Kotaro Shiga
Birthday
1948/08/31
Day of death
2020/04/20 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hyōgo, Japan
Also know as
Kôtarô Shiga, Kōtarō Shiga, Koutarou Shiga, しが こうたろう, 志賀 廣太郎
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.
Acting
(2005) Funky Forest: The First Contact
as Minami
(2004) The Taste of Tea
as Teacher Gashi
(2009) I Give My First Love to You
as English teacher
(2010) Wandering Home
as Ito
(1999) After Life
as Kenji Yamamoto
(2014) Kiki's Delivery Service
as Zoo Director
(2010) Sawako Decides
as Tadao
(2001) Smap Short Films
as ---
(2018) Summer Blooms
as Yukio Kazama
(2004) 極限推理コロシアム
as ---
(2012) Odayaka
as Shinji
(2007) Yellow Tears
as Hayashida
(2014) Judge!
as Karaoke Manager
(2011) Love Come
as ---
(2006) Ryoichi & Kiyoshi
as ---
(2013) Au revoir l'été
as City Councilor
(2016) Sing My Life
as Jirou Nakata
(2014) Rose Color's Buko
as President of Takahimaya
(2008) Restaurant UFO
as ---
(2010) When You Love And When You Are Loved
as ---
(2017) Haruta & Chika
as Toshio Iwai
(2014) Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
as ---
(2017) Gintama
as ---
(2004) Survive Style 5+
as Taxi Driver
(2010) Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
as ---
(2014) Kamen Teacher: The Movie
as ---
(2023) Human Comedy in Tokyo
as ---
(2012) Theatre 1
as Himself
(2017) Kohaku
as ---
(2013) Flower of Shanidar
as ---
(2013) Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
as ---
(2008) Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
as ---
(2017) Hirugao
as Professor Sakagami
(2009) Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
as Shigeo Shiba
(2009) Go Find a Psychic!
as Mr. Saotome
(2015) The Curtain Rises
as ---
(2006) Unfair: Code Breaking
as ---
(2009) Okaimono
as ---
(2009) The SanMei-sama: 5 seconds before they go wow.
as ---
(2008) The SanMei-sama Spin-off: Seven quotes from the parfait old man to save you in life's pinch.
as ---
(2008) The SanMei-Sama: Our Summer Wind
as ---
(2007) The SanMei-Sama: With all due respect, i love you
as ---
(2006) The SanMei-sama: Spring is a crunchy bite!
as ---
(2005) The SanMei-sama
as ---
(2006) Unfair
as Yasumoto Masahiro
(2009) 幼獣マメシバ
as Shigeo Shiba
(2006) Time Limit Investigator
as Tanaka-shacho
(2007) Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
as Gotaro Naganobu
(1990) Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
as ---
(2003) You are my only Madonna
as Prof. Shingo Tatebayashi
(2009) Tokyo Dogs
as Mitsuo Suzuki
(2007) Evil People
as Judge
(2015) The God of Risk
as Eiichi Takarabe
(2013) Kamen Teacher
as Kentaro Sugahara
(2018) Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
as ---
(2017) Reverse
as Tadashi Hirosawa
(2014) Heisei Busaiku Salaryman
as ---
(2012) Solitary Gourmet
as 店員1
(2017) Rikuoh
as Genzo Tomishima
(2010) Clone Baby
as Hazuki Shoichirou
(2013) dinner
as Hamaoka Kotaro
(2011) Antarctica
as Kinnosuke Tani
(2019) Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
as Kazuto Yufuin
(2012) Hana's Lazy Meals
as Hana's Father
(2015) War of Money
as 赤松大介
(2013) OLカナのおじさん観察日記。
as 矢尾 初
(2019) What Did You Eat Yesterday?
as Goro Kakei
(2008) ＮＨＫスペシャル 沸騰都市
as Narrator (voice)
(2010) Steel Frame
as ---
(2011) The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
as ---
(2002) Power of Love
as Kusunoki Tateaki
(2016) Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Nakatsuka