Kotaro Shiga

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1948-08-31

Place of Birth

Hyōgo, Japan
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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.

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Acting History

2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2019
What Did You Eat Yesterday? as Goro Kakei
2019
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges as Kazuto Yufuin
2018
Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
2018
Summer Blooms as Yukio Kazama
2017
Rikuoh as Genzo Tomishima
2017
Kohaku
2017
Gintama
2017
Hirugao as Professor Sakagami
2017
Reverse as Tadashi Hirosawa
2017
Haruta & Chika as Toshio Iwai
2016
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories as Nakatsuka
2016
Sing My Life as Jirou Nakata
2015
The God of Risk as Eiichi Takarabe
2015
The Curtain Rises
2015
War of Money as 赤松大介
2014
Heisei Busaiku Salaryman
2014
Rose Color's Buko as President of Takahimaya
2014
Kiki's Delivery Service as Zoo Director
2014
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
Judge! as Karaoke Manager
2013
Mame Daifuku Monogatari
2013
OLカナのおじさん観察日記。 as 矢尾 初
2013
Au revoir l'été as City Councilor
2013
Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
2013
Flower of Shanidar
2013
Kamen Teacher as Kentaro Sugahara
2013
dinner as Hamaoka Kotaro
2012
Odayaka as Shinji
2012
Theatre 1 as Himself
2012
Hana's Lazy Meals as Hana's Father
2012
Solitary Gourmet as 店員1
2011
Antarctica as Kinnosuke Tani
2011
The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
2011
Love Come
2010
Wandering Home as Ito
2010
Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
2010
When You Love And When You Are Loved
2010
Clone Baby as Hazuki Shoichirou
2010
Steel Frame
2010
Sawako Decides as Tadao
2009
I Give My First Love to You as English Teacher
2009
Go Find a Psychic! as Mr. Saotome
2009
Tokyo Dogs as Mitsuo Suzuki
2009
Okaimono
2009
幼獣マメシバ as Shigeo Shiba
2009
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy as Shigeo Shiba
2009
The SanMei-sama: 5 seconds before they go wow.
2008
Human Comedy in Tokyo
2008
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
2008
Restaurant UFO
2008
ＮＨＫスペシャル 沸騰都市 as Narrator (voice)
2008
The SanMei-sama Spin-off: Seven quotes from the parfait old man to save you in life's pinch.
2008
The SanMei-Sama: Our Summer Wind
2007
Yellow Tears as Hayashida
2007
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth as Gotaro Naganobu
2007
Evil People as Judge
2007
The SanMei-Sama: With all due respect, i love you
2006
Ryoichi & Kiyoshi
2006
Unfair: Code Breaking
2006
The SanMei-sama: Spring is a crunchy bite!
2006
Time Limit Investigator as Tanaka-shacho
2006
Unfair as Yasumoto Masahiro
2005
Blue Swallow as Pawn Shop Owner
2005
Funky Forest: The First Contact as Minami
2005
The SanMei-sama
2004
Survive Style 5+ as Taxi Driver
2004
The Taste of Tea as Teacher Gashi
2004
極限推理コロシアム
2003
You are my only Madonna as Prof. Shingo Tatebayashi
2002
Power of Love as Kusunoki Tateaki
2001
Smap Short Films
1999
After Life as Kenji Yamamoto
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen