Tanaka (surname)

Tanaka (たなか) is the fourth most common Japanese surname. The surname "Tanaka" refers to several different surnames written with different kanji: ricefield & middle (田中), many & middle (多中), many & relationship (多仲), another & middle (他中), shelf & low (棚下), shelf & summer (棚夏), many & name & congratulation (多名賀).

People

• Asuna Tanaka (born 1988), Japanese footballer (soccer player)
• Atsuko Tanaka (born 1962), Japanese voice actress
• Atsuko Tanaka (animator), Japanese animator
• Atsuko Tanaka (artist) (1932–2005), Japanese artist
• Chōzaburō Tanaka (1885–1976), Japanese botanist and mycologist
• Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
• Eizō Tanaka (1886–1968), Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
• Fumiaki Tanaka (born 1985), the first Japanese Rugby player to compete in Super Rugby
• Giichi Tanaka (1864–1929), Japanese general, politician, and prime minister (1927–1929)
• Haruo Tanaka (1912–1992), Japanese actor
• Hayuma Tanaka (born 1982), Japanese footballer (soccer player)
• Hidemitsu Tanaka (1913–1949) Japanese novelist
• Hideyuki Tanaka (born 1950), Japanese voice actor
• Hirokazu Tanaka (born 1957), Japanese composer and musician
• Hiromichi Tanaka (born 1962) Japanese video game developer, game producer, game director, and game designer
• Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka (died 1991), American professional wrestler
• Hisashige Tanaka (1799–1891), Japanese engineer and inventor, co-founder of Tanaka Seizosho, subsequently renamed Toshiba
• Tanaka Isson, born Tanaka Jun (1908–1977), Japanese Nihonga painter
• Jun Tanaka (poet) (1890–1966), Japanese poet
• Jun Tanaka (footballer) (born 1983), Japanese footballer (soccer player)
• Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993), Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1972–1974)
• Kensuke Tanaka (born 1981), Japanese baseball outfielder
• Kinuyo Tanaka (1909–1977), Japanese actress and director
• Koichi Tanaka (born 1959), Japanese chemist
• Koki Tanaka, Japanese singer and actor, member of the band KAT-TUN
• Kōtarō Tanaka (1901–1995), Japanese photographer
• Machi Tanaka (born 1983) Japanese long-distance runner
• Makiko Tanaka (born 1944) Japanese politician
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka (born 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer (soccer player)
• Masahiko Tanaka (born 1954), Japanese voice actor
• Masahiro Tanaka (born 1988), Japanese professional baseball player who plays in America New York Yankees
• Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (born 1949), Japanese geisha
• Masato Tanaka (born 1973), Japanese professional wrestler
• Mayumi Tanaka (born 1955), Japanese voice actress
• Michinori Tanaka (born 1990), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Miho Tanaka (born 1976), Japanese badminton player
• Minoru Tanaka (actor) (1966–2011), Japanese actor
• Minoru Tanaka (wrestler) (born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer
• Misako Tanaka (born 1959), Japanese actress
• Naoki Tanaka (born 1971), Japanese entertainer, member of the comedy duo Cocorico
• Nobuo Tanaka (born 1950), Japanese former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
• Nobuyuki Tanaka, Japanese botanist
• Pat Tanaka (born 1961), American professional wrestler
• Paul Tanaka American law enforcement officer and politician
• Raizō Tanaka (1892–1969), Japanese admiral
• Reina Tanaka (born 1989), Japanese singer
• Rena Tanaka (born 1980), Japanese actress and television personality
• Rie Tanaka (born 1979), Japanese singer and voice actress
• Sara Tanaka (born 1978), American actress)
• Shelley Tanaka, Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacher
• Shigeho Tanaka (1878–1974), Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology
• Shinako Tanaka (born 1975), Japanese beach volleyball player
• Shohé Tanaka (1862–1945), Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventor
• Shōzō Tanaka (1841-1913), Japanese politician and conservationist
• Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
• Tatsuya Tanaka (figure skater) (born 1988), Taiwanese figure skater who competes for Hong Kong
• Tatsuya Tanaka (footballer) (born 1982), Japanese footballer (soccer player) and professional rehabiller
• Tanaka Tosa (1820–1868), Japanese samurai
• Tommy Tanaka, Guam politician
• Tomomi Tanaka (born 1988), Japanese long-distance runner
• Toru Tanaka or Professor Toru Tanaka, born Charles Kalani, Jr. (1930–2000), American professional wrestler and actor
• Toshiaki Tanaka, Japanese table tennis player
• Yasuo Tanaka (born 1956), Japanese novelist and politician
• Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer), Japanese astrophysicist
• Yoshiki Tanaka (born 1952), Japanese novelist
• Yoshiko Tanaka (1956–2011), Japanese actress
• Yōji Tanaka (born 1968), Japanese actor
• Yuji Tanaka (born 1965), Japanese comedian
• Yukio Tanaka (biwa) (born 1948), Japanese biwa player

Fictional characters

• Isuro Tanaka, from the feature film Major League II
• Ken Tanaka, football coach from the television series Glee
• Mariko Tanaka, from Wing Commander
• Mr. Tanaka, from F-Zero GX
• Mr. Tanaka, from Sonic X
• Mr. Tanaka, from the anime Gantz
• President Tanaka, from Persona 3
• Ryūnosuke Tanaka from Haikyū!!
• Shinichiro Tanaka, from Battle Royale (film, Special Edition)
• Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza (video game)
• Souichirou Tanaka, character from Genshiken
• Tanaka, previous Head Butler of the Phantomhive household, character from Black Butler
• Tanaka Kazuya, from School Rumble
• Taro Tanaka, from Taro the Space Alien (Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō)
• Tiger Tanaka, from the James Bond novel and film You Only Live Twice
• Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka, main character of the manga series BECK
• Umenomori's Butler, Tanaka Mayoi Neko Overrun
• Ichiro Tanaka, character from Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
• Tanaka, the Usami household butler in Junjo Romantica
• Tanaka, the household servant in Full Moon o Sagashite
• Tanaka, from Kimi ni Todoke
• Gundam Tanaka from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
• Aiko Tanaka from Oyasumi Punpun
• Lt. Yoshi Tanaka from Magnum, P.I.
• Drew Tanaka from The Heroes of Olympus and The Kane Chronicles
• Holly Tanaka, a character in the video Game Halo 5: Guardians, Fireteam Osiris Member
• Tanaka, from Tanaka-kun is Always Listless

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