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- People with the surname
- Fictional characters
- See also
- References
{{other uses}}{{Infobox surname | name = Tanaka | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = Tanaka | meaning = varies | region = Japan | origin = Japanese | variant = | footnotes = [1] }}{{nihongo|Tanaka|たなか}} is the fourth most common Japanese surname, written with the kanji for {{nihongo|ricefield & middle|田中}}.[2] Less common variants include {{nihongo|many & middle|多中}}, {{nihongo|many & relationship|多仲}}, {{nihongo|another & middle|他中}}, {{nihongo|shelf & low|棚下}}, {{nihongo|shelf & summer|棚夏}} and {{nihongo|many & name & congratulation|多名賀}}.People with the surname- {{Nihongo|Aimi Tanaka|田中 あいみ||born 1992}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Akira Tanaka|田中 章||born 1942}}, Japanese hurdler
- {{Nihongo|Asuna Tanaka|田中 明日菜||born 1988}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Atomu Tanaka|田中 亜土夢||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
- Atsuko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ayumi Tanaka (born 1986), Japanese pianist and composer
- {{Nihongo|Bansen Tanaka|田中 万川||1912–1988}}, Japanese aikidoka
- {{Nihongo|Chie Tanaka|田中 千絵||born 1981}}, Japanese model and actress
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Chigaku|田中 智學||1861–1939}}, Japanese Buddhist scholar and preacher
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Chikao|田中 千禾夫||1905–1995}}, Japanese playwright and dramatist
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Chōbei|田中 長兵衛}}, Japanese merchant
- {{Nihongo|Chōtoku Tanaka|田中 長徳||born 1947}}, Japanese photographer
- {{Nihongo|Chōzaburō Tanaka|田中 長三郎||1885–1976}}, Japanese botanist and mycologist
- {{Nihongo|Daijiro Tanaka|田中 大二郎||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Daiki Tanaka|田中 大貴||born 1991}}, Japanese basketball player
- {{Nihongo|Daisuke Tanaka|田中 大輔||born 1983}}, Japanese footballer
- Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
- {{Nihongo|Eiko Tanaka|田中 栄子}}, Japanese anime producer
- {{Nihongo|Eizō Tanaka|田中 栄三||1886–1968}}, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
- Elly Tanaka (born 1965), biochemist
- {{Nihongo|Eri Tanaka|たなか えり||born 1977}}, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Eugenia Tanaka (born 1987), Indonesian-born Australian badminton player
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Fujimaro|田中 不二麿||1845–1909}}, Japanese statesman and educator
- {{Nihongo|Fumiaki Tanaka|田中 史朗||born 1985}}, Japanese rugby union player
- {{Nihongo|Fumon Tanaka|田中 普門||born 1943}}, Japanese martial artist
- Gary A. Tanaka (born 1943), Japanese-American businessman and philanthropist
- {{Nihongo|Ginnosuke Tanaka|田中 銀之助||1873-1933}}, Japanese rugby union player
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Giichi|田中 義一||1864–1929}}, Japanese general, politician, and Prime Minister of Japan
- Haruko Tanaka, American artist and filmmaker
- {{Nihongo|Haruo Tanaka|田中 春男||1912–1992}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Hayuma Tanaka|田中 隼磨||born 1982}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Hidemichi Tanaka|田中 秀道||born 1971}}, Japanese golfer
- {{Nihongo|Hidemitsu Tanaka|田中 英光||1913–1949}}, Japanese novelist
- Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Hideya Tanaka|田中 秀哉||born 1986}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Hideyuki Tanaka|田中 秀幸||born 1950}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Hiroaki Tanaka|田中 洋明||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Hirokazu Tanaka|田中 宏和||born 1957}}, Japanese composer and musician
- {{Nihongo|Hiroki Tanaka|田中 寛己||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Hiromasa Tanaka|田中 宏昌||born 1981}}, Japanese decathlete
- {{Nihongo|Hiromichi Tanaka|田中 弘道||born 1962}}, Japanese video game developer, producer, director and designer
- {{Nihongo|Hiroshi Tanaka|田中 衆史||born 1972}}, Japanese figure skater and coach
