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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

See also

References