Trivia / Kotaro Lives Alone

• Acting for Two:
  • The landlord and landlady couple in the live action series are both portrayed by Issey Ogata.
  • Both Kotaro and his hero Tonosaman are voiced by the same actor in all dubs of the anime, such as Rie Kugimiya in the Japanese track.
• All-Star Cast: Both the main and supporting Japanese anime cast boasts many big names, such as Rie Kugimiya (Kotaro), Toshiki Masuda (Karino), Saori Hayami (Mizuki) and Jun'ichi Suwabe (Tamaru).
• Crossdressing Voices: Female voice actors, such as Rie Kugimiya (Japanese) and Cherami Leigh (English), voice the young boy Kotaro in the Netflix anime. Majority of the voice actors for the young boy characters across the dubs are also female.
• Playing Against Type: Cherami Leigh usually plays plucky young girls and even older women. Here, she voices Kotaro, a young boy who is forced to live alone due to his Abusive Parents.
• Similarly Named Works: There's also a Show Within a Show titled Tonosaman, or Steel Samurai in the English localization, in Ace Attorney.

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