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.

Known For

Solitary Gourmet

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Time Limit Investigator

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Steel Frame

The Brave 'Yoshihiko'

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Innocence, Fight Against False Charges

All Movies (50)

• Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special2025
• Summer Blooms2018 · as Yukio Kazama
• Kohaku2017
• Gintama2017
• Hirugao2017 · as Professor Sakagami
• Haruta & Chika2017 · as Toshio Iwai
• Sing My Life2016 · as Jirou Nakata
• The Curtain Rises2015
• Rose Color's Buko2014 · as President of Takahimaya
• Kiki's Delivery Service2014 · as Zoo Director
• Kamen Teacher: The Movie2014
• Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel2014
• Au revoir l'été2014 · as City Councilor
• Judge!2014 · as Karaoke Manager
• Mame Daifuku Monogatari2013
• Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special2013
• Flower of Shanidar2013
• Mameshiba Ichirô fûten no shibajirô2013
• Odayaka2012 · as Shinji
• Theatre 12012 · as Himself
• Mameshiba Ichiro 3D2012 · as Shigeo Shiba
• Human Comedy in Tokyo2011
• Love Come2011
• Wandering Home2010 · as Ito
• Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo2010
• When You Love And When You Are Loved2010
• Sawako Decides2010 · as Tadao
• I Give My First Love to You2009 · as English Teacher
• Go Find a Psychic!2009 · as Mr. Saotome
• Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy2009 · as Shigeo Shiba
• Okaimono2009
• The SanMei-sama: 5 seconds before they go wow.2009
• Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen2008 · as Mr. Ichinose
• Restaurant UFO2008
• 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 Wind2008
• Yellow Tears2007 · as Hayashida
• The SanMei-Sama: With all due respect, i love you2007
• Ryoichi & Kiyoshi2006
• Unfair: Code Breaking2006
• The SanMei-sama: Spring is a crunchy bite!2006
• Blue Swallow2005 · as Pawn Shop Owner
• Funky Forest: The First Contact2005 · as Minami
• The SanMei-sama2005
• Survive Style 5+2004 · as Taxi Driver
• The Taste of Tea2004 · as Teacher Gashi
• 極限推理コロシアム2004
• Smap Short Films2001
• After Life1999 · as Kenji Yamamoto
• Tokyo Notes1998 · as Teruo Kushimoto (curator)

All TV Shows (28)

• What Did You Eat Yesterday?2019 · as Goro Kakei
• Innocence, Fight Against False Charges2019 · as Kazuto Yufuin
• Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan2018
• Rikuoh2017 · as Genzo Tomishima
• Reverse2017 · as Tadashi Hirosawa
• Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories2016 · as Nakatsuka
• The God of Risk2015 · as Eiichi Takarabe
• War of Money2015 · as 赤松大介
• Heisei Busaiku Salaryman2014
• OLカナのおじさん観察日記。2013 · as 矢尾 初
• Kamen Teacher2013 · as Kentaro Sugahara
• dinner2013 · as Hamaoka Kotaro
• Hana's Lazy Meals2012 · as Hana's Father
• Solitary Gourmet2012 · as 店員1
• Antarctica2011 · as Kinnosuke Tani
• The Brave 'Yoshihiko'2011
• Clone Baby2010 · as Hazuki Shoichirou
• Steel Frame2010
• Tokyo Dogs2009 · as Mitsuo Suzuki
• 幼獣マメシバ2009 · as Shigeo Shiba
• ＮＨＫスペシャル 沸騰都市2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth2007 · as Gotaro Naganobu
• Evil People2007 · as Judge
• Time Limit Investigator2006 · as Tanaka-shacho
• Unfair2006 · as 安本正広
• You are my only Madonna2003 · as Prof. Shingo Tatebayashi
• Power of Love2002 · as Kusunoki Tateaki
• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990