- {{Nihongo|Hiroshi Tanaka (athlete)|田中 弘||born 1915}}, Japanese high jumper
- {{Nihongo|Hiroto Tanaka|田中 裕人||born 1990}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Hiroyasu Tanaka|田中 浩康||born 1982}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Hisakazu Tanaka|田中 久一||1889–1947}}, Japanese general
- Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka (died 1991), American professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Hisashige|田中 久重||1799–1891}}, Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor
- {{Nihongo|Hisayoshi Tanaka|田中 久喜||born 1979}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Ichimatsu Tanaka|田中 一松||1895–1983}}, Japanese academic, art historian and curator
- {{Nihongo|Ikko Tanaka|田中 一光||1930–2002}}, Japanese graphic designer
- {{Nihongo|Issei Tanaka|田仲 一成}}, Japanese writer
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Isson|田中 一村}}, born Tanaka Jun (1908–1977), Japanese Nihonga painter
- {{Nihongo|Izuki Tanaka|田中 泉樹||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
- {{Nihongo|Jiro Tanaka|田中 次郎||born 1917}}, Japanese mechanical engineer
- Jun Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Junko Tanaka|田中 順子||born 1973}}, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Junya Tanaka|田中 順也||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Junya Tanaka (footballer, born 1983)|田中 淳也}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Kakuei Tanaka|田中 角栄||1918–1993}}, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- {{Nihongo|Kan Tanaka|田中 完}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Karen Tanaka|田中 カレン||born 1961}}, Japanese composer
- {{Nihongo|Kazuhiro Tanaka|田中 一弘||born 1970}}, Japanese drifting driver
- {{Nihongo|Kazuhiro Tanaka (pentathlete)|田中 和宏||born 1936}}, Japanese modern pentathlete
- {{Nihongo|Kazuhito Tanaka|田中 和仁||born 1985}}, Japanese gymnast
- {{Nihongo|Kazuki Tanaka|田中 和樹||born 2000}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Kazunari Tanaka|田中 一成||1967–2016}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Kazunori Tanaka|田中 和徳||born 1949}}, Japanese politician
- Kazuo Tanaka, Japanese engineer
- {{Nihongo|Kei Tanaka|田中 圭||born 1984}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Keiji Tanaka|田中 刑事||born 1994}}, Japanese figure skater
- {{Nihongo|Keishu Tanaka|田中 慶秋||born 1938}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Keita Tanaka|田中 恵太||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Ken Tanaka (actor)|田中 健||born 1951}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Kengo Tanaka|田中 謙吾||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer
- Kenichi Tanaka, Japanese mixed martial artist
- {{Nihongo|Kenji Tanaka|田中 賢治||born 1983}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Kenjiro Tanaka|田中 健二朗||born 1989}}, Japanese baseball player
- Kenneth K. Tanaka (born 1947), Japanese-born American Buddhist writer
- {{Nihongo|Kensuke Tanaka|田中 賢介||born 1981}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Kenta Tanaka|田中 健太||born 1988}}, Japanese field hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Kinuyo Tanaka|田中 絹代||1909–1977}}, Japanese actress and director
- {{Nihongo|Kishio Tanaka|田中 毅司雄||born 1946}}, Japanese swimmer
- Kohei Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Kohsuke Tanaka|田中 広輔||born 1989}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Koichi Tanaka|田中 耕一||born 1959}}, Japanese chemist
- Koichi Tanaka (fighter) (born 1971), Japanese mixed martial artist
- {{Nihongo|Koji Tanaka|田中 孝司||born 1955}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- {{Nihongo|Kōjō Tanaka|田中 光常||1924–2016}}, Japanese photographer
- {{Nihongo|Koki Tanaka|田中 聖||born 1985}}, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and idol
- {{Nihongo|Kōki Tanaka (artist)|田中 功起||born 1975}}, Japanese videographer
- {{Nihongo|Komimasa Tanaka|田中 小実昌||1925–2000}}, Japanese writer and translator
- {{Nihongo|Kosei Tanaka|田中 恒成|born 1995}}, Japanese boxer
