Kotaro Daigo

[1] 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.

[4][5] He was later replaced by Taishu Nukanobu for the May 2019 stage play Yowamushi Pedal Shin Interhigh-hen: Limit Breaker.

[7] He and co-star Nana Mori had been chosen from among two thousand auditionees to play the main characters.

[10] 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.

[11][12] In March 2023, he was cast as Yusuke Ogino, the main character of the 2023 drama adaptation of Ciguatera.