Kei Tanaka

 ( 21st-century Japanese Male Actors ) 

born 10 July 1984 is a Japanese actor.

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Personal life On August 31, 2011, Tanaka married former actress Sakura, his co-star in the television drama Massugu na Otoko. Their agencies also announced that the two were expecting their first child, as Sakura was already five months pregnant at that time. His wife gave birth to a daughter the following year on February 6, 2012. Their second daughter was born on August 3, 2016.

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Filmography

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Film

2002	Suicide Club	High school student
2004	Be with You	Mio's university friend
2007	Hōtai Club	Shinichi 'Gimo' Yanagimoto
2011	Runway Beat	Satoru Inuda
2012	Afro Tanaka	Hajime Okamoto
	.hack//The Movie	Tomohiko Okano (voice)
2013	Library Wars	Mikihisa Komaki
2015		Mikihisa Komaki
2017	Manhunt	Kitagawa	Chinese film
2018	The Many Faces of Ito	Shin'ya Tamura
	Stolen Identity	Makoto Tomita
2019	Marriage Hunting Beauty	Yatabe
	Hit Me Anyone One More Time	Heitarō Ōzeki
		Sōichi Haruta	Lead role
2020	Mellow	Seiichi Natsume	Lead role
	Stolen Identity 2	Makoto Tomita	Special appearance
2021	The Cinderella Addiction	Daigo Izumisawa
	Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold	Jinya Nishikata	Lead role
			Cameo appearance
	First Gentleman	Hiyori Sōma	Lead role
	And So the Baton Is Passed	Sōsuke Morimiya
	Your Turn to Kill: The Movie	Shōta Tezuka	Lead role
2022	To Be Killed by a High School Girl	Haruto Higashiyama	Lead role
	Whisper of the Heart	Sonomura
	Haw	Tamio Akanishi	Lead role
	Phases of the Moon	Ryunosuke Masaki
2023	G-Men	Kōichi Yagami
2024	Who's Gone	Arakawa
		Hikaru Morimoto
	Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game	Makoto Tomita	Special appearance
	The Hotel of My Dream	Endo
2025	Hey, Dazai: The Movie	Kensaku Komuro	Lead role

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Television series

2002	Gokusen	Ono
2003	Water Boys
2004	Socrates in Love
2005	Water Boys 2005 Natsu
	Tokyo Friends	Wataru Iwatsuki	DVD released
2006	Journey Under the Midnight Sun
2007	Hana Yori Dango Returns
2008	Maō	Hitoshi Kasai
2011	Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda	Mamoru Saionji
	Ohisama	Haruki Sudō	Asadora
	The Reason I Can't Find My Love	Yu Hasegawa
2012	Deka Kurokawa Suzuki	Tadashi Akagi
2012–2021		Hikaru Morimoto	Season 1, 5 and 7
2013		Reiji Watanabe	Lead role
2014	Gunshi Kanbei	Ishida Mitsunari	Taiga drama
2015	I'm Home	Tsuyoshi Honjō
2016	Good Morning Call	Takuya Uehara
2017	Tokyo Tarareba Musume	Yoshio Marui
2018	Miss Sherlock	Toshio Yoneyama
	Double Fantasy	Ryosuke Iwai	Miniseries
2018–2024	Ossan's Love	Sōichi Haruta	Lead role; 3 seasons
2019	Your Turn to Kill	Shōta Tezuka	Lead role
2020	Panda Judges the World	Tetsuya Morishima
	Discord	Yūsuke Kawakami	Lead role; Television film
	Unsung Cinderella	Shōgo Seno
	How to Eliminate My Teacher	Tsuneo Yoshizawa	Lead role
2021	Helical Labyrinth	Jin Jinbo	Lead role
2022	Umeko: The Face of Female Education	Itō Hirobumi	Television film
2023	Black Postman	Rikiya Soejima	Lead role
2025	Hey, Dazai	Kensaku Komuro	Lead role; Television film

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Japanese dub

• (2019) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler)
• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler)
• The Lost City (2022) - Alan Caprison / Dash McMahon (Channing Tatum)

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Awards and nominations

2018	11th Tokyo Drama Awards	Best Actor	Ossan's Love		Tokyo Drama Awards 2018
2019	22nd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Actor
	43rd Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself
2020	23rd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Actor	Ossan's Love (S2) and Your Turn to Kill

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External links

• Official Website

Categories: 21st-century Japanese Male Actors, Japanese Male Film Actors, Japanese Male Television Actors, Living People, 1984 Births, Male Actors From Tokyo, Long Stubs With Short Prose

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