Dr. Koto Shinryojo

• Ja Kanji — Dr.コトー診療所 • Ja Romaji — Dokutā Kotō Shinryōjo • Genre — Medical

• Type — manga • Author — Takatoshi Yamada • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — * Weekly Young Sunday • Big Comic Original • First — 2000 • Last — 2010 (on hiatus) • Volumes — 25

• Type — drama • Director — * Isamu Nakae • Hideki Hirai • Kazuhiro Kobayashi • (S1 Season 1) • Kentaro Takagi • (S2 Season 2) • Producer — * Ken Tsuchiya (S1 Season 1) • Yoko Tsukada (S2 Season 2) • Jun Masumoto (S2 Season 2) • Isamu Nakae (S2 Season 2) • Writer — Noriko Yoshida • Music — Ryo Yoshimata • Licensee — * Crunchyroll (streaming;former) • Netflix (streaming; current) • Network — Fuji TV • First — July 3, 2003 • Last — December 21, 2006 • Episodes — 22 + 2 specials

• Portal — yes 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. A live-action film adaptation premiered in 2022. By June 2022, Dr. Koto's Clinic had over 12 million copies in circulation. In 2004, the manga won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category.

Kensuke Goto is an excellent doctor who used to work at a university hospital in Tokyo, but for some reason he is transferred to a clinic on the remote island of Koshikijima. The island has been without a doctor for three months, and he was not very welcomed. In addition, Ayaka Hoshino, a nurse who has been on the island for 4 months, tells him that there are few patients who come to the clinic, and even if they do, they will only receive first aid and then go to a hospital on the mainland, which takes 6 hours by boat. Since then, Goto has earned the trust of the islanders through the treatment of many patients and his personality.

• Kensuke Goto • Hidetaka Yoshioka • A young, prominent surgeon leaves a prestigious Tokyo hospital to work at a small clinic on a remote southern Japanese island, where he is the sole doctor. Initially met with skepticism due to the islanders' past experiences with physicians, he gradually earns their trust through his dedication and genuine care for patients. The locals nickname him "Koto" after Takehiro Hara misspells his name on a clinic sign following a successful operation. He prefers cup noodles over homemade meals, even when offered by Hoshino, and frequently suffers from motion sickness, often vomiting after vehicle rides—usually on Hoshino. • Ayaka Hoshino • Kou Shibasaki • Nurse at Dr. Koto's clinic • Kazunori Wada • Toshio Kakei • A staff member at the clinic • Shigeo Ando • Shigeru Izumiya • The leader of the fishermen on the island. He is distrustful of Dr. Koto, often calling him a "quack" doctor. • Takehiro Hara • Ryo Tomioka • A boy who respects Dr. Goto and wants to be a doctor. He used to not trust doctors who come to the island like the rest of the islanders because a doctor's misdiagnosis caused the death of his mother. After having to have emergency surgery performed on him by Dr. Koto, he began to trust and respect Dr Koto, to the point where he wants to become a doctor like him. • Taketoshi Hara • Saburō Tokitō • A fisherman and Takehiro's father, he initially distrusts Dr. Koto due to his wife's death from a misdiagnosis by a previous island doctor. However, after Dr. Koto successfully operates on Takehiro and saves his life, he becomes one of the doctor's strongest supporters. He frequently defends Dr. Koto when others oppose him and ensures the doctor is included in local activities. • Shōichi Hoshino • Kaoru Kobayashi • A worker at the Town Office

Written and illustrated by Takatoshi Yamada, Dr. Koto's Clinic serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from 2000 to 2008; when the magazine ceased its publication, it was to the publisher's Big Comic Original magazine. The manga went on indefinite hiatus in October 2010. In October 2017, Yamada posted on his Facebook that he planned to resume his work. Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on November 4, 2000. As of June 30, 2010, twenty-five volumes have been released.

The manga was adapted into a Japanese television drama which aired for eleven episodes on Fuji TV from July 3 to September 11, 2003. It was filmed on the Japanese Archipelago island Yonaguni. A 2-episode special was broadcast on November 12 and 13, 2004. A second season aired for eleven episodes from October 12 to December 21, 2006. Crunchyroll began streaming the series in 2015. Netflix began streaming the series in 2025.

Koto Shinryojo, recorded in Wikidata under identifier, is a manga series created by the writer and illustrator Takatoshi Yamada. It is associated with Japan. Catalogue entries for comics and original comic art state issue, page, medium and any grading, and VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently. It remained with that periodical until the publication ceased in 2008, whereupon Shogakukan transferred the manga to its Big Comic Original magazine. Shogakukan published the first individual tankōbon volume on 4 November 2000, ultimately compiling the work into twenty-five volumes by 30 June 2010. In October 2010, the manga entered an indefinite hiatus. According to records cited by English Wikipedia, Takatoshi Yamada announced on Facebook in October 2017 that he intended to resume work on the series, though whether new chapters were subsequently published remains unestablished in the available evidence. The work achieved notable commercial and industry recognition, winning the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2004.

The narrative of Dr. Koto's Clinic centres on Kensuke Goto, a prominent young surgeon who departs a prestigious university hospital in Tokyo to assume the role of sole physician at a remote clinic on the Japanese island of Koshikijima. Ayaka Hoshino, a nurse serving at the clinic for four months, informs Goto that residents rarely seek treatment locally, preferring a six-hour boat voyage to mainland facilities due to deep-seated distrust stemming from earlier fatal misdiagnoses, including one that claimed the mother of local youth Takehiro Hara. Through persistent dedication and successful surgical intervention, Goto gradually dismantles the community's resistance. Following an emergency operation performed on Takehiro Hara, the boy misspells Goto's surname on a clinic sign as Koto, establishing the doctor's enduring nickname and inspiring Takehiro to pursue medicine. Takehiro's father, the fisherman Taketoshi Hara, subsequently becomes one of Goto's strongest advocates, counterbalancing the persistent skepticism of fishing leader Shigeo Ando. English Wikipedia further records specific character traits, noting that Goto suffers from severe motion sickness following transport and displays a distinct preference for instant cup noodles over home-cooked meals.

English Wikipedia records that Dr. Koto's Clinic achieved substantial commercial distribution and formal industry recognition throughout its publication history. In 2004, the work received major institutional distinction when it was awarded the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award within the general category, recognising the literary and artistic merits of Takatoshi Yamada's illustration and writing. The publishing trajectory documented by English Wikipedia shows that the series commenced serialisation in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday in 2000. The initial compiled tankōbon volume was published on 4 November 2000. Following the closure of Weekly Young Sunday in 2008, Shogakukan transferred the serialisation to its Big Comic Original magazine, compiling twenty-five individual tankōbon volumes by 30 June 2010. English Wikipedia notes that the manga entered an indefinite hiatus in October 2010. Although creator Takatoshi Yamada stated on his Facebook account in October 2017 that he intended to resume work on the series, whether new chapters have been formally published since that announcement remains unestablished in the cited documentation.

A live-action film adaptation, with Hidetaka Yoshioka reprising his role as Kensuke Goto, was distributed by Toho and premiered in Japan on December 16, 2022.