is a Japanese actor and
tarento
Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in the United States were descri ...
. He is often credited as BoBA.
Career
Born in
Kiso, Nagano, Tanaka first began working for
Japan National Railways
The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
after high school, but often went to the movies, including shows of indie and self-produced films.
Becoming friends with young directors like
Naoto Yamakawa, he left his job in 1990 and went to Tokyo, where he began working as an extra or lighting assistant on films by
Naoto Takenaka
is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. ...
,
Junji Sakamoto, and others.
After 1994 he concentrated on acting, eventually achieving fame in dramas like ''
Hero
A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or Physical strength, strength. The original hero type of classical epics did such thin ...
''. His first television show in a starring role, ''
Outdoor Rock'n Roll'', started broadcasting on
BS Asahi in 2014.
Filmography
Film
* ''Kanemasa'' (2020)
* ''The Grapes of Joy'' (2021)
* ''Your Turn to Kill: The Movie'' (2021)
* ''
Ring Wandering'' (2022)
* ''
What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?'' (2022), the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
* ''The Broken Commandment'' (2022)
* ''Sun and Bolero'' (2022), Masamichi Endo
* ''Haw'' (2022)
* ''Thousand and One Nights'' (2022)
* ''The Dry Spell'' (2023), Hosokawa
* ''Detective of Joshidaikoji'' (2023)
* ''
The Silent Service
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was published in Kodansha's '' Weekly Morning'' manga magazine from 1988 to 1996 and collected in 32 volumes.
The series was adapted into an anime television spe ...
'' (2023)
[
* ''The Pearl Legacy'' (2023)
* ''Jigen Daisuke'' (2023)
* ''Dare to Stop Us 2'' (2024)
* ''Demon Virus'' (2025)
* ''Kaiju Guy!'' (2025)
* ''Let's Meet at Angie's Bar'' (2025)
]
Television
* ''Hero
A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or Physical strength, strength. The original hero type of classical epics did such thin ...
'' (2001)
* ''Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
is a Jidaigeki, Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". The series is the 60th NHK taiga drama, premiered on Febru ...
'' (2021), Hagiwara Shirobei
* ''A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki'' (2022)
* ''The Silent Service
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was published in Kodansha's '' Weekly Morning'' manga magazine from 1988 to 1996 and collected in 32 volumes.
The series was adapted into an anime television spe ...
'' (2024)
References
External links
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Japanese male actors
1963 births
Living people
Actors from Nagano Prefecture