# Tanaka

Tanaka (たなか) is the fourth most common Japanese surname. It is typically written with the kanji for ricefield & middle (田中). Less common variants include many & middle (多中), many & relationship (多仲), another & middle (他中), shelf & low (棚下), shelf & summer (棚夏) and many & name & congratulation (多名賀).

## People with the surname

* Tanaka (musician) (たなか, born 1998), Japanese musician formerly known as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi
* Aimi Tanaka (田中 あいみ, born 1992), Japanese voice actress
* Akira Tanaka (田中 章, born 1942), Japanese hurdler
* Ao Tanaka (田中 碧, born 1998), Japanese footballer
* Asuna Tanaka (田中 明日菜, born 1988), Japanese women's footballer
* Atomu Tanaka (田中 亜土夢, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Atsuko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ayumi Tanaka (born 1986), Japanese pianist and composer
* Bansen Tanaka (田中 万川, 1912–1988), Japanese aikidoka
* Chie Tanaka (田中 千絵, born 1981), Japanese model and actress
* Tanaka Chigaku (田中 智學, 1861–1939), Japanese Buddhist scholar and preacher
* Chikage Tanaka (田中 千景, born 1973), Japanese speed skater
* Tanaka Chikao (田中 千禾夫, 1905–1995), Japanese playwright and dramatist
* Tanaka Chōbei (田中 長兵衛), Japanese merchant
* Chōtoku Tanaka (田中 長徳, born 1947), Japanese photographer
* Chōzaburō Tanaka (田中 長三郎, 1885–1976), Japanese botanist and mycologist
* Daijiro Tanaka (田中 大二郎, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
* Daiki Tanaka (田中 大貴, born 1991), Japanese basketball player
* Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
* Eiichi Tanaka (田中 英一, born 1941), Japanese Nordic combined skier
* Eiichi Tanaka [ja] (1901–1980), Japanese police officer and politician
* Eiko Tanaka (田中 栄子), Japanese anime producer
* Eizō Tanaka (田中 栄三, 1886–1968), Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
* Elly Tanaka (born 1965), biochemist
* Eri Tanaka (たなか えり, born 1977), Japanese actress and voice actress
* Eugenia Tanaka (born 1987), Indonesian-born Australian badminton player
* Evelyn Tanaka, Canadian politician
* Tanaka Fujimaro (田中 不二麿, 1845–1909), Japanese statesman and educator
* Fumiaki Tanaka (田中 史朗, born 1985), Japanese rugby union player
* Fumon Tanaka (田中 普門, born 1943), Japanese martial artist
* Gary A. Tanaka (born 1943), Japanese-American businessman and philanthropist
* Ginnosuke Tanaka (田中 銀之助, 1873–1933), Japanese rugby union player
* Tanaka Giichi (田中 義一, 1864–1929), Japanese general, politician, and Prime Minister of Japan
* Haruko Tanaka, American artist and filmmaker
* Haruo Tanaka (田中 春男, 1912–1992), Japanese actor
* Hayuma Tanaka (田中 隼磨, born 1982), Japanese footballer
* Hidekazu Tanaka (田中 秀和, born 1987), Japanese composer and arranger
* Hidemichi Tanaka (田中 秀道, born 1971), Japanese golfer
* Hidemitsu Tanaka (田中 英光, 1913–1949), Japanese novelist
* Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hideya Tanaka (田中 秀哉, born 1986), Japanese footballer
* Hideyuki Tanaka (田中 秀幸, born 1950), Japanese voice actor
* Hikaru Tanaka (田中 光, born 1972), Japanese gymnast
* Hime Tanaka (田中ヒメ), Japanese singer and HimeHina VTubers group
* Hiroaki Tanaka (田中 洋明, born 1979), Japanese footballer
* Hirokazu Tanaka (田中 宏和, born 1957), Japanese composer and musician
* Hiroki Tanaka (田中 寛己, born 1991), Japanese footballer
* Hiromasa Tanaka (田中 宏昌, born 1981), Japanese decathlete
* Hiromichi Tanaka (田中 弘道, born 1962), Japanese video game developer, producer, director and designer
* Hiroshi Tanaka (athlete) (田中 弘, born 1915, date of death unknown), Japanese high jumper
* Hiroshi Tanaka (field hockey) (田中 博司, born 1941), Japanese field hockey player
* Hiroshi Tanaka (figure skater) (田中 衆史, born 1972), Japanese figure skater
* Hiroto Tanaka (田中 裕人, born 1990), Japanese footballer
* Hiroyasu Tanaka (田中 浩康, born 1982), Japanese baseball player
