Tanaka

 ( Japanese-language Surnames ) 

たなか is the fourth most common Japanese name surname. It is typically written with the kanji for 田中. Less common variants include 多中, 多仲, 他中, 棚下, 棚夏 and 多名賀.

• born 1998, Japanese musician formerly known as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi
• born 1992, Japanese voice actress
• born 1942, Japanese hurdler
• born 2005, Japanese singer and model, member of girl group MEOVV
• born 1998, Japanese footballer
• born 1988, Japanese women's footballer
• born 1987, Japanese footballer
• Atsuko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ayumi Tanaka (born 1986), Japanese pianist and composer
• 1912–1988, Japanese aikidoka
• born 1981, Japanese model and actress
• 1861–1939, Japanese Buddhist scholar and preacher
• born 1973, Japanese speed skater
• 1905–1995, Japanese playwright and dramatist
• 田中 長兵衛, Japanese merchant
• born 1947, Japanese photographer
• 1885–1976, Japanese botanist and mycologist
• born 1988, Japanese baseball player
• born 1991, Japanese basketball player
• Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
• born 1941, Japanese Nordic combined skier
• (1901–1980), Japanese police officer and politician
• 田中 栄子, Japanese anime producer
• 1886–1968, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
• Elly Tanaka (born 1965), American biochemist
• born 1977, Japanese actress and voice actress
• Eugenia Tanaka (born 1987), Indonesian-born Australian badminton player
• Evelyn Tanaka, Canadian politician
• 1845–1909, Japanese statesman and educator
• born 1985, Japanese rugby union player
• born 1943, Japanese martial artist
• Gary A. Tanaka (born 1943), Japanese-American businessman and philanthropist
• 1873–1933, Japanese rugby union player
• 1864–1929, Japanese general, politician, and Prime Minister of Japan
• Haruko Tanaka, American artist and filmmaker
• 1912–1992, Japanese actor
• born 1982, Japanese footballer
• born 1987, Japanese composer and arranger
• born 1971, Japanese golfer
• 1913–1949, Japanese novelist
• Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1950, Japanese voice actor
• born 1972, Japanese gymnast
• Hime Tanaka (田中ヒメ), Japanese singer and HimeHina Virtual YouTuber group
• born 1979, Japanese footballer
• Hitomi Tanaka (田中 瞳, born 1986), Japanese nude and former pornographic actress
• born 1957, Japanese composer and musician
• born 1991, Japanese footballer
• born 1981, Japanese decathlete
• born 1962, Japanese video game developer, producer, director and designer
• born 1915, date of death unknown, Japanese high jumper
• born 1941, Japanese field hockey player
• born 1972, Japanese figure skater
• born 1990, Japanese footballer
• born 1982, Japanese baseball player
• 1889–1947, Japanese general
• Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka (died 1991), American professional wrestler
• 1799–1891, Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor
• born 1979, Japanese swimmer
• 1895–1983, Japanese academic, art historian and curator
• 1930–2002, Japanese graphic designer
• 1932/1933–2025, Japanese writer
• 田中 一村, born Tanaka Jun (1908–1977), Japanese Nihonga painter
• 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
• born 1976, Japanese screenwriter
• 1917–2017, Japanese mechanical engineer
• born 1947, Japanese rower
• Jun Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1973, Japanese synchronized swimmer
• born 1987, Japanese footballer
• 1918–1993, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• 田中 完, Japanese voice actor
• 1903–2022, oldest verified Japanese person ever
• born 1961, Japanese composer
• born 1970, Japanese drifting driver
• born 1936, Japanese modern pentathlete
• born 1985, Japanese gymnast
• born 1994, Japanese baseball player
• born 2000, Japanese footballer
• 1967–2016, Japanese voice actor
• born 1949, Japanese politician
• Kazuo Tanaka, Japanese engineer
• born 1984, Japanese actor
• born 1994, Japanese figure skater
• 1938–2022, Japanese politician
• born 1989, Japanese footballer
• born 1951, Japanese actor
• born 1989, Japanese footballer
• Kenichi Tanaka, Japanese mixed martial artist
• born 1989, Japanese baseball player
• Kenneth K. Tanaka (born 1947), Japanese-born American Buddhist writer
• born 1981, Japanese baseball player
• born 1988, Japanese field hockey player
• 1909–1977, Japanese actress and director
• born 1946, Japanese swimmer
• Kohei Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1989, Japanese baseball player
• born 1959, Japanese chemist
• Koichi Tanaka (fighter) (born 1971), Japanese mixed martial artist
• born 1955, Japanese footballer and manager
• 1924–2016, Japanese photographer
• born 1985, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and idol
• born 1975, Japanese videographer
• 1925–2000, Japanese writer and translator
• born 1995, Japanese boxer
• Kōtarō Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1991, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
• 1932–2021, Japanese actor
• born 1970, Japanese manga artist and character designer
• Luana Tanaka (born 1989), Brazilian actress
• born 1983, Japanese long-distance runner
• born 1944 Japanese politician
• born 1975, Japanese footballer
• born 1996, Japanese basketball player
• born 1989, Japanese voice actress
• Marcio Tanaka (born 1980), Japanese-Brazilian baseball player
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka (born 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
• born 1987, Japanese tennis player
• 1911–2006, Japanese writer
• Masahiko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1988, Japanese baseball player
• Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (born 1949), Japanese geisha
• born 1979, Japanese swimmer
• born 1962, Japanese manga artist
• born 1973, Japanese professional wrestler
• born 1951, Japanese singer
• born 1955, Japanese voice actress
• 田中 メカ, Japanese manga artist
• 1909–1988, Japanese singer and actress
• born 1990, Japanese mixed martial artist
