Yoji Tanaka
Acting
Born: August 8, 1963 (age 63) · Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
Yōji Tanaka (born August 8, 1963, in Kiso, Nagano, Japan), also credited as BoBA, is a Japanese actor and television personality. After working for Japan National Railways, he moved to Tokyo in 1990 and began working as a film extra and lighting assistant before focusing on acting from 1994. He became widely known through television dramas such as Hero (2001) and has since appeared in numerous films and television productions, including Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, The Silent Service, and Bullet Train Explosion.
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
Summer Wars
2009
Zatoichi
2003
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002
Death Note
2006
Kikujiro
1999
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
Bullet Train Explosion
2025
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008
Photos (3)
Movies (236)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Crazy 88 #3
Bullet Train Explosion
Hajime Shinjo
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Crazy 88
Space Battleship Yamato
2010
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Crazy 88 #3
Ju-on: The Grudge
Yuji Toyama
Kikujiro
Yakuza Henchman #3
Death Note
Sasaki
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
Sasaki
Zatoichi
Funahachi Family Henchmen
Summer Wars
Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
Swing Girls
Pinball Parlour Manager
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Teru Onda
Ring 0
Dansei Kyôyu (uncredited)
The Great Yokai War
Yoichi's father
Taboo
Samurai executed by Kanô
Memories of Matsuko
TV Actor
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Detective Higashino
Godzilla: Final Wars
(uncredited)
The Taste of Tea
Man of Prosecution Section
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
Charisma
Sugishita
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Meatball Machine Kodoku
Yuji Noda
Hero
Bartender
Nowhere Man
Bar patron
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Photographer
Ring Wandering
Shioya
Hero
Bartender
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Asahina
Waterboys
Security Guard
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
2009
Last Life in the Universe
Yakuza
The Whispered City
Okamura
Judge!
Izawa
Jigen Daisuke
Taxi Driver
Blood-Club Dolls 1
Kuzuu
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Party 7
Relative
119
1994
Iden & Tity
2003
Adrenaline Drive
Bus Driver
Udon
Biker police
Geisha War
Mr. Clean
Specialist 3
Enzo Zeniya
Zebraman
Man In Supermarket
Wood Job!
Instuctor
KT
2002
The Tale of Nishino
Minami's father
The Nikaidos' Fall
Genjiro Tada
Japanese Salaryman NEO
2011
Specialist
Enzo Zeniya
Railroad Man
1999
Round About Midnight
Police Officer
The After-Dinner Mysteries
2013
GO
Henchman of Kato's Father
Survival Family
Vagrant Who Captures Carp
Shinjuku Triad Society
1995
Lovely Complex
2006
Exte: Hair Extensions
Takashima
The City of Lost Souls
Okijima Gang Member
Platonic Sex
2001
My Secret Cache
Iwata
Aiki
2002
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Anarchy in Japansuke
Detective
Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2
Shinichi Inoue
The Promised Land
2019
First Love
Prep School Teacher
Age 17
Man 2
The Broken Commandment
2022
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Kinta
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Keisuke Ukita
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Junya Aoki
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
2004
Cutie Honey
2004
Ura Aka: L'Aventure
2021
The Warped Forest
2011
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
2019
Pandemic
Eisuke Mita
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Security guard
The Letters
Kurata
Red Shadow
2001
Kakashi
Junsa (uncredited)
Frog River
2002
Homeland
2014
Dead End Run
2003
The Goofball
1998
Out
Kaneda
Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse
Yamamoto
Monday
Yakuza
My Long Awaited Love Story
Haibara Genjiro
In the Pool
2005
Go Heat Man!
2001
By Player
2000
Postman Blues
Killer
SHORT FILMS
2003
Switch of Happiness
2006
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime
Repair man
Hotoke
2001
Hydra
Junichiro Kishida
The Smiling Man
Koichi Takizawa
Blood-Club Dolls 2
Kuzu
Specialist 4
Enzo Zeniya
Detective of Joshidaikoji
Azechi Genichiro
Dance with Me
Bus Driver
Robo-G
Police Officer
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
Hayato Nakajima
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
Rokuyama
Pacchigi! Love & Peace
2007
The Samurai I Loved
2005
Alive
Hair Cut Guard
Swan's Song
Detective Yamashita
Install
2004
All Around Us
2008
The Pearl Legacy
2023
Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
2003
Yan
2020
Come On Irene
Tatsuno
Jenifa
2004
Female Teacher 6
1998
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi ~ 2010 Summer Special: AKB48 Marugoto Jourei Special
2010
Unrequited Love
2016
Sakurada Gate Incident
Juzo Inada
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
Pakodate-jin
2002
Quartet
Singer
Samurai Resurrection
2003
Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale
Takiji
Tantei wa, konya mo yūutsu na yume o miru.
