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Acting

Yoji Tanaka

Career: Active from 1994 to 2022, busiest in 2009 and 2015 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Last Life in the Universe
81/100

Characters

5

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

Yoji Tanaka as 浮田啓輔

Yoji Tanaka as 畑野悟

Yoji Tanaka as 打本鉄治

Yoji Tanaka as 笹山

Yoji Tanaka as 矢島一

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Yoji Tanaka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.9, average 2.5
Nostalgia
3.0, average 3.8
Class & Capitalism
2.5, average 3.3
Biographical
0.2, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Japanese Cinema 7
Psychological Thriller 4
Social Critique 4
Slice of Life 3
Character Study 3
Crime Drama 3
Revenge 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Contemporary Setting 2
Found Family Dynamics 2
Personal Growth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

196

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

26 titles · average score 57

25 Years of You

TV show · as Satoru Hatano

Bullet Train Explosion

64

as Hajime Shinjo

Jigen Daisuke

62

as Taxi Driver

Get Ready!

TV show

Ryosangata Riko

TV show · as Yassan / Yajima Ichi

Ring Wandering

as Shioya

ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?

73

TV show · as Umebayashi

にっぽん！庭泊ひとり旅

TV show · as 旅人

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

35

as Hayato Nakajima

Avalanche

TV show · as Tetsuji Uchimoto

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie

52

as Keisuke Ukita

The Smiling Man

as Koichi Takizawa

2010s

63 titles · average score 69

His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love

66

TV show · as Kumakiri Yusaku

It's Your Turn

TV show

Meatball Machine Kodoku

60

as Yuji Noda

Locodol Dorama Documentary

Director

My Long Awaited Love Story

72

as Haibara Genjiro

Akagi

TV show · as Takeshi Ogi（仰木武司）

Fake Marriage

TV show · as Richi Sudo

Saintly Woman

TV show · as Koike Kenji

Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo

75

TV show · as Shigeo Aihara

Solitary Gourmet

85

TV show · as Yoshino

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

89

as Crazy 88 #3

Sakurada Gate Incident

as Juzo Inada

2000s

83 titles · average score 67

Pandemic

58

as Eisuke Mita

Konkatsu!

TV show · as Masuoka Fumihiko

Rescue: Pride of Orange

TV show · as Igarashi Hachiro

The Letters

66

as Kurata

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

81

as Crazy 88

Last Life in the Universe

81

as Yakuza

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

79

as Crazy 88 #3

Zatoichi

74

as Funahachi Family Henchmen

Ju-on: The Grudge

66

as Yuji Toyama

Kakashi

57

as Junsa (uncredited)

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

66

as Junya Aoki

All About Lily Chou-Chou

76

as Teru Onda

1990s

24 titles · average score 65

Anarchy in Japansuke

as Detective

Adrenaline Drive

62

as Bus Driver

Kikujiro

66

as Yakuza Henchman #3

Taboo

71

as Samurai executed by Kanô

Tokyo Elegy

39

as Yakuza boss

Charisma

72

as Sugishita

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

47

as Asahina

The Fetist

as The Patron

Sunday Drive

as Police Officer

Hunters' Sense of Touch

as Yoshino

Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!

as Shigeo Nogawa

I Like You, I Like You Very Much

as Takano's boyfriend