Person
Kotaro Shiga
Acting · 1948–2020 · Hyogo, Japan
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.
Known for
Solitary Gourmet
店員1
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
2011
Time Limit Investigator
Tanaka-shacho
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Nakatsuka
Tokyo Dogs
Mitsuo Suzuki
Unfair
Masahiro Yasumoto
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Goro Kakei
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
Kazuto Yufuin
Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
2018
Filmography
- 2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
- 2019What Did You Eat Yesterday?Goro Kakei
- 2019Innocence, Fight Against False ChargesKazuto Yufuin
- 2018Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
- 2018Summer BloomsYukio Kazama
- 2017RikuohGenzo Tomishima
- 2017Kohaku
- 2017Gintama
- 2017HirugaoProfessor Sakagami
- 2017ReverseTadashi Hirosawa
- 2017Haruta & ChikaToshio Iwai
- 2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesNakatsuka
- 2016Sing My LifeJirou Nakata
- 2015The God of RiskEiichi Takarabe
- 2015The Curtain Rises
- 2015War of Money赤松大介
- 2014Heisei Busaiku Salaryman
- 2014Rose Color's BukoPresident of Takahimaya
- 2014Kiki's Delivery ServiceZoo Director
- 2014Kamen Teacher: The Movie
- 2014Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
- 2014Au revoir l'étéCity Councilor
- 2014Judge!Karaoke Manager
- 2013Mame Daifuku Monogatari
- 2013OLカナのおじさん観察日記。矢尾 初
- 2013Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
- 2013Flower of Shanidar
- 2013Kamen TeacherKentaro Sugahara
- 2013Mameshiba Ichirô fûten no shibajirô
- 2013dinnerHamaoka Kotaro
- 2012OdayakaShinji
- 2012Theatre 1Himself
- 2012Hana's Lazy MealsHana's Father
- 2012Mameshiba Ichiro 3DShigeo Shiba
- 2012Solitary Gourmet店員1
- 2011AntarcticaKinnosuke Tani
- 2011Human Comedy in Tokyo
- 2011The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
- 2011Love Come
- 2010Wandering HomeIto
- 2010Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
- 2010When You Love And When You Are Loved
- 2010Clone BabyHazuki Shoichirou
- 2010Steel Frame
- 2010Sawako DecidesTadao
- 2009I Give My First Love to YouEnglish Teacher
- 2009Go Find a Psychic!Mr. Saotome
- 2009Tokyo DogsMitsuo Suzuki
- 2009Mameshiba Cubbish PuppyShigeo Shiba
- 2009Okaimono
- 2009Mameshiba Cubbish PuppyShigeo Shiba
- 2009The SanMei-sama: 5 seconds before they go wow.
- 2008Maison Ikkoku KanketsuhenMr. Ichinose
- 2008Restaurant UFO
- 2008ＮＨＫスペシャル 沸騰都市Narrator (voice)
- 2008The SanMei-sama Spin-off: Seven quotes from the parfait old man to save you in life's pinch.
- 2008The SanMei-Sama: Our Summer Wind
- 2007Yellow TearsHayashida
- 2007Hagetaka: Road to RebirthGotaro Naganobu
- 2007Evil PeopleJudge
- 2007The SanMei-Sama: With all due respect, i love you
- 2006Ryoichi & Kiyoshi
- 2006Unfair: Code Breaking
- 2006The SanMei-sama: Spring is a crunchy bite!
- 2006Time Limit InvestigatorTanaka-shacho
- 2006UnfairMasahiro Yasumoto
- 2005Blue SwallowPawn Shop Owner
- 2005Funky Forest: The First ContactMinami
- 2005The SanMei-sama
- 2004Survive Style 5+Taxi Driver
- 2004The Taste of TeaTeacher Gashi
- 2004極限推理コロシアム
- 2003You are my only MadonnaProf. Shingo Tatebayashi
- 2002Power of LoveKusunoki Tateaki
- 2001Smap Short Films
- 1999After LifeKenji Yamamoto
- 1998Tokyo NotesTeruo Kushimoto (curator)
- 1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
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