Tanaka
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Tanaka (田中 "in the ricefield") is the 4th most common Japanese surname.
It may also refer to Tanaka Memorial an alleged Japanese war planning document.
People named Tanaka:
- Tanaka Giichi (former Prime Minister of Japan)
- Tanaka Hidemitsu (author)
- Dean Tanaka (A.K.A. Dean Cain)
- Hideyuki Tanaka (voice actor)
- Hirokazu Tanaka (musician)
- Hisashige Tanaka (founder of Tanaka Seizosho, subsequently renamed Toshiba)
- Kakuei Tanaka (former Prime Minister of Japan)
- Kinuyo Tanaka (actress)
- Koichi Tanaka (chemist)
- Makiko Tanaka (politician)
- Marcus Tulio Tanaka (footballer)
- Masahiko Tanaka (voice actor)
- Masako Tanaka (Mineko Iwasaki) (geisha)
- Masato Tanaka (professional wrestler)
- Mayumi Tanaka (voice actor)
- Meca Tanaka (manga artist)
- Miho Tanaka (athlete)
- Min Tanaka (dancer and choreographer)
- Minoru Tanaka (professional wrestler)
- Misako Tanaka (actress)
- Reina Tanaka (singer)
- Rena Tanaka (actress)
- Rie Tanaka (voice actor)
- Shohé Tanaka (music theorist and physicist)
- Tommy Tanaka (Guam politician)
- Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer) (asteroid 4387 Tanaka is named for him)
- Yasuo Tanaka (author, politician)
- Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (voice actor)
- Yoshiki Tanaka (author)
- Yoshiko Tanaka (actress)
- Yuji Tanaka (comedian)
Fictional characters named Tanaka:
- Tanaka Kazuya, a character from School Rumble
- Tiger Tanaka, a character from the James Bond novel and film You Only Live Twice
- Mariko Tanaka, a character from Wing Commander
- Mr. Tanaka, a character from Sonic X
- Taro Tanaka, character from Taro the Space Alien (Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō)
- Shinji Tanaka, character from Yakuza
- Shinichiro Tanaka, character from Battle Royale (film, Special Edition)
Institutions:
- The Tanaka Business School (Part of the prestigious Imperial College London)
Companies:
- Tanaka Optical Co., makers of the Tanack rangefinder cameras (Leica type)
- Tanaka Power Equipment, makers of small internal combustion engines and associated machinery
- Tanaka Manufacturing, which became Toshiba
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