidar (2013)
32. Go Find a Psychic! (2009) — Mr. Saotome
33. Kamen Teacher (2013) — Kentaro Sugahara
34. Innocence, Fight Against False Charges (2019) — Kazuto Yufuin
35. Odayaka (2012) — Shinji
36. Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel (2014)
37. Theatre 1 (2012) — Himself
38. dinner (2013) — Hamaoka Kotaro
39. Wandering Home (2010) — Ito
40. Yellow Tears (2007) — Hayashida