Wikipedia:
Tanaka (たなか) is the fourth most common Japanese surname. The surname "Tanaka" refers to several different surnames written with different kanji: ricefield & middle (田中), many & middle (多中), many & relationship (多仲), another & middle (他中), shelf & low (棚下), shelf & summer (棚夏), many & name & congratulation (多名賀).
People
Asuna Tanaka (b. 1988), Japanese footballer (soccer player)Atsuko Tanaka (b. 1962), Japanese voice actressAtsuko Tanaka (animator) (b. ?), Japanese animatorAtsuko Tanaka (artist) (1932-2005), Japanese artistChōzaburō Tanaka (1885-1976), Japanese botanist and mycologistDean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (b. 1966), American actorEizō Tanaka (1886-1968), Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actorGiichi Tanaka (1864-1929), Japanese general, politician, and prime minister (1927-1929)Haruo Tanaka (1912-1992), Japanese actorHayuma Tanaka (b. 1982), Japanese footballer (soccer player)Hidemitsu Tanaka (1913-1949) Japanese novelistHideyuki Tanaka (b. 1950), Japanese voice actorHirokazu Tanaka (b. 1957), Japanese composer and musicianHiromichi Tanaka (b. 1962) Japanese video game developer, game producer, game director, and game designerHisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka ( ? - 1991), American professional wrestlerHisashige Tanaka (1799-1891), Japanese engineer and inventor, a co-founder of Tanaka Seizosho, subsequently renamed ToshibaHitomi Tanaka (b. 1986), Japanese model and pornographic actressTanaka Isson, born Tanaka Jun (1908-1977), Japanese Nihonga painterJun Tanaka (poet) (1890-1966), Japanese poetJun Tanaka (footballer) (b. 1983), Japanese footballer (soccer player)Kakuei Tanaka (1918-1993), Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1972-1974)Kinuyo Tanaka (1909-1977), Japanese actress and director[[Koichi Tanaka] (b. 1959), Japanese chemistKoki Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese singer and actor, member of the band KAT-TUNKōtarō Tanaka (1901-1995), Japanese photographerMachi Tanaka (b. 1983) Japanese long-distance runnerMakiko Tanaka (b. 1944) Japanese politicianMarcus Tulio Tanaka (b. 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer (soccer player)Masahiko Tanaka (b. 1954), Japanese voice actorMasahiro Tanaka (b. 1981), Japanese professional baseball player)Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (b. 1949), Japanese geishaMasato Tanaka (b. 1973), Japanese professional wrestlerMayumi Tanaka (b. 1955), Japanese voice actressMiho Tanaka (b. 1976), Japanese badminton playerMinoru Tanaka (actor) (1966-2011), Japanese actorMinoru Tanaka (wrestler) (b. 1972), Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxerMisako Tanaka (b. 1959), Japanese actressNaoki Tanaka (b. 1971), Japanese entertainer, a member of the comedy duo CocoricoNobuo Tanaka (b. 1950), Japanese former Executive Director of the International Energy AgencyNobuyuki Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese botanistPaul Tanaka (b. ?) American law enforcement officer and politicianRaizō Tanaka (1892-1969), Japanese admiralReina Tanaka (b. 1989), Japanese singerRena Tanaka (b. 1980), Japanese actress and television personalityRie Tanaka (b. 1979), Japanese singer and voice actressSara Tanaka (b. 1978), American actress)Shelley Tanaka (b. ?), Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacherShigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoologyShinako Tanaka (b. 1975), Japanese beach volleyball playerShinobu Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese video game composerShohé Tanaka (1862-1945), Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventorTakashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (b. 1948), Japanese voice actorTatsuya Tanaka (figure skater) (b. 1988), Taiwanese figure skater who competes for Hong KongTatsuya Tanaka (footballer) (b. 1982), Japanese footballer (soccer player) and professional rehabillerTia Tanaka (b. ?), American pornography starTanaka Tosa (1820-1868), Japanese samuraiTommy Tanaka (b. ?), Guam politicianToru Tanaka or Professor Toru Tanaka, born Charles Kalani, Jr. (1930-2000), American professional wrestler and actorToshiaki Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese table tennis playerYasuo Tanaka (b. 1956), Japanese novelist and politicianYasuo Tanaka (astronomer) (b. ?), Japanese astrophysicistYoshiki Tanaka (b. 1952), Japanese novelistYoshiko Tanaka (1956-2011), Japanese actressYuji Tanaka (b. 1965), Japanese comedianYukio Tanaka (biwa) (b. 1948), Japanese biwa player
Fictional characters
Isuro Tanaka, from the feature film Major League IIKen Tanaka, football coach from the television series GleeMariko Tanaka, from Wing CommanderMr. Tanaka, from Sonic XMr. Tanaka, from the anime GantzPresident Tanaka, from Persona 3Shinichiro Tanaka, from Battle Royale (film, Special Edition)Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza (video game)Souichirou Tanaka, a character from GenshikenTanaka, previous Head Butler of the Phantomhive household, a character from Black ButlerTanaka Kazuya, from School RumbleTaro Tanaka, from Taro the Space Alien (Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō)Tiger Tanaka, from the James Bond novel and film You Only Live TwiceYukio "Koyuki" Tanaka, main character of the manga series BECKUmenomori's Butler, Tanaka Mayoi Neko OverrunIchiro Tanaka, character from Medal of Honor: Rising SunTanaka, the Usami household butler in Junjo RomanticaTanaka, the household servant in Full Moon o SagashiteTanaka, from Kimi ni Todoke
Other
The Tanaka Business School (Part of Imperial College London)Tanaka Power Equipment, makers of small internal combustion engines and associated machineryTanaka Manufacturing, which became ToshibaTanaka Memorial, an alleged Japanese war planning document