- Kōtarō Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Kotono Tanaka|田中 琴乃||born 1991}}, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
- {{Nihongo|Kunie Tanaka|田中 邦衛||born 1932}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Kunihiko Tanaka|田中 久仁彦||born 1970}}, Japanese manga artist and character designer
- Luana Tanaka (born 1989), Brazilian actress
- {{Nihongo|Machi Tanaka|田中 真知||born 1983}}, Japanese long-distance runner
- {{Nihongo|Makiko Tanaka|田中 眞紀子||born 1944}} Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Tanaka|田中 誠||born 1975}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Manami Tanaka|田中 真奈美||born 1989}}, Japanese voice actress
- Marcio Tanaka (born 1980), Japanese-Brazilian baseball player
- Marcus Tulio Tanaka (born 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Mari Tanaka|田中 麻里||born 1987}}, Japanese tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Masaaki Tanaka|田中 正明||1911–2006}}, Japanese writer
- Masahiko Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Masahiro Tanaka|田中 将大||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Masaki Tanaka|田中 優毅||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer
- Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (born 1949), Japanese geisha
- {{Nihongo|Masami Tanaka|田中 雅美||born 1979}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Masashi Tanaka|田中 政志||born 1962}}, Japanese manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Masato Tanaka|田中 正人||born 1973}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Masayuki Tanaka|田中 昌之||born 1951}}, Japanese singer
- {{Nihongo|Mayumi Tanaka|田中 真弓||born 1955}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Meca Tanaka|田中 メカ}}, Japanese manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Michiko Tanaka|田中 路子||1909–1988}}, Japanese singer and actress
- {{Nihongo|Michinori Tanaka|田中 路教||born 1990}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
- {{Nihongo|Miho Tanaka|田中 美保||born 1976}}, Japanese badminton player
- {{Nihongo|Miho Tanaka (model)|田中 美保||born 1983}}, Japanese model, television personality and actress
- {{Nihongo|Miki Tanaka|田中 美衣||born 1987}}, Japanese judoka
- {{Nihongo|Mikiyasu Tanaka|田中 幹保||born 1955}}, Japanese volleyball player and coach
- {{Nihongo|Min Tanaka|田中 泯||born 1945}}, Japanese dancer and actor
- {{Nihongo|Mina Tanaka|田中 美南||born 1994}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Minami Tanaka|田中 美海||born 1996}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Mineko Tanaka|田中 美音子||born 1975}}, Japanese handball player
- Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Misako Tanaka|田中 美佐子||born 1959}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Misato Tanaka|田中 美里||born 1977}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Mitsu Tanaka|田中 美津||born 1945}}, Japanese feminist and writer
- {{Nihongo|Mitsuteru Tanaka|田中 光輝||born 1971}}, Japanese cyclist
- {{Nihongo|Miyako Tanaka|田中 京||born 1967}}, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Nanae Tanaka|田中 奈々絵||born 1975}}, Japanese fencer
- {{Nihongo|Naofumi Tanaka|田中 脩史||born 1993}}, Japanese footballer
- Naoki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Noboru Tanaka|田中 登||1937–2006}}, Japanese film director
- {{Nihongo|Nobuo Tanaka|田中 伸男||born 1950}}, Japanese former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
- {{Nihongo|Nobutaka Tanaka|田中 信孝||born 1971}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Nobuyuki Tanaka|田中 伸幸}}, Japanese economic botanist
- {{Nihongo|Norio Tanaka|田中 法生}}, Japanese aquatic botanist
- Pat Tanaka (born 1961), American professional wrestler
- Professor Tanaka (1930–2000), American professional wrestler
- Paul Tanaka American law enforcement officer and politician
- {{Nihongo|Raizō Tanaka|田中 頼三||1892–1969}}, Japanese admiral
- {{Nihongo|Reina Tanaka|田中 れいな||born 1989}}, Japanese singer
- {{Nihongo|Rena Tanaka|田中 麗奈||born 1980}}, Japanese actress and television personality
