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Portrait of Kotaro Shiga

Acting

Kotaro Shiga

Career

Active from 2002 to 2019, busiest in 2009 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rikuoh
Rikuoh
GoodWatch score74/100

Characters

2

The characters Kotaro Shiga played, best-known titles first.

Kotaro Shiga as Goro Kakei
Kotaro Shiga as 湯布院 和人 / YUFUIN Kazuto

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kotaro Shiga Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.7
  • Tension
    4.1, average 5.9
  • Crime
    1.9, average 3.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Drama 6
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Slow-Paced 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Slice-of-Life Comedy 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

30 titles · average score 72
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges (2019)

TV show · as Kazuto Yufuin

Summer Blooms
Summer Blooms (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Yukio Kazama

Rikuoh
Rikuoh (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Genzo Tomishima

Hirugao
Hirugao (2017)
GoodWatch score 59

as Professor Sakagami

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Nakatsuka

War of Money
War of Money (2015)

TV show · as 赤松大介

The God of Risk
The God of Risk (2015)

TV show · as Eiichi Takarabe

Kiki's Delivery Service
Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

as Zoo Director

Kamen Teacher
Kamen Teacher (2013)

TV show · as Kentaro Sugahara

Solitary Gourmet
Solitary Gourmet (2012)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as 店員1

Hana's Lazy Meals
Hana's Lazy Meals (2012)

TV show · as Hana's Father

Sawako Decides
Sawako Decides (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tadao

2000s

18 titles · average score 69
Go Find a Psychic!
Go Find a Psychic! (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mr. Saotome

Tokyo Dogs
Tokyo Dogs (2009)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Mitsuo Suzuki

Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy (2009)

as Shigeo Shiba

I Give My First Love to You
I Give My First Love to You (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

as English Teacher

Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy (2009)

TV show · as Shigeo Shiba

Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (2007)

TV show · as Gotaro Naganobu

Unfair
Unfair (2006)

TV show · as Masahiro Yasumoto

Time Limit Investigator
Time Limit Investigator (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Tanaka-shacho

Funky Forest: The First Contact
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

as Minami

The Taste of Tea
The Taste of Tea (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

as Teacher Gashi

Survive Style 5+
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
GoodWatch score 79

as Taxi Driver

Power of Love
Power of Love (2002)

TV show · as Kusunoki Tateaki

1990s

3 titles · average score 83
After Life
After Life (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

as Kenji Yamamoto

Tokyo Notes
Tokyo Notes (1998)

as Teruo Kushimoto (curator)

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show