Kotaro

Kotaro
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used

Kotaro, Kōtarō or Koutarou (written: 耕太郎, 孝太郎, 康太郎, 光太郎, 功太郎, 浩太朗, 浩太郎, 幸太郎, 晃太郎, 興太郎, 洸太郎 or コータロー in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Kotaro Azuse (東瀬耕太郎, born 1967), Japanese baseball player
Kotaro Honda (本多光太郎, 1870–1954), Japanese scientist and inventor
Kōtarō Iizawa (飯沢耕太郎, born 1954), Japanese photography critic and writer
Kotaro Ikeda (池田幸太郎, 1895–1976), Japanese painter
Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂幸太郎, born 1971), Japanese writer
Kotaro Koizumi (小泉孝太郎, born 1978), Japanese actor
Kotaro Nagasaki (長崎幸太郎, born 1968), Japanese politician
Kōtarō Nakagawa (中川幸太郎, born 1969), Japanese composer and music arranger
Kōtarō Nakamura (中村孝太郎, 1881–1947), Japanese general
Kotaro Nakao (中尾幸太郎, born 1969), Japanese footballer and manager
Kotaro Omori (大森晃太郎, born 1992), Japanese footballer
Kotaro Oshio (押尾コータロー, born 1968), Japanese guitarist
Kotaro Otake (大竹耕太郎, born 1995), Japanese baseball player
Kotaro Sakurai (桜井孝太郎, born 1994), Japanese racing driver
Kōtarō Satomi (里見浩太朗, born 1936), Japanese actor
Kotaro Shimizu (清水孝太郎, born 1911), Japanese hurdler
Kotaro Shimomura (下村孝太郎, 1861–1937), Japanese chemical engineer
Kotaro Suzumura (鈴村興太郎, 1944–2020), Japanese economist and academic
Kōtarō Takamura (高村光太郎, 1883–1956), Japanese poet and sculptor
Kotaro Tamura (田村耕太郎, born 1963), Japanese politician
Kōtarō Tanaka (judge) (田中耕太郎, 1890–1974), Japanese jurist and politician
Kōtarō Tanaka (photographer) (田中幸太郎, 1901–1995), Japanese photographer
Kotaro Uchikoshi (打越鋼太郎, born 1973), Japanese video game director and scenario writer
Kotaro Umeji, Japanese graphic designer
Kotaro Yamazaki (山崎光太郎, born 1978), Japanese footballer
Kotaro Yanagi (柳浩太郎, born 1985), Japanese actor
Kotaro Yatabe (谷田部洸太郎, born 1986), Japanese rugby union player
Kōtarō Yoshida (吉田幸太郎, 1883–1966), Japanese jujutsuka

Fictional characters:

Kōtarō Bokuto (木兎光太郎), a character in the manga series Haikyu!!
Kotaro Tatsumi (巽幸太郎), a character in the anime series Zombie Land Saga
Kotaro (仔太郎), a character in the 2007 anime samurai film Sword of the Stranger
Kotaro Minami (南光太郎), the protagonist of the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Black
Satо̄ Kotarо̄ (さとうコタロー), the titular character of the manga and anime series Kotaro Lives Alone

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

Fūma Kotarō (風魔小太郎, died 1603), Japanese ninja
Kotaro Suzuki (鈴木鼓太郎, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
Kotaro Tachikawa (立川小太郎, born 1997), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters:

Kotarou Higuchi (樋口湖太郎), 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

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