Portrait of Kei Tanaka

Acting

Kei Tanaka

Career

Active from 2003 to 2024, with up to 8 main titles a year.

Leading roles
65
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Still, Life Goes On
Still, Life Goes On
GoodWatch score78/100

Characters

15

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

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kei Tanaka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Politics
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Drama 15
  • Character-Driven 15
  • Character Study 9
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Japanese Cinema 7
  • Romantic Comedy 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Ensemble Cast 5
  • Lighthearted 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Heartwarming 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

150
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

39 titles · average score 64
Ossan's Love Returns
Ossan's Love Returns (2024)

TV show · as Haruta Soichi

The Hotel of My Dream
The Hotel of My Dream (2024)

as Endō Michio

That Person Has Disappeared
That Person Has Disappeared (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

as Arakawa

Unknown
Unknown (2023)

TV show · as Toramatsu Asada

A2Z
A2Z (2023)

TV show · as Morishita Kazuhiro

Is Love Sustainable?
Is Love Sustainable? (2022)

TV show · as Higashimura Seita

Night Doctor
Night Doctor (2021)

TV show · as Akito Naruse(成瀨 曉人)

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021)
GoodWatch score 52

as Shota Tezuka

The Cinderella Addiction
The Cinderella Addiction (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

as Daigo Izumisawa

And So the Baton Is Passed
And So the Baton Is Passed (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

as Morimiya

Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa
Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa (2021)

TV show · as Jin Jinbo

How to Eliminate My Teacher
How to Eliminate My Teacher (2020)

TV show · as Tsuneo Yoshizawa

2010s

73 titles · average score 66
Your Turn to Kill
Your Turn to Kill (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Shota Tezuka

Ossan's Love: Love or Dead
Ossan's Love: Love or Dead (2019)
GoodWatch score 57

as 春田 创一

Ossan's Love
Ossan's Love (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Haruta Soichi

Weakest Beast
Weakest Beast (2018)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Kyoya Hanai

Stolen Identity
Stolen Identity (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

as Makoto Tomita

Double Fantasy
Double Fantasy (2018)

TV show · as Iwai Ryosuke

I'm Home
I'm Home (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Tsuyoshi Honjo

5→9 From Five to Nine
5→9 From Five to Nine (2015)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Makoto Kiyomiya

Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files
Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files (2013)

TV show · as Kikuya Kasai

No Con Kid
No Con Kid (2013)

TV show · as Reiji Watanabe

Misaki Number One!!
Misaki Number One!! (2011)

TV show · as Takeshi Mikuni

Secret
Secret (2010)

TV show · as Fumiya

2000s

37 titles · average score 71
Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sakuramaru

Midnight Diner
Midnight Diner (2009)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Nakajima

Genkai in a Black Company
Genkai in a Black Company (2009)

as Shota Kimura

Devil
Devil (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Kasai Hitoshi

Flavor of Happiness
Flavor of Happiness (2008)

as Takahashi Akira

The Bandage Club
The Bandage Club (2007)

as Shinichi 'Gimo' Yanagimoto

Love and Farm
Love and Farm (2007)

TV show · as Ashizaki Katsuya

A Song to the Sun
A Song to the Sun (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Onishi Yuta

Tokyo University Story
Tokyo University Story (2006)

as Naoki Murakami

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

as 黒木 孝夫

Affectionate Time
Affectionate Time (2005)

TV show · as Anzai Mitsuo

Gokusen
Gokusen (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Ono

1990s

1 title
Special Rescue Exceedraft
Special Rescue Exceedraft (1992)

TV show · as Hiroyuki Okuda (child0