
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Funky Forest: The First Contact
as Minami
2005

The Taste of Tea
as Teacher Gashi
2004

I Give My First Love to You
as English Teacher
2009

Wandering Home
as Ito
2010

After Life
as Kenji Yamamoto
1999

Kiki's Delivery Service
as Zoo Director
2014

Sawako Decides
as Tadao
2010

Smap Short Films
2001

Summer Blooms
as Yukio Kazama
2018

極限推理コロシアム
2004

Odayaka
as Shinji
2012

Yellow Tears
as Hayashida
2007

Judge!
as Karaoke Manager
2014

Love Come
2011
Ryoichi & Kiyoshi
2006

Au revoir l'été
as City Councilor
2013

Sing My Life
as Jirou Nakata
2016

Rose Color's Buko
as President of Takahimaya
2014
Restaurant UFO
2008

When You Love And When You Are Loved
2010
TV Appearances

Unfair
as Yasumoto Masahiro
2006

幼獣マメシバ
as Shigeo Shiba
2009

Time Limit Investigator
as Tanaka-shacho
2006

Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
as Gotaro Naganobu
2007

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990

You are my only Madonna
as Prof. Shingo Tatebayashi
2003

Tokyo Dogs
as Mitsuo Suzuki
2009

Evil People
as Judge
2007

The God of Risk
as Eiichi Takarabe
2015

Kamen Teacher
as Kentaro Sugahara
2013

Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
2018

Reverse
as Tadashi Hirosawa
2017