
Kotaro Tanaka
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)
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Waterboys
as Koutarou
2001

Shrill Cries of Summer
as Kyosuke Irie
2008

An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women
as Keigo
2009

Junk
as Toraji
2000

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2003

Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2004

Bakuryū Sentai Abarenjā 20th: Yurusa Rezaru Abare
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2023

The Last Snow
as Ryo Sugita
2002

Nagai Nagai Satsujin
as Ryo Aonuma
2008

Imagination Game
as Tsutomu Ikeuchi
2018

Welcome to the Surfing Office
as Tatsuya Sawada
2019
Mesen
2010

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger VS Abaranger
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2005

God's Puzzle
as Sakura
2008

Shape of My Heart
as [Gay bar owner]
2024

Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
2009
農業女子“はらぺ娘”
2015

Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
as Irie Kyosuke
2009

Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest
as Tanuma
2026
TV Appearances

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
as Mikoto Nakadai
2011
Ashita e no Chikai
2018

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger
as Mikoto Nakadai / AbareKiller
2003

Into the White Night
as Koga Hisashi
2006

Keigo Higashino Mysteries
as Yoichi Tamura
2012

Emergency Room 24 Hours
1999

Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~
as Isami Kondo
2022

Daisuki!!
as Toshiya Sasaoka
2008

18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams
2023

Final Cut
as Shiro Kawai(河合 史郎)
2018

Hiru
as Jun'ya Sato
2022

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
as Takashi Nagase
2014