Portrait of Minako Tanaka

Acting

Minako Tanaka

Career

Active from 1989 to 2026, with a break from 2016 to 2025, busiest in 1989 and 1993 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage
Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage
GoodWatch score71/100

Characters

1

The characters Minako Tanaka played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 2.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Minako Tanaka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    1.9, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    0.7, average 3.4
  • Historical
    0.0, average 2.5
  • Coming of Age
    0.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Japanese Horror 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
永久少年 Eternal Boys
永久少年 Eternal Boys (2026)

TV show · as Fukuko Manda

2010s

7 titles · average score 71
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ (2019)

TV show · as Sae Kitamura [Cybercrime Countermeasures Division leader]

Investor-Z
Investor-Z (2018)

TV show · as Misato Fujita

99.9 Criminal Lawyer
99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Asami Nakamura

Ningyo Sashichi Torimonocho
Ningyo Sashichi Torimonocho (2016)

TV show

Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata
Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata (2015)

TV show

New: Love and Hatred
New: Love and Hatred (2015)

TV show · as Makihara Senako

幸せの時間
幸せの時間 (2012)

TV show

2000s

4 titles
Mikon Rokushimai
Mikon Rokushimai (2006)

TV show · as Kotobuki Kazumi

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl (2005)

as Kyoko's Mother

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show

FACE〜見知らぬ恋人〜
FACE〜見知らぬ恋人〜 (2001)

TV show · as 能勢ありさ

1990s

7 titles · average score 58
Lipstick
Lipstick (1999)

TV show · as Yukino Sawamura (Warden)

Door III
Door III (1996)
GoodWatch score 58

as Kyô Sasaki

Heaven's Coin
Heaven's Coin (1995)

TV show · as Miwa Koizumi

The Files of Young Kindaichi: School's Seven Mysteries Murder Case
The Files of Young Kindaichi: School's Seven Mysteries Murder Case (1995)

as Asano Reiko

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993)

as Akira

同窓会
同窓会 (1993)

TV show

I Won't Love Anyone Anymore
I Won't Love Anyone Anymore (1991)

TV show · as 宮本 小百合(みやもと さゆり)

1980s

3 titles · average score 71
Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage
Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage (1989)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lily

Gorilla - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 8
Gorilla - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 8 (1989)

TV show · as Minako Tanaka

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983)

TV show · as Rinko Akitsuki