Kota Sagano/Live Action

Kota Sagano (佐賀野功太, Sagano Kōta) is the romantic lead of Policeman and Me, the live action adaptation of My Boy in Blue. He is portrayed by Kazuya Kamenashi.

Kota meets Kako Motoya at a singles' mixer intended for adults, to which she had snuck into with her friend. After she accidentally exposes her real age to him and gets hurt protecting him from getting hit by Heisuke Okami, Kota proposes to her and the two decide to get married.

Appearance
Out of all characters in the live action, Kota is probably the most manga accurate appearance-wise. He is a slender man with short, dark brown hair and dark eyes, and when not in in his police uniform, he is depicted wearing different single coloured loose shirts with a pair of jeans.

His high school uniform consisted of a pair of grey pants with a tartan pattern, a white dress shirt and a black jacket and a red tie. He was also shown wearing a light beige cardigan with his uniform.

At the Oto High School cultural festival, Mikado and Kako make him dress up as a high school student, and he ends up wearing the Oto High School boys' uniform, which is a gakuran style school uniform that consists of a dress shirt, black pants and a black jacket.

Personality
Kota is a rather reserved, somewhat dense young man who takes his job very seriously, being something akin to a workaholic; this is a quality he shares with his manga counterpart, who was also very serious about his job, however, unlike his manga counterpart, the live action version of Kota rarely shows any other sides to him than the side which he keeps up at work, which often frustrates Kako.

Despite his often restrained demeanour, Kota is shown to be affectionate with Kako, and seems to understand how to handle her mood changes, as he often knows exactly what to do to bring a smile back to her face.

His protective side is also present from the manga, though in a different way- while his manga version was sometimes a bit controlling of Kako's actions and a massive worrywart, his live action version is more self-sacrificial, as shown by the end of the film, where he takes a knife into the stomach to protect Kako from getting stabbed.

Background
Just like in the manga, Kota was a rather troubled teenager. He saw his father die protecting him from getting stabbed, which traumatised him and left him with regrets, as he did not have a good relationship with him. During the time of mourning for his father, he was supported by his sister, Kaoru.

Unlike in the manga, where Kota was unaware of Kaoru's relationship with her French boyfriend up until the point when the two had gotten engaged, in the film, Kota is perfectly aware that his sister is seeing a man called James.

Kako Motoya
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Shuichi Yamamoto
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Fumi Komori
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Heisuke Okami
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Seiichi Motoya
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Yoko Motoya
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Mikado Yaguchi
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