- {{Nihongo|Rie Tanaka|田中 理恵||born 1979}}, Japanese singer and voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Rie Tanaka (gymnast)|田中 理恵||born 1987}}, Japanese artistic gymnast
- {{Nihongo|Ritsuko Tanaka|田中 律子||born 1971}}, Japanese actress, television personality and singer
- {{Nihongo|Romeo Tanaka|田中 ロミオ||born 1973}}, Japanese writer and artist
- Ronald Phillip Tanaka (1944–2007), Japanese-American poet and editor
- {{Nihongo|Ryo Tanaka|田中 遼||born 1987}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Ryōichi Tanaka|田中 亮一||born 1947}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Ryōko Tanaka|田中 涼子||born 1973}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Ryosei Tanaka|田中 良生||born 1963}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Ryūkichi Tanaka|田中 隆吉||1896–1972}}, Japanese general
- {{Nihongo|Sakai Tanaka|田中 宇||born 1961}}, Japanese journalist
- Sakuji Tanaka, Japanese businessman
- Sara Tanaka (born 1978), American actress
- {{Nihongo|Satoko Tanaka|田中 聡子||born 1942}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Seiichi Tanaka|田中 誠一||born 1943}}, Japanese taiko player
- {{Nihongo|Sendai Tanaka|田中 繊大||born 1972}}, Japanese boxing trainer
- Shelley Tanaka, Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacher
- {{Nihongo|Shigeho Tanaka|田中 茂穂||1878–1974}}, Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology
- {{Nihongo|Shigeki Tanaka|田中 茂樹||born 1931}}, Japanese long-distance runner
- {{Nihongo|Shiho Tanaka|田中 志穗||born 1992}}, Japanese badminton player
- {{Nihongo|Shinako Tanaka|田中 姿子||born 1975}}, Japanese beach volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Shinbei|田中 新兵衛||1832–1863}}, Japanese samurai and assassin
- Shingai Tanaka (born 1942), Japanese calligrapher
- {{Nihongo|Shin'ichi Tanaka|田中 新一}}, Japanese photographer
- {{Nihongo|Shinji Tanaka|田中 真二||born 1960}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- {{Nihongo|Shizuichi Tanaka|田中 静壱||1887–1945}}, Japanese general
- {{Nihongo|Sho Tanaka|田中 翔||born 1989}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Sho Tanaka (footballer)|田中 憧||born 1994}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Shohé Tanaka|田中 正平||1862–1945}}, Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventor
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Shōsuke|田中 勝助}}, 17th-century Japanese merchant and explorer
- {{Nihongo|Shōzō Tanaka|田中 正造||1841–1913}}, Japanese politician and conservationist
- {{Nihongo|Shun Tanaka|田中 舜||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Shunichi Tanaka|田中 俊一||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Shusei Tanaka|田中 秀征||born 1940}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Shuta Tanaka|田中 秀太||born 1977}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Shuto Tanaka|田中 秀人||born 1985}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Soichi Tanaka|田中 奏一||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Sōichirō Tanaka|田中 総一郎||born 1964}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Soshi Tanaka|田中 総司||born 1982}}, Japanese figure skater
- {{Nihongo|Sumie Tanaka|田中 澄江||1908–2000}}, Japanese screenwriter and playwright
- Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Takahiro Tanaka|田中 貴大||born 1993}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Tamami Tanaka|田中 珠美||born 1975}}, Japanese biathlete
- Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Teisuke Tanaka|田中 楨助||1937–2015}}, Japanese motorcycle racer
- {{Nihongo|Terukazu Tanaka|田中 輝和,||born 1985}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Teruki Tanaka|田中 輝希||born 1992}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Terumi Tanaka|田中 煕巳||born 1932}}, Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist
- {{Nihongo|Teruyo Tanaka|田中 照代||born 1959}}, Japanese Paralympic athlete
- {{Nihongo|Tetsushi Tanaka|田中 哲司||born 1966}}, Japanese actor
- Tetsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Togo Tanaka (1916–2009), American journalist and newspaper editor
- {{Nihongo|Tokutarō Tanaka|田中 徳太郎||1909–1989}}, Japanese photographer
- Tommy Tanaka, Guam politician
- Tomohiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Tanaka|田中 智子||born 1958}}, Japanese ice dancer
- {{Nihongo|Tomomi Tanaka|田中 智美||born 1988}}, Japanese long-distance runner
- {{Nihongo|Tomoyuki Tanaka|田中 友幸}}, Japanese film producer
- {{Nihongo|Torahiko Tanaka|田中 寅彦||born 1957}}, Japanese shogi player
- Toru Tanaka or Professor Toru Tanaka, born Charles Kalani, Jr. (1930–2000), American professional wrestler and actor
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Tosa|田中 土佐||1820–1868}}, Japanese samurai
- {{Nihongo|Toshiaki Tanaka|田中 利明||1935–1998}}, Japanese table tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Toshibumi Tanaka|田中 敏文||1911–1982}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Toshimitsu Tanaka|田中 利光||born 1930}}, Japanese composer
- Toshiya Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Toshiyuki Tanaka|田中 利幸||born 1985}}, Japanese equestrian
- {{Nihongo|Tsuneo Tanaka|田中 常雄}}, Japanese diplomat
- {{Nihongo|Tsunetoshi Tanaka|田中 恒利||died 2014}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Tsutomu Tanaka|田中 勉||born 1939}}, Japanese baseball player
- Yasuhiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Yasukazu Tanaka|田中 雍和||born 1933}}, Japanese footballer
- Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Yasushi Tanaka|田中 保||1886–1941}}, Japanese artist
- {{Nihongo|Yōji Tanaka|田中 要次||born 1968}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Yoko Tanaka|田中 陽||born 1993}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Yoshikazu Tanaka|田中 良和||born 1977}}, Japanese businessman
- {{Nihongo|Yoshiki Tanaka|田中 芳樹||born 1952}}, Japanese novelist
- {{Nihongo|Yoshiko Tanaka|田中 好子||1956–2011}}, Japanese actress
- Yoshiko Tanaka (table tennis), Japanese table tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Tanaka Yoshio|田中 芳男||1838–1916}}, Japanese civil servant and naturalist
- {{Nihongo|Yoshio Tanaka (swimmer)|田中 純夫||born 1930}}, Japanese swimmer
- Yudai Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Yūichi Tanaka|田中 悠一||born 1985}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Yuji Tanaka|田中 裕二||born 1965}}, Japanese comedian
- Yuki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Yukinori Tanaka|田中 穂徳||born 1966}}, Japanese swimmer
- Yukio Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Yūko Tanaka|田中 裕子||born 1955}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Yurie Tanaka|田中 友理恵||born 1989}}, Japanese biathlete
- Yūsuke Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Yutaka Tanaka|田中 ユタカ||born 1966}}, Japanese manga artist
Fictional characters- 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
- David Tanaka, a character in the soap opera Neighbours
- Drew Tanaka from The Heroes of Olympus and The Kane Chronicles
- Gundam Tanaka from Goodbye Despair
- Holly Tanaka, a character in the video Game Guardians
- Ichiro Tanaka, character from Rising Sun
- Isuro Tanaka, from the film Major League II
- Tanaka Kazuya, from School Rumble
- Ken Tanaka, a character in the television series Glee
- Mariko Tanaka, from Wing Commander
- 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
See also- {{Nihongo|Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda|田中-池田 敬子||born 1933}}, Japanese gymnast
- Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii (born 1969), Japanese linguist
References1. ^[https://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files] {{Webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101007112151/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/genealogy/names/names_files%2Ehtml |date=2010-10-07 }} 2. ^{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]|publisher=Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|accessdate=2019-03-09}}
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