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 politician , Japanese actor , Japanese politician , Japanese composer and music arranger , Japanese general , 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
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 , Japanese motorcycle racer
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 , 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 , a character in the manga series Gintama , the protagonist of the 1973 tokusatsu series Ultraman Taro '
See also Kōtarō Makaritōru!, a Japanese manga series