People
- Asuna Tanaka (b. 1988), Japanese footballer (soccer player)
- Atsuko Tanaka (b. 1962), Japanese voice actress
- Atsuko Tanaka (animator) (b. ?), Japanese animator
- Atsuko Tanaka (artist) (1932-2005), Japanese artist
- Chōzaburō Tanaka (1885-1976), Japanese botanist and mycologist
- Dean Tanaka, the birth name of Dean Cain (b. 1966), American actor
- Eizō Tanaka (1886-1968), Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
- Giichi Tanaka (1864-1929), Japanese general, politician, and prime minister (1927-1929)
- Haruo Tanaka (1912-1992), Japanese actor
- Hayuma Tanaka (b. 1982), Japanese footballer (soccer player)
- Hidemitsu Tanaka (1913-1949) Japanese novelist
- Hideyuki Tanaka (b. 1950), Japanese voice actor
- Hirokazu Tanaka (b. 1957), Japanese composer and musician
- Hiromichi Tanaka (b. 1962) Japanese video game developer, game producer, game director, and game designer
- Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka ( ? - 1991), American professional wrestler
- Hisashige Tanaka (1799-1891), Japanese engineer and inventor, a co-founder of Tanaka Seizosho, subsequently renamed Toshiba
- Hitomi Tanaka (b. 1986), Japanese model and pornographic actress
- Tanaka Isson, born Tanaka Jun (1908-1977), Japanese Nihonga painter
- Jason Tanaka (b. 1974), Japanese photographer
- Jun Tanaka (poet) (1890-1966), Japanese poet
- Jun 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 chemist
- Koki Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese singer and actor, member of the band KAT-TUN
- Kōtarō Tanaka (1901-1995), Japanese photographer
- Machi Tanaka (b. 1983) Japanese long-distance runner
- Makiko Tanaka (b. 1944) Japanese politician
- Marcus Tulio Tanaka (b. 1981) Brazilian-born Japanese footballer (soccer player)
- Masahiko Tanaka (b. 1954), Japanese voice actor
- Masahiro Tanaka (b. 1981), Japanese professional baseball player)
- Masako Tanaka, known as Mineko Iwasaki (b. 1949), Japanese geisha
- Masato Tanaka (b. 1973), Japanese professional wrestler
- Mayumi Tanaka (b. 1955), Japanese voice actress
- Miho Tanaka (b. 1976), Japanese badminton player
- Minoru Tanaka (actor) (1966-2011), Japanese actor
- Minoru Tanaka (wrestler) (b. 1972), Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer
- Misako Tanaka (b. 1959), Japanese actress
- Naoki Tanaka (b. 1971), Japanese entertainer, a member of the comedy duo Cocorico
- Nobuo Tanaka (b. 1950), Japanese former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
- Nobuyuki Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese botanist
- Paul Tanaka (b. ?) American law enforcement officer and politician
- Raizō Tanaka (1892-1969), Japanese admiral
- Reina Tanaka (b. 1989), Japanese singer
- Rena Tanaka (b. 1980), Japanese actress and television personality
- Rie Tanaka (b. 1979), Japanese singer and voice actress
- Sara Tanaka (b. 1978), American actress)
- Shelley Tanaka (b. ?), Canadian editor, author, translator, and writing teacher
- Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology
- Shinako Tanaka (b. 1975), Japanese beach volleyball player
- Shinobu Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese video game composer
- Shohé Tanaka (1862-1945), Japanese physicist, music theorist, and inventor
- Takashi Tanaka, a.k.a. Banjō Ginga (b. 1948), Japanese voice actor
- Tatsuya Tanaka (figure skater) (b. 1988), Taiwanese figure skater who competes for Hong Kong
- Tatsuya Tanaka (footballer) (b. 1982), Japanese footballer (soccer player) and professional rehabiller
- Tia Tanaka (b. 15.03.1987), American pornography star
- Tanaka Tosa (1820-1868), Japanese samurai
- Tommy Tanaka (b. ?), Guam politician
- Toru Tanaka or Professor Toru Tanaka, born Charles Kalani, Jr. (1930-2000), American professional wrestler and actor
- Toshiaki Tanaka (b. ?), Japanese table tennis player
- Yasuo Tanaka (b. 1956), Japanese novelist and politician
- Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer) (b. ?), Japanese astrophysicist
- Yoshiki Tanaka (b. 1952), Japanese novelist
- Yoshiko Tanaka (1956-2011), Japanese actress
- Yuji Tanaka (b. 1965), Japanese comedian
- Yukio Tanaka (biwa) (b. 1948), Japanese biwa player
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