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Throughout the world, Shotaro (Shotaro , ショウタロウ ) is a rare boy's first name. The first name Shotaro is characteristic of Japan, where it is a rare masculine name, Indonesia, where it is a very rare male name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare largely male, but seldom female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Japan, Indonesia, and China. Predominantly, Shotaro is the last name as well as the forename.
Shotaro is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shōtarō Kaneda , the fictional character from Akira.