Kotaro Daigo (Japanese: 醍醐 虎汰朗, Hepburn: Daigo Kotarō; born 1 September 2000) is a Japanese actor affiliated with A-Light. He had a leading role for the film Weathering with You.
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Early life and career
Daigo was born in Tokyo on 1 September 2000. Originally part of the junior high school soccer team, he left and started a career in acting because he had long admired the entertainment industry.
Daigo starred in the Yowamushi Pedal stage adaptations, starring as Sakamichi Onoda in the production for Yowamushi Pedal Shin Interhigh-hen: Start Line between February and March 2017. He later reprised his role in Yowamushi Pedal Shin Interhigh-hen: Heat Up in October 2017, and Yowamushi Pedal Shin Interhigh-hen: Hakone Gakuen Ōja Fukukaku in March 2018. He was replaced by Taishu Nukanobu for the stage play Yowamushi Pedal Shin Interhigh-hen: Limit Breaker in May 2019.
In November 2018, Daigo was cast in a leading role for Makoto Shinkai's anime film Weathering with You. He and co-star Nana Mori were chosen from among two thousand auditions to play the main characters. In 2020, he won the Seiyu Awards for Best Rookie Actor at the 14th Seiyu Awards.
In 2019, he starred in the asadora Maiagare!. He and Hiroki Miura played Haku in the 2022 stage adaptation of Spirited Away and its August 2023 encore at the Misono-za in Nagoya. In March 2023, he was cast as Yusuke Ogino, the main character of the 2023 drama adaptation of Ciguatera.
