Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo
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| Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo | |
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| Dr.コトー診療所 | |
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Takatoshi Yamada |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan |
| Serialized in | Weekly Young Sunday |
| Original run | – |
| No. of volumes | |
Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (Dr.コトー診療所? lit. Dr. Kotō's Clinic), a manga series authored by Takatoshi Yamada, serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday, which was later adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama series, which aired between 2003 and 2006 on Fuji Television.
[edit] Characters
- Kensuke Goto (played by Hidetaka Yoshioka)
- A young, prominent surgeon, who left a prestigious hospital in Tokyo and moved to an isolated island in the southern part of Japan. He works at a clinic there as the only doctor on the island. He was not necessarily welcomed by the islanders first as they had negative experience with former doctors at the clinic. But with his sincere attitude toward the patients and commitment to his work, Kensuke gradually developed good rapport with his patients.
- Ayaka Hoshino (played by Kou Shibasaki)
- Nurse at Dr. Koto's clinic
- Kazunori Wada (played by Toshio Kakei)
- A staff member at the clinic
- Shigeo Ando (played by Shigeru Izumiya)
- The leader of the fishermen on the island
- Takehiro Hara (played by Ryo Tomioka)
- A boy who respects Dr. Goto and wants to be a doctor
- Taketoshi Hara (played by Saburo Tokito)
- Fisherman and Taketoshi's father.
- Shoichi Hoshino (played by Kaoru Kobayashi)
- A worker at the Town Office
