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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-08-08 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Yoji Tanaka

Biography:

Yoji Tanaka (田中 要次, Tanaka Yoji, August 8, 1963) is a Japanese actor and talent. Also known as BoBA.

Known For

Acting

2025

2024

2023

Jigen Daisuke as Taxi Driver
Detective of Joshidaikoji as Azechi Genichiro

2022

Ring Wandering as Shioya
Ryosangata Riko as Yajima Ichi
Ryosangata Riko as Yassan

2021

Avalanche as Tetsuji Uchimoto

2020

The Smiling Man as Koichi Takizawa
オレの寿司物語 as 磯川泰造

2019

Hydra as Junichiro Kishida
Dance with Me as Bus Driver
The Nikaidos' Fall as Genjiro Tada
The Good Wife as Yoshiro Futami
Your Turn To Kill as Keisuke Ukita

2018

Come On Irene as Tatsuno
Suits as Takuro Hoshikawa
Ten: Tenhodori no Kaidanji as Ginji Asai（浅井 銀次）
Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen as Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司）
Eerie: Invisible Face as Shogo Hashimoto

2017

My Long Awaited Love Story as Haibara Genjiro
My Cactus as Mr. Morisaka
Unrequited Love as Mochizuki

2016

Shippu Rondo as foreman
Survival Family as Vagrant Who Captures Carp
Beppin-san as Katsuji Ozawa

2015

Hero as Master
Specialist 3 as Enzo Zeniya
Specialist 4 as Enzo Zeniya
I'm Home as Man after Kyoto’s love
Unhandy Handyman as Taro Momono
Ouroboros as Jesus Mikoshiba
Saikyou no Futari as Iwao Takada
Fake Marriage as Richi Sudo
Akagi as Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司）

2014

Judge! as Izawa
Wood Job! as Instuctor
The Tale of Nishino as Minami's father
Saintly Woman as Koike Kenji

2013

Specialist as Enzo Zeniya
The Rakugo Movie as Manager
SPINNING KITE as Officer

2012

Sado Tempest as Sekihara
Robo-G as Police Officer
Solitary Gourmet as Yoshino
Soumatou Kabushikigaisha as Mineta Kohei

2011

2010

Tofu Sisters as Ishida Kazuo
Mr. Straightforward as Policeman

2009

Pandemic as Eisuke Mita
Yamagata Scream as Bubaigawa
Crime or Punishment?!? as Boss of agency
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope as Detective Higashino
Randies as Robin
Summer Wars as Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
Konkatsu! as Masuoka Fumihiko
Rescue: Pride of Orange as Igarashi Hachiro
Untouchable as Makoto Nakahara

2008

The Silver Season as Kazuhiko Igawa
Nagai Nagai Satsujin as Security guard
Sing Salmon Sing as Cameraman
One-Pound Gospel as Kappei Onimaru
Prisoner as Doi Yutaro
Edison's Mother as Iwai Yuuzou

2007

Hero as Master
Detective School Q as Shizuka Nishimura's father

2006

Udon as Biker police
The Letters as Kurata
Death Note as Sasaki
Gachi Baka! as Tatsumura
Time Limit Investigator as Yasuo Kohara

2005

Animus Anima as Salon manager
The Great Yokai War as Yoichi's father
All About My Dog as Kentaro Maruyama

2004

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Crazy 88
A Perfect Day for Love Letters as (segment "Yuki ni saku hana")
Swing Girls as Pinball Parlour Manager
Zebraman as Man In Supermarket
Godzilla: Final Wars as (uncredited)
The Taste of Tea as Man of Prosecution Section

2003

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Crazy 88 #3
Age 17 as Man 2
Alive as Hair Cut Guard
Zatoichi as Funahachi Family Henchmen

2002

Swan's Song as Detective Yamashita
Ryusei-Kacho as Passenger Next to Ryusei
Sabu as Toku
Parco Fiction as Parco Ten-in
Out as Kaneda
Ju-on: The Grudge as Yuji Toyama (uncredited)

2001

Kakashi as Junsa (uncredited)
Pistol Opera as Koroshi-ya No. 7
GO as Henchman of Kato's Father
Quartet for Two as Customer
Waterboys as Security Guard
Body Drop Asphalt as Fuyuki Tohjoh
Quartet as Singer
Hero as Bartender

2000

Party 7 as Relative
Monday as Yakuza
The City of Lost Souls as Okijima Gang Member
Senrigan as Cab driver
Ring 0 as Dansei Kyôyu (uncredited)

1999

Kikujiro as Yakuza Henchman #3
Charisma as Sugishita
Adrenaline Drive as Bus Driver
Tokyo Elegy as Yakuza boss
Round About Midnight as Police Officer
Messengers as Driver
Taboo as Samurai executed by Kanô

1998

Unlucky Monkey as Citizen Convention Member
The Fetist as The Patron
Sunday Drive as Police Officer
Shomuni as Gay makeup artist

1997

Romantic Mania as Home Delivery Worker
Postman Blues as Killer

1996

1995

1994

Tokarev as Yakuza

1991

Nowhere Man as Bar patron

1990

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Directing

2021