* Hisakazu Tanaka (田中 久一, 1889–1947), Japanese general
* Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka (died 1991), American professional wrestler
* Tanaka Hisashige (田中 久重, 1799–1891), Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor
* Hisayoshi Tanaka (田中 久喜, born 1979), Japanese swimmer
* Ichimatsu Tanaka (田中 一松, 1895–1983), Japanese academic, art historian and curator
* Ikko Tanaka (田中 一光, 1930–2002), Japanese graphic designer
* Issei Tanaka (田仲 一成), Japanese writer
* Tanaka Isson (田中 一村), born Tanaka Jun (1908–1977), Japanese Nihonga painter
* Izuki Tanaka (田中 泉樹, born 1992), Japanese field hockey player
* Janice Tanaka, American artist
* Janis Tanaka (born 1963), American musician
* Jeffrey S. Tanaka (1958–1992), American psychologist and statistician
* Jin Tanaka (田中 仁, born 1976), Japanese screenwriter
* Jiro Tanaka (田中 次郎, 1917–2017), Japanese mechanical engineer
* Jujiro Tanaka (田中 重次郎, born 1947), Japanese rower
* Jun Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Junko Tanaka (田中 順子, born 1973), Japanese synchronized swimmer
* Junya Tanaka (田中 順也, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Kakuei Tanaka (田中 角栄, 1918–1993), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
* Kan Tanaka (田中 完), Japanese voice actor
* Kane Tanaka (田中カ子, 1903–2022), oldest verified Japanese person ever
* Karen Tanaka (田中 カレン, born 1961), Japanese composer
* Kazuhiro Tanaka (田中 一弘, born 1970), Japanese drifting driver
* Kazuhiro Tanaka (pentathlete) (田中 和宏, born 1936), Japanese modern pentathlete
* Kazuhito Tanaka (田中 和仁, born 1985), Japanese gymnast
* Kazuki Tanaka (baseball) (田中 和基, born 1994), Japanese baseball player
* Kazuki Tanaka (footballer) (田中 和樹, born 2000), Japanese footballer
* Kazunari Tanaka (田中 一成, 1967–2016), Japanese voice actor
* Kazunori Tanaka (田中 和徳, born 1949), Japanese politician
* Kazuo Tanaka, Japanese engineer
* Kei Tanaka (田中 圭, born 1984), Japanese actor
* Keiji Tanaka (田中 刑事, born 1994), Japanese figure skater
* Keishu Tanaka (田中 慶秋, 1938–2022), Japanese politician
* Keita Tanaka (田中 恵太, born 1989), Japanese footballer
* Ken Tanaka (actor) (田中 健, born 1951), Japanese actor
* Kengo Tanaka (田中 謙吾, born 1989), Japanese footballer
* Kenichi Tanaka, Japanese mixed martial artist
* Kenjiro Tanaka (田中 健二朗, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
* Kenneth K. Tanaka (born 1947), Japanese-born American Buddhist writer
* Kensuke Tanaka (田中 賢介, born 1981), Japanese baseball player
* Kenta Tanaka (田中 健太, born 1988), Japanese field hockey player
* Kinuyo Tanaka (田中 絹代, 1909–1977), Japanese actress and director
* Kishio Tanaka (田中 毅司雄, born 1946), Japanese swimmer
* Kohei Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kohsuke Tanaka (田中 広輔, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
* Koichi Tanaka (田中 耕一, born 1959), Japanese chemist
* Koichi Tanaka (fighter) (born 1971), Japanese mixed martial artist
* Koji Tanaka (田中 孝司, born 1955), Japanese footballer and manager
* Kōjō Tanaka (田中 光常, 1924–2016), Japanese photographer
* Koki Tanaka (田中 聖, born 1985), Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and idol
* Kōki Tanaka (artist) (田中 功起, born 1975), Japanese videographer
* Komimasa Tanaka (田中 小実昌, 1925–2000), Japanese writer and translator
* Kosei Tanaka (田中 恒成, born 1995), Japanese boxer
* Kōtarō Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kotono Tanaka (田中 琴乃, born 1991), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
* Kunie Tanaka (田中 邦衛, 1932–2021), Japanese actor
* Kunihiko Tanaka (田中 久仁彦, born 1970), Japanese manga artist and character designer
* Luana Tanaka (born 1989), Brazilian actress
* Machi Tanaka (田中 真知, born 1983), Japanese long-distance runner
* Makiko Tanaka (田中 眞紀子, born 1944) Japanese politician
* Makoto Tanaka (田中 誠, born 1975), Japanese footballer
