is the fourth most common Japanese surname. It is typically written with the kanji for . Less common variants include , , , , and .
People with the surname , Japanese musician formerly known as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi , Japanese voice actress , Japanese hurdler , Japanese singer and model, member of girl group MEOVV , Japanese footballer , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese footballer Atsuko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people Ayumi Tanaka (born 1986), Japanese pianist and composer , Japanese aikidoka , Japanese model and actress , Japanese Buddhist scholar and preacher , Japanese speed skater , Japanese playwright and dramatist , Japanese merchant , Japanese photographer , Japanese botanist and mycologist , Japanese baseball player , Japanese basketball player Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor , Japanese Nordic combined skier (1901–1980), Japanese police officer and politician , Japanese anime producer , Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor Elly Tanaka (born 1965), American biochemist , Japanese actress and voice actress Eugenia Tanaka (born 1987), Indonesian-born Australian badminton player Evelyn Tanaka, Canadian politician , Japanese statesman and educator , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese martial artist Gary A. Tanaka (born 1943), Japanese-American businessman and philanthropist , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese general, politician, and Prime Minister of Japan Haruko Tanaka, American artist and filmmaker , Japanese actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese composer and arranger , Japanese golfer , Japanese novelist Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese voice actor , Japanese gymnast Hime Tanaka (田中ヒメ), Japanese singer and HimeHina Virtual YouTuber duo , Japanese footballer Hitomi Tanaka (田中 瞳, born 1986), Japanese nude and former pornographic actress , Japanese composer and musician , Japanese footballer , Japanese decathlete , Japanese video game developer, producer, director and designer , Japanese high jumper , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese figure skater , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese general Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka (died 1991), American professional wrestler , Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor , Japanese swimmer , Japanese academic, art historian and curator , Japanese graphic designer , Japanese writer , born Tanaka Jun (1908–1977), Japanese Nihonga painter , Japanese field hockey player Janice Tanaka, American artist Janis Tanaka (born 1963), American musician Jeffrey S. Tanaka (1958–1992), American psychologist and statistician , Japanese screenwriter , Japanese mechanical engineer , Japanese rower Jun Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese synchronized swimmer , Japanese footballer , Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan , Japanese voice actor , oldest verified Japanese person ever , Japanese composer , Japanese drifting driver Karlee Tanaka (born 2003), American singer-songwriter and dancer , Japanese modern pentathlete , Japanese gymnast , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese voice actor , Japanese politician Kazuo Tanaka, Japanese engineer , Japanese actor , Japanese figure skater , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor , Japanese footballer Kenichi Tanaka, Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese baseball player Kenneth K. Tanaka (born 1947), Japanese-born American Buddhist writer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese actress and director , Japanese swimmer Kohei Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese baseball player , Japanese chemist Koichi Tanaka (fighter) (born 1971), Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese photographer , Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and idol , Japanese videographer , Japanese writer and translator , Japanese boxer Kōtarō Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese rhythmic gymnast , Japanese actor , Japanese manga artist and character designer Luana Tanaka (born 1989), Brazilian actress , Japanese long-distance runner Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese basketball player , Japanese voice actress Marcio Tanaka (born 1980), Japanese-Brazilian baseball player Marcus Tulio Tanaka (born 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer , Japanese tennis player , Japanese writer Masahiko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese baseball player Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (born 1949), Japanese geisha , Japanese swimmer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese singer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese manga artist , Japanese singer and actress , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese badminton player , Japanese model, television personality and actress , Japanese judoka , Japanese volleyball player and coach , Japanese idol , Japanese dancer and actor , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese luger , Japanese voice actress , Japanese announcer , Japanese handball player Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese actress , Japanese actress , Japanese feminist and writer , Japanese cyclist , Japanese synchronized swimmer , Japanese fencer Naoki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese film director , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese former executive director of the International Energy Agency , Japanese footballer , Japanese economic botanist , Japanese aquatic botanist , 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 , Japanese admiral , Japanese singer , Japanese actress and television personality , Japanese singer and voice actress , Japanese artistic gymnast , Japanese footballer , Japanese actress, television personality and singer , Japanese writer and artist Ronald Phillip Tanaka (1944–2007), Japanese-American poet and editor , Japanese ice hockey player Ryohei Tanaka (1933–2019), Japanese artist , Japanese voice actor , Japanese voice actress , Japanese politician , Japanese general , Japanese journalist Sakuji Tanaka, Japanese businessman Sara Tanaka (born 1978), American actress , Japanese swimmer , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese taiko player , Japanese boxing trainer , Japanese rower Shelley Tanaka, Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacher , Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese badminton player , Japanese judoka , Japanese beach volleyball player , Japanese samurai and assassin Shingai Tanaka (1942–2007), Japanese calligrapher , Japanese ski jumper , Japanese photographer , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese general , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese footballer , Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventor , 17th-century Japanese merchant and explorer , Japanese politician and conservationist , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese politician , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese voice actor , Japanese figure skater , Japanese screenwriter and playwright Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (born 1948), Japanese voice actor Takahiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese voice actress , Japanese biathlete Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese motorcycle racer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist , Japanese Paralympic athlete , 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 , Japanese photographer , Japanese film director Tommy Tanaka, Guam politician Tomohiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese ice dancer , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese film producer , Japanese shogi player , Japanese samurai , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese politician , Japanese composer Toshiya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese equestrian , Japanese diplomat , Japanese politician , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer Yasuhiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese footballer Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese artist , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese actor , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese businessman , Japanese novelist , Japanese actress , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese civil servant and naturalist , Japanese swimmer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese shogi player , Japanese comedian Yuka Tanaka (born 1974), Japanese tennis player Yuki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese swimmer Yukio Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese actress , 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 Mabel Tanaka, main protagonist in the Pixar animated film Hoppers 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 also , Japanese gymnast Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii (born 1969), Japanese linguist , Japanese mathematician
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