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[[File:KotaroHitori.jpg|thumb|240px|Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' コタローは1人暮らし
*'''Title (romaji):''' Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi
*'''Also known as:''' Kotaro Lives Alone
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Human Drama
*'''Broadcast network:''' TV Asahi

==Season 1==
*'''Episodes:''' 10
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2021-Apr-24 to 2021-Jun-26
*'''Air time:''' Saturday 23:30
*'''Theme song:''' ''Hitori ni Shinai yo'' by [[Wikipedia:Kanjani Eight|Kanjani Eight]]

===Synopsis===
Karino Shin is an unpopular manga artist who spends his days meaningless in his apartment. One day, he meets his new neighbour, Sato Kotaro, a 5-year-old child who will be living alone.

Shin begins to take care of Kotaro and learns the importance of responsibility and care as an adult.

===User/Viewer Ratings===
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===Cast===
[[File:KotaroHitori-chart.jpg|thumb|140px|Correlation chart]]
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;"Apartment no Shimizu" Residents
*[[Yokoyama Yu]] as Karino Shin <small>(35)</small>
**[[Tanaka Haruto]] (田中温人) as young Shin (ep8)
*[[Kawahara Eito]] as Sato Kotaro <small>(5)</small>
*[[Yamamoto Maika]] as Akitomo Mizuki <small>(25)</small>
*[[Namase Katsuhisa]] as Tamaru Isamu <small>(52)</small>
*[[Issey Ogata]] as Shimizu Elderly Couple
*[[Mamiya Shotaro]] as Aota Manabu (ep4-5)

;Suzuno Law Office
*[[Mitsuishi Ken]] as Suzuno Makio
*[[Momota Kanako]] as Kobayashi Ayano <small>(28)</small>

;Kindergarten Shimizu
*[[Nishihata Daigo]] as Hanawa Keisuke <small>(23)</small>
*[[Minemura Rie]] as Oka Asako
*[[Deguchi Natsuki]] as Futaba Touko
*[[Maeda Kento]] (前多健登) as Morita Takuya
*[[Honpo Kanon]] (本保佳音) as Tachikawa Kana
*[[Saito Takumi (2015)|Saito Takumi]] (斉藤拓弥) as Yamamoto Kakeru
*[[Ariyama Sanetoshi]] as Tsubasa
*[[Taguchi Hiroko]] as Takuya's mother
*[[Kurosawa Riko]] (黒沢リコ) as Kana's mother
*[[Kaki Hiromi]] (柿弘美) as Kakeru's mother

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;"Shogakusha" Publishing Office
*[[Ohkura Koji]] as Fukuno Ippei
*[[Tozuka Junki]] as Yano Raimu (ep3,6,8)

;Others
*[[Konno Mahiru]] as Kotaro's mother
*[[Takito Kenichi]] as Tonosaman ''(voice)'' / Kotaro's father
*[[Hachimine Anna]] as Hiromi (ep1)
*[[Ogino Yuri]] as Isamu's ex-wife (ep2-4)
*[[Koyama Sou]] (小山蒼海) as Tamaru Yuta (ep4)
*[[Hisanaga Sara]] (久永紗楽) as hostess (ep6)
*[[Sakaguchi Futa]] (坂口風詩) as hostess (ep6)
*[[Kobayashi Ryuju]] as Naoto (ep6)
*[[Sasaki Ayaka]] as Arin (ep7)
*[[Rina]] (里菜) as Yui (ep7)
*[[Naito Luna]] as Miruku (ep7)
*[[Bengal]] as Shin's uncle (ep8)
*[[Miyaji Masako]] as Karino Takiko (ep8)
*[[Matsushima So]] as Iwanaga Tasuku (ep8-10)
*[[Takanashi Rin]] as Nitta Akane (ep8-10)
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===Production Credits===
*'''Original work:''' Manga by Tsumura Mami
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Etou Rin]]
*'''General Producer:''' [[Miwa Yumiko]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Tsuzuki Ayumi]], [[Obana Noriko]], [[Matsuno Chizuko]], [[Oka Mitsuru]]
*'''Director:''' [[Matsumoto Kana (Director)|Matsumoto Kana]]
*'''Music:''' [[Shinoda Daisuke]] (篠田大介)

==Season 2==
[[File:KotaroHitori 2.jpg|thumb|240px|Kaettekita zo yo! Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi]]
*'''Title:''' 帰ってきたぞよ！コタローは1人暮らし
*'''Title (romaji):''' Kaettekita zo yo! Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi
*'''Episodes:''' 9
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2023-Apr-15 to 2023-Jun-10
*'''Air time:''' Saturday 23:00
*'''Theme song:''' ''Mikansei'' by [[Wikipedia:Kanjani Eight|Kanjani Eight]]

===Synopsis===
Kotaro is now an elementary school student and there is no longer any need for Shin to send and fetch Kotaro to and from his kingergarten. There is also no need to make bento lunches for Kotaro. However, Kotaro has a secret problem which is the whereabouts of his mother and his future with his father.

===User/Viewer Ratings===
<vote type=1/>

===Cast===
;"Apartment no Shimizu" Residents
*[[Yokoyama Yu]] as Karino Shin
*[[Kawahara Eito]] as Sato Kotaro
*[[Yamamoto Maika]] as Akitomo Mizuki
*[[Shirasu Jin]] as Uda Toyo
*[[Namase Katsuhisa]] as Tamaru Isamu
*[[Issey Ogata]] as Shimizu Elderly Couple <small>(Landlord)</small>

;Suzuno Law Office
*[[Mitsuishi Ken]] as Suzuno Makio
*[[Momota Kanako]] as Kobayashi Ayano

;"Shogakusha" Publishing Office
*[[Ohkura Koji]] as Fukuno Ippei

;Others
*[[Matsushima So]] as Iwanaga Tasuku
*[[Takito Kenichi]] as Kotaro's father

===Production Credits===
*'''Original work:''' Manga by Tsumura Mami
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Etou Rin]]
*'''General Producer:''' [[Miwa Yumiko]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Tsuzuki Ayumi]], [[Obana Noriko]], [[Matsuno Chizuko]], [[Oka Mitsuru]], [[Oda Aya]] (小田彩), [[Kobayashi Maiko]] (小林麻衣子)
*'''Director:''' [[Tobita Kazuki]], [[Kinoshita Naomi]]
*'''Music:''' [[Shinoda Daisuke]] (篠田大介)

==External Links==
*[https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kotaro/ Official site (Season 1)]
*[https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kotaro2/ Official site (Season 2)]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:コタローは1人暮らし#テレビドラマ|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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