Tanaka (surname)
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Pronunciation | Tanaka |
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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
References
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