Tanaka
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People with the surnameEdit
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese musician formerly known as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese hurdler
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer and model, member of girl group MEOVV
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Atsuko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ayumi Tanaka (born 1986), Japanese pianist and composer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese aikidoka
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese model and actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese Buddhist scholar and preacher
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese speed skater
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese playwright and dramatist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese merchant
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese photographer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese botanist and mycologist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese basketball player
- Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Template:Ill (1901–1980), Japanese police officer and politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese anime producer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
- Elly Tanaka (born 1965), biochemist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Eugenia Tanaka (born 1987), Indonesian-born Australian badminton player
- Evelyn Tanaka, Canadian politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese statesman and educator
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese rugby union player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese martial artist
- Gary A. Tanaka (born 1943), Japanese-American businessman and philanthropist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese rugby union player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese general, politician, and Prime Minister of Japan
- Haruko Tanaka, American artist and filmmaker
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese composer and arranger
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese golfer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese novelist
- Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese gymnast
- Hime Tanaka (田中ヒメ), Japanese singer and HimeHina Virtual YouTuber group
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese composer and musician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese decathlete
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese video game developer, producer, director and designer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese high jumper
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese field hockey player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese figure skater
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese general
- Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka (died 1991), American professional wrestler
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese academic, art historian and curator
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese graphic designer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer
- Template:Nihongo, born Tanaka Jun (1908–1977), Japanese Nihonga painter
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese field hockey player
- Janice Tanaka, American artist
- Janis Tanaka (born 1963), American musician
- Jeffrey S. Tanaka (1958–1992), American psychologist and statistician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese screenwriter
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese mechanical engineer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese rower
- Jun Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
- Template:Nihongo, oldest verified Japanese person ever
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese composer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese drifting driver
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese modern pentathlete
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese gymnast
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
- Kazuo Tanaka, Japanese engineer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese figure skater
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Kenichi Tanaka, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Kenneth K. Tanaka (born 1947), Japanese-born American Buddhist writer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese field hockey player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress and director
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
- Kohei Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese chemist
- Koichi Tanaka (fighter) (born 1971), Japanese mixed martial artist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese photographer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and idol
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese videographer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer and translator
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese boxer
- Kōtarō Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist and character designer
- Luana Tanaka (born 1989), Brazilian actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese long-distance runner
- Template:Nihongo Japanese politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese basketball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
- Marcio Tanaka (born 1980), Japanese-Brazilian baseball player
- Marcus Tulio Tanaka (born 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese tennis player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer
- Masahiko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (born 1949), Japanese geisha
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese professional wrestler
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer and actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese badminton player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese model, television personality and actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese judoka
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese volleyball player and coach
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese idol
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese dancer and actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese luger
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese announcer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese handball player
- Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese feminist and writer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese cyclist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese fencer
- Naoki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese film director
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese field hockey player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese former executive director of the International Energy Agency
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese economic botanist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese aquatic botanist
- Template:Nihongo, 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
- Template:Jp, Japanese painter
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese admiral
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress and television personality
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer and voice actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese artistic gymnast
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress, television personality and singer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer and artist
- Ronald Phillip Tanaka (1944–2007), Japanese-American poet and editor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese ice hockey player
- Ryohei Tanaka (1933–2019), Japanese artist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese general
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese journalist
- Sakuji Tanaka, Japanese businessman
- Sara Tanaka (born 1978), American actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese taiko player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese boxing trainer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese rower
- Shelley Tanaka, Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacher
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese long-distance runner
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese badminton player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese judoka
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese beach volleyball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai and assassin
- Shingai Tanaka (1942–2007), Japanese calligrapher
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese ski jumper
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese photographer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese general
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese professional wrestler
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventor
- Template:Nihongo, 17th-century Japanese merchant and explorer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician and conservationist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese figure skater
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese screenwriter and playwright
- Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
- Takahiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese biathlete
- Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese motorcycle racer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese Paralympic athlete
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
- Tetsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Togo Tanaka (1916–2009), American journalist and newspaper editor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese photographer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese film director
- Tommy Tanaka, Guam politician
- Tomohiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese ice dancer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese long-distance runner
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese film producer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese shogi player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese table tennis player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese composer
- Toshiya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese equestrian
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese diplomat
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Yasuhiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese artist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese ice hockey player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese businessman
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese novelist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese table tennis player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese civil servant and naturalist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese shogi player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese comedian
- Yuka Tanaka (born 1974), Japanese tennis player
- Yuki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
- Yukio Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese biathlete
- Yūsuke Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional charactersEdit
- 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)
See alsoEdit
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese gymnast
- Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii (born 1969), Japanese linguist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese mathematician