Kotaro
Kotaro, Kōtarō or Koutarou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Kotaro Azuse, Japanese baseball player
- Kotaro Honda, Japanese scientist and inventor
- Kōtarō Iizawa, Japanese photography critic and writer
- Kōtarō Isaka, Japanese writer
- Kotaro Koizumi, Japanese actor
- Kotaro Nagasaki, Japanese politician
- Kōtarō Nakagawa, Japanese composer and music arranger
- Kōtarō Nakamura, Japanese general
- Kotaro Nakao, Japanese footballer and manager
- Kotaro Omori, Japanese footballer
- Kotaro Oshio, Japanese guitarist
- Kotaro Otake, Japanese baseball player
- Kotaro Sakurai, Japanese racing driver
- Kōtarō Satomi, Japanese actor
- Kotaro Shimizu, Japanese hurdler
- Kotaro Shimomura, Japanese chemical engineer
- Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic
- Kōtarō Takamura, Japanese poet and sculptor
- Kotaro Tamura, Japanese politician
- Kōtarō Tanaka, Japanese jurist and politician
- Kōtarō Tanaka, Japanese photographer
- Kotaro Uchikoshi, Japanese video game director and scenario writer
- Kotaro Umeji, Japanese graphic designer
- Kotaro Yamazaki, Japanese footballer
- Kotaro Yanagi, Japanese actor
- Kotaro Yatabe, Japanese rugby union player
- Kotaro Tatsumi, a character in the anime series Zombie Land Saga
Kotarō or Kotarou is a separate given name, though it may be romanized the same way. Notable people with the name include:
- Fūma Kotarō, Japanese ninja
- Kotaro Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler
- Kotaro Tachikawa, Japanese footballer
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