People with the surname
*, Japanese musician formerly known as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese hurdler *, 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 *, Japanese footballer *Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese anime producer *, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor *Elly Tanaka (born 1965), biochemist *, Japanese actress and voice actress *Eugenia Tanaka (born 1987), Indonesian-born Australian badminton player *, 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 footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese footballer *, 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 mechanical engineer *, Japanese rower *Jun Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese synchronized swimmer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese voice actor *, oldest verified Japanese person ever *, Japanese composer *, Japanese drifting driver *, 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 footballer *, 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 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 *, Japanese footballer *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 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 *, Japanese footballer *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 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 (born 1933), 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 (born 1942), 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 *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 peopleFictional 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 (TV series), ''Glee'' *Leo Tanaka, a character in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' *Mariko Tanaka, from ''Wing Commander'' *Opal Tanaka, a Marvel Comics character *List of Haikyu!! characters, Ryūnosuke Tanaka from Haikyū!! *Shinichiro Tanaka, from ''Battle Royale (film), Battle Royale'' (film, Special Edition) *Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza (video game), ''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.'' *List of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad characters, Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka, main character of the manga series ''Beck (manga), BECK''See also
*, Japanese gymnast *Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii (born 1969), Japanese linguist *, Japanese mathematicianReferences
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