* Mamiko Tanaka (田中 真美子, born 1996), Japanese basketball player
* Manami Tanaka (田中 真奈美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
* Marcio Tanaka (born 1980), Japanese-Brazilian baseball player
* Marcus Tulio Tanaka (born 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
* Mari Tanaka (田中 麻里, born 1987), Japanese tennis player
* Masaaki Tanaka (田中 正明, 1911–2006), Japanese writer
* Masahiko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Masahiro Tanaka (田中 将大, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
* Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (born 1949), Japanese geisha
* Masami Tanaka (田中 雅美, born 1979), Japanese swimmer
* Masashi Tanaka (田中 政志, born 1962), Japanese manga artist
* Masato Tanaka (田中 正人, born 1973), Japanese professional wrestler
* Masayuki Tanaka (田中 昌之, born 1951), Japanese singer
* Mayumi Tanaka (田中 真弓, born 1955), Japanese voice actress
* Meca Tanaka (田中 メカ), Japanese manga artist
* Michiko Tanaka (田中 路子, 1909–1988), Japanese singer and actress
* Michinori Tanaka (田中 路教, born 1990), Japanese mixed martial artist
* Miho Tanaka (田中 美保, born 1976), Japanese badminton player
* Miho Tanaka (model) (田中 美保, born 1983), Japanese model, television personality and actress
* Miki Tanaka (田中 美衣, born 1987), Japanese judoka
* Mikiyasu Tanaka (田中 幹保, born 1955), Japanese volleyball player and coach
* Min Tanaka (田中 泯, born 1945), Japanese dancer and actor
* Mina Tanaka (田中 美南, born 1994), Japanese women's footballer
* Mina Tanaka (luger) (田中 三奈, born 1971), Japanese luger
* Minami Tanaka (田中 美海, born 1996), Japanese voice actress
* Minami Tanaka (announcer) (田中 みな実, born 1986), Japanese announcer
* Mineko Tanaka (田中 美音子, born 1975), Japanese handball player
* Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Misako Tanaka (田中 美佐子, born 1959), Japanese actress
* Misato Tanaka (田中 美里, born 1977), Japanese actress
* Mitsu Tanaka (田中 美津, born 1945), Japanese feminist and writer
* Mitsuteru Tanaka (田中 光輝, born 1971), Japanese cyclist
* Miyako Tanaka (田中 京, born 1967), Japanese synchronized swimmer
* Nanae Tanaka (田中 奈々絵, born 1975), Japanese fencer
* Naoki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Noboru Tanaka (田中 登, 1937–2006), Japanese film director
* Noboru Tanaka (field hockey) (田中 昇, 1912-?), Japanese field hockey player
* Nobuo Tanaka (田中 伸男, born 1950), Japanese former executive director of the International Energy Agency
* Nobutaka Tanaka (田中 信孝, born 1971), Japanese footballer
* Nobuyuki Tanaka (田中 伸幸), Japanese economic botanist
* Norio Tanaka (田中 法生), Japanese aquatic botanist
* Nozomi Tanaka (田中 希実, born 1999), Japanese long-distance runner
* Pat Tanaka (born 1961), American professional wrestler
* Professor Tanaka (1930–2000), American professional wrestler
* Paul Tanaka American law enforcement officer and politician
* Raishō Tanaka (田中頼璋, 1868–1940), Japanese painter
* Raizō Tanaka (田中 頼三, 1892–1969), Japanese admiral
* Reina Tanaka (田中 れいな, born 1989), Japanese singer
* Rena Tanaka (田中 麗奈, born 1980), Japanese actress and television personality
* Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵, born 1979), Japanese singer and voice actress
* Rie Tanaka (gymnast) (田中 理恵, born 1987), Japanese artistic gymnast
* Riku Tanaka (田中 陸, born 1999), Japanese footballer
* Ritsuko Tanaka (田中 律子, born 1971), Japanese actress, television personality and singer
* Romeo Tanaka (田中 ロミオ, born 1973), Japanese writer and artist
* Ronald Phillip Tanaka (1944–2007), Japanese-American poet and editor
* Ryo Tanaka (田中 遼, born 1987), Japanese ice hockey player
* Ryohei Tanaka (1933–2019), Japanese artist
* Ryōichi Tanaka (田中 亮一, born 1947), Japanese voice actor
* Ryōko Tanaka (田中 涼子, born 1973), Japanese voice actress
* Ryosei Tanaka (田中 良生, born 1963), Japanese politician
* Ryūkichi Tanaka (田中 隆吉, 1896–1972), Japanese general
