Kotaro Tanaka
60 dramas in our catalogue
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)
Dramas
Girl from Nowhere
2026
BORDERLESS -72 Hours
as Shiratori Koji
Life in Smokey Blue
as Kuji Minoru
Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest
as Tanuma
Tokyo Water Police
2025
Ignite
2025
After School Doctor
as Saejima Yuji [Kei & Naoaki's father]
Perfect Propose
as Koji
Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay"
as Kumakawa Kazuya
Our Lawyer is a Handful
as Kiyokawa
Burn the House Down
as Tomisato
18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams
2023
Matchmaking Restaurant
as Fujiwara Kaito
Ooku: The Inner Chambers
as 角南重郷（すなみ しげさと）
Hiru
as Jun'ya Sato
Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~
as Isami Kondo
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
as Midorikawa Ryusei
Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacist
as Kōhei Masuda
Rent a Person Who Does Nothing
2020
The Kings of Laughter
as Nezu Kosuke
Nurse in Action!
as Satonaka Eiichi
Harassment Game
as Matsumoto Kota
Edomae no Shun
as Yanagiba Kiichiro
- No poster
Ashita e no Chikai
2018
Final Cut
as Shiro Kawai（河合 史郎）
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
as Kashiba Kentaro [Young]
Cain and Abel
as Sano [Representative of "The Society for Protecting the Environment of Lake Shirakawa"]
Medical Team Lady da Vinci’s Diagnosis
as Kanda Koichiro
立花登青春手控え
as Shinshichi
Toto Nee-chan
as Yamada
Seven Detectives
as Asakura Yuji
Dear Sister
as Hirose [Kazuko's matchmaking partner]
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
as Takashi Nagase
Tokyo Bandwagon
as Aso [Yutaro's grandson]
The Fortune Telling Shop, Onmyoya
as Karasawa Kazuhiko
Trembling Cow
as Kato Keita
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
as Yoichi Tamura
Taira no Kiyomori
as Minamoto no Mitsuyasu
Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge
as Motoki Kensuke [Store manager]
Marumo's Story
as Tatsuya
GM: General Medicine
as Meguro Shuhei [Izumi's ex-lover]
Absolute Zero
as Masaya Iino
Legal Eagle, First Class
as Kanori Takuya
Majisuka Academy
as Iizuka Kazuhiro
- No poster
Tough Nights of Club INDIGO
as Yoshida
KochiKame: The TV Drama
as Yosuke
7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe
as Shiratori Junnosuke
The Auditor
as Sato Kento
Daisuki!!
as Toshiya Sasaoka
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Tezuka Yuji
Into the White Night
as Koga Hisashi
Aikurushii
2005
H2: The Days with You
as Hideo Tachibana
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
as Oki Ryunosuke
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as Yoshida Mitsuo
Gokusen
as Watanabe [Student of Ara High School]
Basically Nice
as Akira's fan
Merry Christmas in Summer
2000
The Woman of S.R.I.
as Naruo Yuya
Emergency Room 24 Hours
1999