Kotaro Explained

Kotaro
Gender:	male
Meaning:	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Origin:	Japanese

Kotaro, Kōtarō or Koutarou (written:,,,,,,,,,, or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese scientist and inventor
• , Japanese photography critic and writer
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese composer and music arranger
• , Japanese general
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese guitarist
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese hurdler
• , Japanese chemical engineer
• , Japanese economist and academic
• , Japanese poet and sculptor
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese jurist and politician
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese video game director and scenario writer
• Kotaro Umeji, Japanese graphic designer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese rugby union player
• , Japanese jujutsuka

Fictional characters:

• , a character in the manga series Haikyu!!
• , a character in the anime series Zombie Land Saga
• , a character in the 2007 anime samurai film Sword of the Stranger
• , the protagonist of the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Black
• , the titular character of the manga and anime series Kotaro Lives Alone

Kotarō or Kotarou (written: or) is a separate given name, though it may be romanized the same way. Notable people with the name include:

• , Japanese ninja
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese footballer

Fictional characters:

• , protagonist of the manga series Pita-Ten
• Kotarou Kashima (鹿島 虎太郎), a character from the manga and anime School Babysitters, younger brother of Ryuichi Kashima

See also

• Kōtarō Makaritōru!, a Japanese manga series