* Sakai Tanaka (田中 宇, born 1961), Japanese journalist
* Sakuji Tanaka, Japanese businessman
* Sara Tanaka (born 1978), American actress
* Satoko Tanaka (田中 聡子, born 1942), Japanese swimmer
* Satoshi Tanaka (田中 聡, born 2002), Japanese footballer
* Seigi Tanaka (田中 正義, born 1994), Japanese baseball player
* Seiichi Tanaka (田中 誠一, born 1943), Japanese taiko player
* Sendai Tanaka (田中 繊大, born 1972), Japanese boxing trainer
* Setsuji Tanaka (田中 節治, 1909–2001), Japanese rower
* Shelley Tanaka, Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacher
* Shigeho Tanaka (田中 茂穂, 1878–1974), Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology
* Shigeki Tanaka (田中 茂樹, 1931–2022), Japanese long-distance runner
* Shiho Tanaka (田中 志穗, born 1992), Japanese badminton player
* Shiho Tanaka (judoka) (田中 志歩, born 1998), Japanese judoka
* Shinako Tanaka (田中 姿子, born 1975), Japanese beach volleyball player
* Tanaka Shinbei (田中 新兵衛, 1832–1863), Japanese samurai and assassin
* Shingai Tanaka (1942–2007), Japanese calligrapher
* Shinichi Tanaka (田中 信一, born 1959), Japanese ski jumper
* Shin'ichi Tanaka (photographer) (田中 新一), Japanese photographer
* Shinji Tanaka (田中 真二, born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
* Shizuichi Tanaka (田中 静壱, 1887–1945), Japanese general
* Sho Tanaka (田中 翔, born 1989), Japanese professional wrestler
* Sho Tanaka (footballer) (田中 憧, born 1994), Japanese footballer
* Shohé Tanaka (田中 正平, 1862–1945), Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventor
* Tanaka Shōsuke (田中 勝助), 17th-century Japanese merchant and explorer
* Shōzō Tanaka (田中 正造, 1841–1913), Japanese politician and conservationist
* Shun Tanaka (田中 舜, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Shunichi Tanaka (田中 俊一, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Shunta Tanaka (baseball) (田中 俊太, born 1993), Japanese baseball player
* Shunta Tanaka (footballer) (田中 駿汰, born 1997), Japanese footballer
* Shusei Tanaka (田中 秀征, born 1940), Japanese politician
* Shuta Tanaka (田中 秀太, born 1977), Japanese baseball player
* Shuto Tanaka (田中 秀人, born 1985), Japanese footballer
* Soichi Tanaka (田中 奏一, born 1989), Japanese footballer
* Sōichirō Tanaka (footballer) (田中 総一郎, born 1993), Japanese footballer
* Sōichirō Tanaka (voice actor) (田中 総一郎, born 1964), Japanese voice actor
* Soshi Tanaka (田中 総司, born 1982), Japanese figure skater
* Sumie Tanaka (田中 澄江, 1908–2000), Japanese screenwriter and playwright
* Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
* Takahiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Takako Tanaka (田中 貴子), Japanese voice actress
* Tamami Tanaka (田中 珠美, born 1975), Japanese biathlete
* Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Teisuke Tanaka (田中 楨助, 1937–2015), Japanese motorcycle racer
* Terukazu Tanaka (田中 輝和,, born 1985), Japanese footballer
* Teruki Tanaka (田中 輝希, born 1992), Japanese footballer
* Terumi Tanaka (田中 煕巳, born 1932), Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist
* Teruyo Tanaka (田中 照代, born 1959), Japanese Paralympic athlete
* Tetsushi Tanaka (田中 哲司, born 1966), Japanese actor
* Tetsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Togo Tanaka (1916–2009), American journalist and newspaper editor
* Tokutarō Tanaka (田中 徳太郎, 1909–1989), Japanese photographer
* Tokuzō Tanaka (田中 徳三, 1920–2007), Japanese film director
* Tommy Tanaka, Guam politician
* Tomohiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tomoko Tanaka (田中 智子, born 1958), Japanese ice dancer
* Tomomi Tanaka (田中 智美, born 1988), Japanese long-distance runner
* Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸), Japanese film producer
* Torahiko Tanaka (田中 寅彦, born 1957), Japanese shogi player
* Tanaka Tosa (田中 土佐, 1820–1868), Japanese samurai
* Toshiaki Tanaka (田中 利明, 1935–1998), Japanese table tennis player
