 As of 2015, Andrew Kulyk, sportswriter for local alternative weekly, "Artvoice", includes short musings on the local sports scene under the heading "Taro Sez" in most of his columns.The "Franchise Hockey Manager" series contains Taro in its database, and thus he exists as a real player in the game.In 2019, Weiland released the book "Taro Lives" about Tsujimoto's creation.