Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo

Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (Japanese: Dr.コトー診療所, lit. "Dr. Koto's Clinic") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takatoshi Yamada. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from 2000 until the magazine's demise in 2008, at which point it moved to Big Comic Original. Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into 25 tankōbon volumes as of June 2010. The series was adapted as a Japanese television drama series which aired between 2003 and 2006 on Fuji TV. In 2004, the manga won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for the General category.

Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo
Cover of the first manga volume
Dr.コトー診療所
GenreMedical[1]
Manga
Written byTakatoshi Yamada
Published byShogakukan
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original run2000 – 2010 (on hiatus)
Volumes25
Television drama
Directed by
  • Isamu Nakae
  • Hideki Hirai
  • Kazuhiro Kobayashi
  • (season 1)
  • Kentaro Takagi
  • (season 2)
Produced by
  • Ken Tsuchiya (season 1)
  • Yoko Tsukada season 2)
  • Jun Masumoto (season 2)
  • Isamu Nakae (season 2)
Written byNoriko Yoshida
Music byRyo Yoshimata
Original networkFuji TV
Original run July 3, 2003 – December 21, 2006
Episodes22 + 2 specials

Characters
Kensuke Goto (五島健助, Gotō Kensuke)
Portrayed 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. "Koto", his nickname, was given to him by a child who met him while on the ferry that took him to the island.
Ayaka Hoshino (星野彩佳, Hoshino Ayaka)
Portrayed by: Kou Shibasaki
Nurse at Dr. Koto's clinic
Kazunori Wada (和田一範, Wada Kazunori)
Portrayed by: Toshio Kakei
A staff member at the clinic
Shigeo Ando (安藤重男, Andō Shigeo)
Portrayed by: Shigeru Izumiya
The leader of the fishermen on the island
Takehiro Hara (原健裕, Hara Takehiro)
Portrayed by: Ryo Tomioka
A boy who respects Dr. Goto and wants to be a doctor
Taketoshi Hara (原剛利, Hara Taketoshi)
Portrayed by: Saburō Tokitō
Fisherman and Takehiro's father.
Shōichi Hoshino (星野正一, Hoshino Shōichi)
Portrayed by: Kaoru Kobayashi
A worker at the Town Office

Media

Manga

Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo is written and illustrated by Takatoshi Yamada. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from 2000 to 2008,[2] when the magazine ceased its publication, and it was then transferred to Big Comic Original.[1] The manga has been on hiatus since October 2010.[3] In October 2017, Yamada posted on his Facebook that he planned to resume his work.[4] Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on November 4, 2000.[5] As of June 30, 2010, twenty-five volumes have been released.[6]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 November 4, 2000[5]978-4-09-152501-7
2 March 5, 2001[7]978-4-09-152502-4
3 July 5, 2001[8]978-4-09-152503-1
4 October 5, 2001[9]978-4-09-152504-8
5 March 5, 2002[10]978-4-09-152505-5
6 June 5, 2002[11]978-4-09-152506-2
7 September 5, 2002[12]978-4-09-152507-9
8 December 5, 2002[13]978-4-09-152508-6
9 March 5, 2003[14]978-4-09-152509-3
10 July 5, 2003[15]978-4-09-152510-9
11 October 5, 2003[16]978-4-09-153121-6
12 December 26, 2003[17]978-4-09-153122-3
13 April 5, 2004[18]978-4-09-153123-0
14 July 5, 2004[19]978-4-09-153124-7
15 October 5, 2004[20]978-4-09-153125-4
16 February 4, 2005[21]978-4-09-153126-1
17 August 5, 2005[22]978-4-09-153127-8
18 December 5, 2005[23]978-4-09-153128-5
19 May 2, 2006[24]978-4-09-151078-5
20 October 5, 2006[25]978-4-09-151123-2
21 February 5, 2007[26]978-4-09-151159-1
22 February 5, 2008[27]978-4-09-151269-7
23 September 30, 2009[28]978-4-09-151474-5
24 October 30, 2009[29]978-4-09-151475-2
25 June 30, 2010[6]978-4-09-151495-0

Drama

The manga was adapted into a Japanese television drama which aired for eleven episodes on Fuji TV from July 3 to September 11, 2003.[30][31] It was filmed on the Japanese Archipelago island Yonaguni.[32] A 2-episode special was broadcast on November 12 and 13, 2004.[33] A second season aired for eleven episodes from October 12 to December 21, 2006.[34][35]

Reception

In 2004, the manga won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.[36]

References
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