Person

Kotaro Tanaka

Acting · Born 1982-12-13 · Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Tanaka Kotaro is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He belongs to Stardust Promotion. In 2000, he made his acting debut in the drama "Heisei Meoto Jawan: Dokechi no Hanamichi." His first movie appearance was in 2001 in the movie "Waterboys." Tanaka won the 42nd New Actor Award of the Television Drama Academy Awards for the TBS drama "Sekai no Chushin de, Ai o Sakebu" in 2004. (Source: chunyu at MyDramaList)

Known for

Filmography

2026Girl from Nowhere
2026BORDERLESS -72 HoursShiratori Koji
2026Life in Smokey BlueKuji Minoru
2026Salvation, Swallowed by the NestTanuma
2025Tokyo Water Police
2025Ignite
2024After School DoctorSaejima Yuji [Kei & Naoaki's father]
2024Shape of My Heart[Gay bar owner]
2024Perfect ProposeKoji
2023Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay"Kumakawa Kazuya
2023Our Lawyer is a HandfulKiyokawa
2023Bakuryū Sentai Abarenjā 20th: Yurusa Rezaru AbareMikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2023Burn the House DownTomisato
202318/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams
2023Matchmaking RestaurantFujiwara Kaito
2023Ooku: The Inner Chambers角南重郷（すなみしげさと）
2022京都人の密かな愉しみBlue修業中門出の桜
2022HiruJun'ya Sato
2022Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~Isami Kondo
2021Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi AkiraMidorikawa Ryusei
2020Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital PharmacistKōhei Masuda
2020Rent a Person Who Does Nothing
2019The Kings of LaughterNezu Kosuke
2019Welcome to the Surfing OfficeTatsuya Sawada
2019Nurse in Action!Satonaka Eiichi
2018Harassment GameMatsumoto Kota
2018Edomae no ShunYanagiba Kiichiro
2018Imagination GameTsutomu Ikeuchi
2018Ashita e no Chikai
2018Final CutShiro Kawai（河合史郎）
2016Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~Kashiba Kentaro [Young]
2016Cain and AbelSano [Representative of "The Society for Protecting the Environment of Lake Shirakawa"]
2016Medical Team Lady da Vinci’s DiagnosisKanda Koichiro
2016立花登青春手控えShinshichi
2016Toto Nee-chanYamada
2015農業女子“はらぺ娘”
2015Seven DetectivesAsakura Yuji
2014Dear SisterHirose [Kazuko's matchmaking partner]
2014Hanasaki Mai Speaks OutTakashi Nagase
2013Tokyo BandwagonAso [Yutaro's grandson]
2013The Fortune Telling Shop, OnmyoyaKarasawa Kazuhiko
2013Trembling CowKato Keita
2012Keigo Higashino MysteriesYoichi Tamura
2012Taira no KiyomoriMinamoto no Mitsuyasu
2011Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written ChallengeMotoki Kensuke [Store manager]
2011Marumo's StoryTatsuya
2011Kaizoku Sentai GokaigerMikoto Nakadai
2010Mesen
2010GM: General MedicineMeguro Shuhei [Izumi's ex-lover]
2010Absolute ZeroMasaya Iino
2010Legal Eagle, First ClassKanori Takuya
2010Majisuka AcademyIizuka Kazuhiro
2010Tough Nights of Club INDIGOYoshida
2009KochiKame: The TV DramaYosuke
2009Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
2009An Encyclopedia of Unconventional WomenKeigo
20097 Mannin Tantei NitobeShiratori Junnosuke
2009Shrill Cries: ReshuffleIrie Kyosuke
2008The AuditorSato Kento
2008God's PuzzleSakura
2008Nagai Nagai SatsujinRyo Aonuma
2008Shrill Cries of SummerKyosuke Irie
2008Daisuki!!Toshiya Sasaoka
2006Sailor Suit and Machine GunTezuka Yuji
2006Into the White NightKoga Hisashi
2005Aikurushii
2005Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger VS AbarangerMikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2005H2: The Days with YouHideo Tachibana
2004Crying Out Love, in the Center of the WorldOki Ryunosuke
2004Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs. HurricanegerMikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2003Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2003Bakuryu Sentai AbarangerMikoto Nakadai
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoYoshida Mitsuo
2002The Last SnowRyo Sugita
2002GokusenWatanabe [Student of Ara High School]
2002Basically NiceAkira's fan
2001WaterboysKoutarou
2000Merry Christmas in Summer
2000JunkToraji
1999The Woman of S.R.I.Naruo Yuya
1999Emergency Room 24 Hours

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