Kotaro Tanaka

Kotaro Tanaka

Known for
Acting
Born
December 13, 1982 (age 43)
Birthplace
Tokyo Metropolis, 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

2026
Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest poster

Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest

TV · as Tanuma · 9 eps

2026
BORDERLESS -72 Hours poster

BORDERLESS -72 Hours

TV · as Shiratori Koji · 9 eps

2026
Life in Smokey Blue poster

Life in Smokey Blue

TV · as Kuji Minoru · 10 eps

2026
Girl from Nowhere poster

Girl from Nowhere

TV · 1 ep

2025
Ignite poster

Ignite

TV · 1 ep

2025
Tokyo Water Police poster

Tokyo Water Police

TV · 2 eps

2024
Shape of My Heart poster

Shape of My Heart

Movie · as Kuma [Gay bar owner]

2024
Perfect Propose poster

Perfect Propose

TV · as Koji · 6 eps

2024
After School Doctor poster

After School Doctor

TV · as Saejima Yuji [Kei & Naoaki's father] · 2 eps

2023
Bakuryū Sentai Abarenjā 20th: Yurusa Rezaru Abare poster

Bakuryū Sentai Abarenjā 20th: Yurusa Rezaru Abare

Movie · as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer

2023
18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams poster

18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams

TV · 1 ep

2023
Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay" poster

Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay"

TV · as Kumakawa Kazuya · 1 ep

2023
Our Lawyer is a Handful poster

Our Lawyer is a Handful

TV · as Kiyokawa · 1 ep

2023
Burn the House Down poster

Burn the House Down

TV · as Tomisato · 2 eps

2023
Matchmaking Restaurant poster

Matchmaking Restaurant

TV · as Fujiwara Kaito · 1 ep

2023
Ooku: The Inner Chambers poster

Ooku: The Inner Chambers

TV · as 角南重郷(すなみ しげさと) · 10 eps

2022
京都人の密かな愉しみBlue修業中 門出の桜 poster

京都人の密かな愉しみBlue修業中 門出の桜

Movie

2022
Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ poster

Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~

TV · as Isami Kondo · 10 eps

2022
Hiru poster

Hiru

TV · as Jun'ya Sato · 12 eps

2021
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira poster

Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira

TV · as Midorikawa Ryusei · 1 ep

2020
Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacist poster

Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacist

TV · as Kōhei Masuda · 1 ep

2020
Rent a Person Who Does Nothing poster

Rent a Person Who Does Nothing

TV · 1 ep

2019
Welcome to the Surfing Office poster

Welcome to the Surfing Office

Movie · as Tatsuya Sawada

2019
The Kings of Laughter poster

The Kings of Laughter

TV · as Nezu Kosuke · 2 eps

2019
Nurse in Action! poster

Nurse in Action!

TV · as Satonaka Eiichi · 10 eps

2018
Imagination Game poster

Imagination Game

Movie · as Tsutomu Ikeuchi

2018
Ashita e no Chikai

Ashita e no Chikai

TV · 1 ep

2018
Final Cut poster

Final Cut

TV · as Shiro Kawai(河合 史郎) · 1 ep

2018
Edomae no Shun poster

Edomae no Shun

TV · as Yanagiba Kiichiro · 24 eps

2018
Harassment Game poster

Harassment Game

TV · as Matsumoto Kota · 1 ep

2016
立花登青春手控え poster

立花登青春手控え

TV · as Shinshichi · 1 ep

2016
Cold Case: Door of Truth poster

Cold Case: Door of Truth

TV · as Kashiba Kentaro (Young) · 1 ep

2016
Cain and Abel poster

Cain and Abel

TV · as Sano [Representative of "The Society for Protecting the Environment of Lake Shirakawa"] · 1 ep

2016
Medical Team Lady da Vinci’s Diagnosis poster

Medical Team Lady da Vinci’s Diagnosis

TV · as Kanda Koichiro · 1 ep

2016
Daddy Sister poster

Daddy Sister

TV · as Yamada · 156 eps

2015
農業女子“はらぺ娘”

農業女子“はらぺ娘”