* Toshibumi Tanaka (田中 敏文, 1911–1982), Japanese politician
* Toshimitsu Tanaka (田中 利光, 1930–2020), Japanese composer
* Toshiya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Toshiyuki Tanaka (田中 利幸, born 1985), Japanese equestrian
* Tsuneo Tanaka (田中 常雄), Japanese diplomat
* Tsunetoshi Tanaka (田中 恒利, died 2014), Japanese politician
* Tsutomu Tanaka (田中 勉, born 1939), Japanese baseball player
* Wataru Tanaka (田中 渉, born 2000), Japanese footballer
* Yasuhiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yasukazu Tanaka (田中 雍和, born 1933), Japanese footballer
* Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yasushi Tanaka (田中 保, 1886–1941), Japanese artist
* Yasushin Tanaka (田中 保伸, born 1945), Japanese ice hockey player
* Yōji Tanaka (田中 要次, born 1968), Japanese actor
* Yoko Tanaka (田中 陽, born 1993), Japanese women's footballer
* Yoshikazu Tanaka (田中 良和, born 1977), Japanese businessman
* Yoshiki Tanaka (田中 芳樹, born 1952), Japanese novelist
* Yoshiko Tanaka (田中 好子, 1956–2011), Japanese actress
* Yoshiko Tanaka (table tennis) (田中 良子), Japanese table tennis player
* Tanaka Yoshio (田中 芳男, 1838–1916), Japanese civil servant and naturalist
* Yoshio Tanaka (swimmer) (田中 純夫, born 1930), Japanese swimmer
* Yudai Tanaka (footballer, born 1988) (田中 雄大), Japanese footballer
* Yudai Tanaka (footballer, born 1995) (田中 雄大), Japanese footballer
* Yūichi Tanaka (田中 悠一, born 1985), Japanese shogi player
* Yuji Tanaka (田中 裕二, born 1965), Japanese comedian
* Yuka Tanaka (born 1974), Japanese tennis player
* Yuki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yukinori Tanaka (田中 穂徳, born 1966), Japanese swimmer
* Yukio Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yūko Tanaka (田中 裕子, born 1955), Japanese actress
* Yurie Tanaka (田中 友理恵, born 1989), Japanese biathlete
* Yūsuke Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people

## Fictional characters

* Lady Tanaka, is the main antagonist in the movie "The Punisher"(1989)
* Tanaka, a character in the manga series Black Butler
* Tanaka, the household servant in Full Moon o Sagashite
* Tanaka, the Usami household butler in Junjo Romantica
* Tanaka, from Kimi ni Todoke
* Tanaka, a character in the light novel series Mayoi Neko Overrun
* Tanaka, from Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
* Mr. Tanaka, from F-Zero GX
* Mr. Tanaka, from Sonic X
* Mr. Tanaka, from the anime Gantz
* President Tanaka, from Persona 3
* Aiko Tanaka from Oyasumi Punpun
* Asuka Tanaka, from Sound! Euphonium
* David Tanaka, a character in the soap opera Neighbours
* Drew Tanaka from The Heroes of Olympus and The Kane Chronicles
* Gundham Tanaka from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
* Holly Tanaka, a character in the video Game Halo 5: Guardians
* Ichiro Tanaka, character from Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
* Isuro Tanaka, from the film Major League II
* Tanaka Kazuya, from School Rumble
* Ken Tanaka, a character in the television series Glee
* Kida Tanaka, from Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
* Koyuki Tanaka, from SBK: Snowboard Kids
* Leo Tanaka, a character in the soap opera Neighbours
* Opal Tanaka, a Marvel Comics character
* Ryūnosuke Tanaka from Haikyū!!
* Shinichiro Tanaka, from Battle Royale (film, Special Edition)
* Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza (video game)
* Souichirou Tanaka, character from Genshiken
* Taro Tanaka, from Taro the Space Alien (Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō)
* Tiger Tanaka, from the James Bond novel and film You Only Live Twice
* Tom Tanaka, from Durarara!
* Lt. Yoshi Tanaka from Magnum, P.I.
* Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka, main character of the manga series BECK
* Tricia Tanaka, featured in the episode Tricia Tanaka is Dead from the TV show Lost (2004 TV series)