Kotaro Koizumi

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Kotaro Koizumi (小泉 孝太郎 Koizumi Kōtarō, born July 10, 1978 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto.

Kotaro Koizumi has two younger brothers, Shinjiro Koizumi, and Yoshinaga Miyamoto, who was not born at the time of his parents' divorce in 1982. Junichiro Koizumi was awarded custody of Kotaro and Shinjiro while Kayoko Miyamoto was awarded custody of Yoshinaga. He went on to Kanto Gakuin Mutsuura Junior High School and High School, but did not enter Kanto Gakuin University. Kotaro attended Nihon University School of Economics, but dropped out. Japanese press reports say that one of Junichiro Koizumi's sisters raised Kotaro and Shinjiro. Kotaro got his own weekly show on Fuji TV called "Kōtarō ga Yuku" (Kotaro Goes). He has also acted in TV dramas.

Television

• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - won the maximum ten million yen on a celebrity special

Dramas

• Gokusen 3 (2008)
• Otoko no Kosodate (2007)
• Hanayome to Papa (2007)
• Attention Please SP (2007)
• Haken no Hinkaku (2007)
• Fushin no Toki (2006)
• Attention Please (2006)
• Gachi Baka (2006)
• Tokyo Wonder Tours (2005)
• Slow Dance (2005)
• Yoshitsune (drama) (2005)
• Division 1 "Pink Hip Girl" (Fuji TV, 2004)
• Igi Ari, Onna Bengoshi Oka Norie (2004)
• Korogashi Ogin (転がしお銀) (2003)
• Boku dake no Madonna (2003)
• Home & Away (2002)
• Kurutta Kajitsu 2002 (狂った果実2002) (2002)
• Shiawase No Shippo (2002)
• Hatsu Taiken (2002)
• Nurseman (2002)

Movies

• Bayside Shakedown 3 as Shigeru Koike
• Udon (2006) as Udon shop customers
• Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Fighting Demons (2005) as Takeshi
• Koshonin Mashita Masayoshi (2005) as Shigeru Koike
• Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003) as Shigeru Koike

External links

• Official Site (Japanese)
• JDORama Site (Japanese)