Movie

2015
Seven Detectives poster

Seven Detectives

TV · as Asakura Yuji · 1 ep

2014
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out poster

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

TV · as Takashi Nagase · 1 ep

2014
Dear Sister poster

Dear Sister

TV · as Hirose [Kazuko's matchmaking partner] · 3 eps

2013
Trembling Cow poster

Trembling Cow

TV · as Kato Keita · 5 eps

2013
Tokyo Bandwagon poster

Tokyo Bandwagon

TV · as Aso [Yutaro's grandson] · 1 ep

2013
The Fortune Telling Shop, Onmyoya poster

The Fortune Telling Shop, Onmyoya

TV · as Karasawa Kazuhiko · 1 ep

2012
Keigo Higashino Mysteries poster

Keigo Higashino Mysteries

TV · as Yoichi Tamura · 1 ep

2012
Taira no Kiyomori poster

Taira no Kiyomori

TV · as Minamoto no Mitsuyasu · 50 eps

2011
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger poster

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

TV · as Mikoto Nakadai · 1 ep

2011
Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge poster

Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge

TV · as Kensuke Motoki · 1 ep

2011
Marumo's Story poster

Marumo's Story

TV · as Tatsuya · 1 ep

2010
Mesen

Mesen

Movie

2010
Absolute Zero poster

Absolute Zero

TV · as Masaya Iino · 2 eps

2010
Tough Nights of Club INDIGO

Tough Nights of Club INDIGO

TV · as Yoshida · 1 ep

2010
Majisuka Academy poster

Majisuka Academy

TV · as Iizuka Kazuhiro · 12 eps

2010
GM: General Medicine poster

GM: General Medicine

TV · as Meguro Shuhei [Izumi's ex-lover] · 1 ep

2010
Legal Eagle, First Class poster

Legal Eagle, First Class

TV · as Kanori Takuya · 1 ep

2009
An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women poster

An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women

Movie · as Keigo

2009
Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami poster

Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami

Movie

2009
Shrill Cries: Reshuffle poster

Shrill Cries: Reshuffle

Movie · as Irie Kyosuke

2009
7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe poster

7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe

TV · as Junnosuke Shiratori · 10 eps

2009
KochiKame: The TV Drama poster

KochiKame: The TV Drama

TV · as Yosuke · 1 ep

2008
Shrill Cries of Summer poster

Shrill Cries of Summer

Movie · as Kyosuke Irie

2008
Nagai Nagai Satsujin poster

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

Movie · as Ryo Aonuma

2008
God's Puzzle poster

God's Puzzle

Movie · as Sakura

2008
Daisuki!! poster

Daisuki!!

TV · as Toshiya Sasaoka · 10 eps

2008
ラブレター poster

ラブレター

TV · 1 ep

2008
The Auditor poster

The Auditor

TV · as Sato Kento · 6 eps

2006
Into the White Night poster

Into the White Night

TV · as Koga Hisashi · 11 eps

2006
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun poster

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

TV · as Tezuka Yuji · 1 ep

2005
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger VS Abaranger poster

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger VS Abaranger

Movie · as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer

2005
H2: The Days with You poster

H2: The Days with You

TV · as Hideo Tachibana · 11 eps

2005
Aikurushii poster

Aikurushii

TV · as Masaki Seto · 11 eps

2004
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger poster

Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger

Movie · as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer

2004
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World poster

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World

TV · as Oki Ryunosuke · 11 eps

2003
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold! poster

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!

Movie · as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer

2003
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger poster

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger

TV · as Mikoto Nakadai · 50 eps

2002
The Last Snow poster

The Last Snow

Movie · as Ryo Sugita

2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

TV · as Yoshida Mitsuo · 1 ep

2002
Gokusen poster

Gokusen

TV · as Watanabe [Student of Ara High School] · 1 ep

2002
Be Nice to People poster

Be Nice to People

TV · as Akira's fan · 1 ep

2001
Waterboys poster

Waterboys

Movie · as Koutarou

2000
Junk poster

Junk

Movie · as Toraji

2000
Merry Christmas in Summer poster

Merry Christmas in Summer

TV · 10 eps

1999
Emergency Room 24 Hours poster

Emergency Room 24 Hours

TV · 1 ep

1999
The Woman of S.R.I. poster

The Woman of S.R.I.

TV · as Naruo Yuya · 2 eps