is a Japanese actor.

Personal life

Tanaka married actress

Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. Biography She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, into a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single "Moonli ...

on September 18, 2014, after a six-year relationship.

Selected filmography

Film

*'' Get Up!'' (2003) *''

One Missed Call One Missed Call may refer to: * One Missed Call (2003 film), ''One Missed Call'' (2003 film), a Japanese horror film, followed by two sequels * One Missed Call (2008 film), ''One Missed Call'' (2008 film), an American remake of the Japanese film * ...

'' (2004) *'' Umizaru'' (2004) *'' 69'' (2004) *'' Veronika Decides to Die'' (2005) *'' Into a Dream'' (2005) *'' Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2005) *'' Water Flower'' (2006) *'' I Just Didn't Do It'' (2007) *''

Exte is a 2007 Japanese supernatural horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, and stars Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, and Megumi Sato (actress), Megumi Satō. The title is a Japanese slang shortening Romanization of the English language, English t ...

'' (2007) *'' Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (2008) *'' Happy Flight'' (2008) *''

Rebirth Rebirth may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Rebirth'' (2011 film), a 2011 Japanese drama film * ''Rebirth'' (2016 film), a 2016 American thriller film * ''Rebirth'', a 2011 documentary film produced by Project Rebirth * '' ...

'' (2011), Takehiro Akiyama *'' Outrage Beyond'' (2012), Funaki *'' Midsummer's Equation'' (2013), Keiichi Esaki *'' Like Father, Like Son'' (2013) *'' Flying Colors'' (2015), Sayaka's Father *'' The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' (2017), Iwashita *''Love At Least'' (2018) *''Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp'' (2018) *''Ten Years Japan'' (2018) *''The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps'' (2018), Dr. Shindō *''Day and Night'' (2019), Ryohei Miyake *'' The Journalist'' (2019), Tada *''Stolen Identity 2'' (2020) *'' Signal the Movie'' (2021) *'' Ride or Die'' (2021), Yoshio Akiba *''Your Turn to Kill: The Movie'' (2021), Masakazu Minami *''Tombi: Father and Son'' (2022) *''

Shin Ultraman is a 2022 Japanese superhero film directed by Shinji Higuchi and written, co-produced, and co-edited by Hideaki Anno. A reimagining of the 1966 television series ''Ultraman (1966 TV series), Ultraman'', the film is a co-production between To ...

'' (2022), Tatsuhiko Munakata *''The Last 10 Years'' (2022), Dr. Hirata *''The Parades'' (2024), Tanaka *''Faceless'' (2024) *''Dollhouse'' (2025), Kanda *''Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final'' (TBA), Katsutoshi Kajiyama

Television

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Sanbiki ga Kiru! , also known as ''Three for the Kill!'' or ''The Lethal Three'' is a group of seven television ''jidaigeki'' series broadcast by TV Asahi in Japan. The show aired in the Thursday evening eight o'clock time slot. Characters The title characters are ...

'' (2002) *''

Shinsengumi! is a 2004 Taiga drama historical fiction television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period. Actors include Koji Yamamoto (actor), Koji ...

'' (2004), Matsumoto Ryōjun *''The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters'' (2003), Masaru Takagi *'' Himitsu no Hanazono'' (2007) *''

Last Friends is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV at 10:00 pm every Thursday from April 10, 2008, until June 17, 2008. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Juri Ueno, Eita, Asami Mizukawa and Ryo Nishikido of japanese idol group Kanjani Eight. Th ...

'' (2008) *'' Bloody Monday'' (2008) *''

Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010, spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that ...

'' (2010) -

Tokugawa Yoshinobu Kazoku, Prince was the 15th and last ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned his position as shogun in late 1867, while ai ...

*'' Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda'' (2011), Kazuhiko Niida *''

Penance Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of contrition for sins committed, as well as an alternative name for the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession. The word ''penance'' derive ...

'' (2012) *''

Gunshi Kanbei is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junich ...

'' (2014),

Araki Murashige was a retainer of Ikeda Katsumasa, head of the powerful "Setssu-Ikeda clan" of Settsu Province. Under Katsumasa, Murashige sided with Oda Nobunaga following Nobunaga's successful campaign to establish power in Kyoto. Military life Murashige b ...

*'' Bitter Blood'' (2014), Hisashi Koga *''Emergency Interrogation Room'' (2014–2021), Katsutoshi Kajiyama *''

Love Song A love song is a song about love, falling in love, heartbreak after a breakup, and the feelings that these experiences bring. Love songs can be found in a variety of different music genres. They can come in various formats, from sad and emotion ...

'' (2016), Taizō Masumura *''Crisis'' (2017), Mitsunari Yoshinaga *''

Manpuku , sometimes romanized as ''Mampuku'', is a Japanese television drama series and the 99th Asadora series, following '' Hanbun, Aoi''. It premiered on 1 October 2018, and concluded on 30 March 2019. The series is based on the lives of Momofuku And ...

'' (2019) *''Two Homelands'' (2019), Orson Aikawa *'' Your Turn to Kill'' (2019) *'' Ranman'' (2023), Seiichi Tokunaga

Plays

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Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'' (1995) *''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...

'' (1996) *'' Amor Vincit Omnia'' (1998) *''

MacBeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

'' (1999) *''

Waiting for Godot ''Waiting for Godot'' ( or ) is a 1953 play by Irish writer and playwright Samuel Beckett, in which the two main characters, Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters w ...

'' (2000) *''

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pe ...

'' (2001-2003) *''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the ...

'' (2002) *'' Das Schloss'' (2005)

References

External links

Tetsushi Tanaka
at Dongyu Japanese male film actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male television actors 1966 births Living people Actors from Mie Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-screen-actor-stub