• born 1976, Japanese badminton player
• born 1983, Japanese model, television personality and actress
• born 1987, Japanese judoka
• born 1955, Japanese volleyball player and coach
• born 2001, Japanese idol
• born 1945, Japanese dancer and actor
• born 1994, Japanese women's footballer
• born 1971, Japanese luger
• born 1996, Japanese voice actress
• born 1986, Japanese announcer
• born 1975, Japanese handball player
• Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1959, Japanese actress
• born 1977, Japanese actress
• born 1945, Japanese feminist and writer
• born 1971, Japanese cyclist
• born 1967, Japanese synchronized swimmer
• born 1975, Japanese fencer
• Naoki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• 1937–2006, Japanese film director
• 1912-?, Japanese field hockey player
• born 1950, Japanese former executive director of the International Energy Agency
• born 1971, Japanese footballer
• 田中 伸幸, Japanese economic botanist
• 田中 法生, Japanese aquatic botanist
• 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
• , Japanese painter
• 1892–1969, Japanese admiral
• born 1989, Japanese singer
• born 1980, Japanese actress and television personality
• born 1979, Japanese singer and voice actress
• born 1987, Japanese artistic gymnast
• born 1999, Japanese footballer
• born 1971, Japanese actress, television personality and singer
• born 1973, Japanese writer and artist
• Ronald Phillip Tanaka (1944–2007), Japanese-American poet and editor
• born 1987, Japanese ice hockey player
• Ryohei Tanaka (1933–2019), Japanese artist
• born 1947, Japanese voice actor
• born 1973, Japanese voice actress
• born 1963, Japanese politician
• 1896–1972, Japanese general
• born 1961, Japanese journalist
• Sakuji Tanaka, Japanese businessman
• Sara Tanaka (born 1978), American actress
• born 1942, Japanese swimmer
• born 2002, Japanese footballer
• born 1994, Japanese baseball player
• born 1943, Japanese taiko player
• born 1972, Japanese boxing trainer
• 1909–2001, Japanese rower
• Shelley Tanaka, Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacher
• 1878–1974, Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology
• 1931–2022, Japanese long-distance runner
• born 1992, Japanese badminton player
• born 1998, Japanese judoka
• born 1975, Japanese beach volleyball player
• 1832–1863, Japanese samurai and assassin
• Shingai Tanaka (1942–2007), Japanese calligrapher
• born 1959, Japanese ski jumper
• 田中 新一, Japanese photographer
• born 1960, Japanese footballer and manager
• 1887–1945, Japanese general
• born 1989, Japanese professional wrestler
• born 1994, Japanese footballer
• 1862–1945, Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventor
• 田中 勝助, 17th-century Japanese merchant and explorer
• 1841–1913, Japanese politician and conservationist
• born 1988, Japanese footballer
• born 1987, Japanese footballer
• born 1993, Japanese baseball player
• born 1997, Japanese footballer
• born 1940, Japanese politician
• born 1977, Japanese baseball player
• born 1985, Japanese footballer
• born 1989, Japanese footballer
• born 1993, Japanese footballer
• born 1964, Japanese voice actor
• born 1982, Japanese figure skater
• 1908–2000, Japanese screenwriter and playwright
• Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
• Takahiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• 田中 貴子, Japanese voice actress
• born 1975, Japanese biathlete
• Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• 1937–2015, Japanese motorcycle racer
• born 1985, Japanese footballer
• born 1992, Japanese footballer
• born 1932, Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist
• born 1959, Japanese Paralympic athlete
• born 1966, Japanese actor
• Tia Tanaka (born 1987), Indonesian-born American pornographic actress
• Tetsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• Togo Tanaka (1916–2009), American journalist and newspaper editor
• 1909–1989, Japanese photographer
• 1920–2007, Japanese film director
• Tommy Tanaka, Guam politician
• Tomohiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1958, Japanese ice dancer
• born 1988, Japanese long-distance runner
• 田中 友幸, Japanese film producer
• born 1957, Japanese shogi player
• 1820–1868, Japanese samurai
• 1935–1998, Japanese table tennis player
• 1911–1982, Japanese politician
• 1930–2020, Japanese composer
• Toshiya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1985, Japanese equestrian
• 田中 常雄, Japanese diplomat
• died 2014, Japanese politician
• born 1939, Japanese baseball player
• born 2000, Japanese footballer
• Yasuhiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1933, Japanese footballer
• Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• 1886–1941, Japanese artist
• born 1945, Japanese ice hockey player
• born 1968, Japanese actor
• born 1993, Japanese women's footballer
• born 1977, Japanese businessman
• born 1952, Japanese novelist
• 1956–2011, Japanese actress
• 田中 良子, Japanese table tennis player
• 1838–1916, Japanese civil servant and naturalist
• born 1930, Japanese swimmer
• 田中 雄大, Japanese footballer
• 田中 雄大, Japanese footballer
• born 1985, Japanese shogi player
• born 1965, Japanese comedian
• Yuka Tanaka (born 1974), Japanese tennis player
• Yuki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1966, Japanese swimmer
• Yukio Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1955, Japanese actress
• born 1989, Japanese biathlete
• Yūsuke Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people

• 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
• Holly Tanaka, a character in the video Game
• Ichiro Tanaka, character from
• 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
• 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.
• , 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)

• born 1933, Japanese gymnast
• Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii (born 1969), Japanese linguist
• 1908–1986, Japanese mathematician