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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 13, 1982
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- Koutarou Tanaka
Kotaro Tanaka
1.3 Popularity
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)
Known For
6.0
Tokyo Water Police
2025
7.7
Ignite
2025
6.8
Saejima Yuji [Kei & Naoaki's father]
After School Doctor
2024
4.0
[Gay bar owner]
Shape of My Heart
2024
7.6
Koji
Perfect Propose
2024
6.2
Kumakawa Kazuya
Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay"
2023
7.8
Kiyokawa
Our Lawyer is a Handful
2023
7.9
Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
Bakuryū Sentai Abarenjā 20th: Yurusa Rezaru Abare
2023
7.2
Tomisato
Burn the House Down
2023
9.5
18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams
2023
Credits
Tokyo Water Police
2025
6.0
Ignite
2025
7.7
After School Doctor
as Saejima Yuji [Kei & Naoaki's father]
2024
6.8
Shape of My Heart
as [Gay bar owner]
2024
4.0
Perfect Propose
as Koji
2024
7.6
Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay"
as Kumakawa Kazuya
2023
6.2
Our Lawyer is a Handful
as Kiyokawa
2023
7.8
Bakuryū Sentai Abarenjā 20th: Yurusa Rezaru Abare
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2023
7.9
Burn the House Down
as Tomisato
2023
7.2
18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams
2023
9.5
Matchmaking Restaurant
as Fujiwara Kaito
2023
7.5
Hiru
as Jun'ya Sato
2022
6.2
Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~
as Isami Kondo
2022
6.0
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
as Midorikawa Ryusei
2021
10.0
Unsung Cinderella, Midori, The Hospital Pharmacist
as Kōhei Masuda
2020
7.6
Rent a Person Who Does Nothing
2020
7.5
The Kings of Laughter
as Nezu Kosuke
2019
0.0
Welcome to the Surfing Office
as Tatsuya Sawada
2019
0.0
Nurse in Action!
as Satonaka Eiichi
2019
0.0
Harassment Game
as Matsumoto Kota
2018
7.0
Edomae no Shun
as Yanagiba Kiichiro
2018
0.0
Imagination Game
as Tsutomu Ikeuchi
2018
5.3
🎬
Ashita e no Chikai
2018
0.0
Final Cut
as Shiro Kawai（河合 史郎）
2018
0.0
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
as Kashiba Kentaro [Young]
2016
7.9
Cain and Abel
as Sano [Representative of "The Society for Protecting the Environment of Lake Shirakawa"]
2016
7.0
Medical Team Lady da Vinci’s Diagnosis
as Kanda Koichiro
2016
7.0
立花登青春手控え
as Shinshichi
2016
0.0
Toto Nee-chan
as Yamada
2016
8.5
🎬
農業女子“はらぺ娘”
2015
0.0
Seven Detectives
as Asakura Yuji
2015
7.4
Dear Sister
as Hirose [Kazuko's matchmaking partner]
2014
7.8
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
as Takashi Nagase（永瀬 崇）
2014
6.7
Tokyo Bandwagon
as Aso [Yutaro's grandson]
2013
8.0
The Fortune Telling Shop, Onmyoya
as Karasawa Kazuhiko
2013
0.0
Trembling Cow
as Kato Keita
2013
0.0
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
as Yoichi Tamura
2012
6.7
Taira no Kiyomori
as Minamoto no Mitsuyasu
2012
8.0
Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge
as Motoki Kensuke [Store manager]
2011
6.8
Marumo's Story
as Tatsuya
2011
8.0
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
as Mikoto Nakadai
2011
7.3
🎬
Mesen
2010
7.0
GM: General Medicine
as Meguro Shuhei [Izumi's ex-lover]
2010
7.0
Absolute Zero
as Masaya Iino
2010
8.0
Legal Eagle, First Class
as Kanori Takuya
2010
4.7
Majisuka Academy
as Iizuka Kazuhiro
2010
7.5
🎬
Tough Nights of Club INDIGO
as Yoshida
2010
0.0
KochiKame: The TV Drama
as Yosuke
2009
1.0
Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
2009
0.0
An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women
as Keigo
2009
3.5
7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe
as Shiratori Junnosuke
2009
0.0
Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
as Irie Kyosuke
2009
5.8
The Auditor
as Sato Kento
2008
0.0
God's Puzzle
as Sakura
2008
6.1
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
as Ryo Aonuma
2008
6.6
Shrill Cries of Summer
as Kyosuke Irie
2008
5.4
Daisuki!!
as Toshiya Sasaoka
2008
7.5
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Tezuka Yuji
2006
6.7
Into the White Night
as Koga Hisashi
2006
7.4
Aikurushii
2005
0.0
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger VS Abaranger
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2005
6.4
H2: The Days with You
as Hideo Tachibana
2005
7.3
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
as Oki Ryunosuke
2004
8.3
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2004
7.8
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
2003
6.0
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger
as Mikoto Nakadai
2003
8.6
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as Yoshida Mitsuo
2002
7.6
The Last Snow
2002
0.0
Gokusen
as Watanabe [Student of Ara High School]
2002
7.9
Basically Nice
as Akira's fan
2002
6.0
Waterboys
as Koutarou
2001
6.5
Merry Christmas in Summer
2000
0.0
Junk
as Toraji
2000
4.5
The Woman of S.R.I.
as Naruo Yuya
1999
7.3
Emergency Room 24 Hours
1999
7.5
Super Sentai Series
as Mikoto Nakadai / Abare Killer
1975
8.2