Yoji Tanaka
Monsieur Greenpeas
Pinky
The Night the Angel Turned Away
1999
Ryûji Forever
Kawajiri
Route 225
2006
Lessons
2011
Obon Brothers
2015
Pistol Opera
Koroshi-ya No. 7
Mobile Detectives: The Movie
2006
Romantic Mania
Home Delivery Worker
Shippu Rondo
foreman
Love Bombs
2013
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
2008
Tokarev
Yakuza
Kazura
2010
All About My Dog
Kentaro Maruyama
Border Line
2003
Forever with You
1995
Toki No Kaori: Remember Me
Tamaki Sensei
Senrigan
Cab driver
Kaiju Guy!
2025
Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka
Tanaka
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
2023
The Fetist
The Patron
My Darling of the Mountains
2008
Dog Star
2002
Igyō no koi
2002
House of the Ghosts ~Kanako Inuki's World of Fear~
2000
Life Is Journey
2003
Sing Salmon Sing
Cameraman
Sabu
Toku
Crime or Punishment?!?
Boss of agency
Glory of the Expedition
cameraman
Hunters' Sense of Touch
Yoshino
Quartet for Two
Customer
Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
2020
The Negotiator
2003
Messengers
Driver
Suddenly Arriving
1995
The Silver Season
Kazuhiko Igawa
Barber's Sorrow
2002
Unlucky Monkey
Citizen Convention Member
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya
Narumoto
A Perfect Day for Love Letters
(segment "Yuki ni saku hana")
The Hotel Venus
2004
What a Wonderful Life!!
2010
月と嘘と殺人
2010
HERO SP
Bartender
The Night of Whirlwind Restaurant
2009
Nebagiba New World
2021
Mrs. Noisy
2020
The Way: Man of the White Porcelain
Machida
Parco Fiction
Parco Officer
Shomuni
Gay makeup artist
Backdancers!
2006
Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc
Asai Ginji
Lemmings no Natsu
2017
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
AV actor
Visas for Life
2005
Yamagata Scream
Bubaigawa
Stake Out
2001
Sado Tempest
Sekihara
The Soup of Heaven
2008
L
2016
Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Tsukishima
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002
Stereo Future
2001
SPINNING KITE
Officer
Tokyo Elegy
Yakuza boss
Ghost Story Shin-Mimibukuro: Approaching Edition
Narumoto
Baby, Baby, Baby!
2009
Go! Go! Stupid Woman!
2021
Sleeping Flower
Masakazu Asada
I Like You, I Like You Very Much
Takano's boyfriend
The Cold-Blooded Trap
1998
Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
1990
Demon Virus
2025
Minori yuku
2020
Samurai Ninja Onimanji
2023
Making-of１７才
2004
Ringside Story
2017
SOUL TRAIN
2006
Fade
2015
Body Drop Asphalt
Fuyuki Tohjoh
Part-Time Detective
Ōshita
Ryusei-Kacho
Passenger Next to Ryusei
Sensen fukoku
2002
Sun and Bolero
2022
Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku
2000
Animus Anima
Salon manager
Street of Gravestones
2000
Be in Happiness
2003
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
1999
Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!
Shigeo Nogawa
Stalking Vampire
2018
Summer Breeze
2003
Gon-Mama
2022
Just Like Starting Over
1998
D-river
2022
Akai yokujô: Hame jôzu
1997
Dokurogeki: atoaji no warui sasupensu
2012
Monoroi
2009
Enclosed Pain
2000
Sunday Drive
Police Officer
Lingering Memories
2015
Lustful Wife
Mitsuo (Haruko's husband)
Yellow Guitar (I think It’s time for me to quit music)
2017
TV Shows (65)
Solitary Gourmet
Yoshino · 1 eps
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
5 eps
Beppin-san
Katsuji Ozawa · 151 eps
Cold Case: Door of Truth
Kamada Tatsuji · 1 eps
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
1 eps
Hero
Bartender / 酒保 · 22 eps
Time Limit Investigator
Yasuo Kohara · 1 eps
Your Turn to Kill
Keisuke Ukita · 20 eps
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
Shigeo Aihara · 32 eps
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
Guest · 1 eps
Suits
Takuro Hoshikawa · 1 eps
ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?
Umebayashi · 1 eps
Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama
1 eps
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Shigeto Kawada · 1 eps
25 Years of You
Satoru Hatano · 10 eps
Unrequited Love
Mochizuki · 22 eps
Ouroboros
Jesus Mikoshiba · 10 eps
The Private Detective Mike
1 eps
Detective School Q
Shizuka Nishimura's father · 1 eps
Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge
Masato Mine · 1 eps
Get Ready!
1 eps
Rescue: Pride of Orange
Igarashi Hachiro · 9 eps
Sky High
1 eps
I'm Home
Man after Kyoto’s love · 1 eps
Ryosangata Riko
Yajima Ichi · 10 eps
Ryosangata Riko
Yassan · 10 eps
The Scales of Justice
1 eps
It's Your Turn
20 eps
One Missed Call
1 eps
The Good Wife
Yoshiro Futami · 1 eps
Yips
1 eps
あてなよる
1 eps
Soumatou Kabushikigaisha
Mineta Kohei · 1 eps
Ten：The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenho
Ginji Asai（浅井 銀次） · 12 eps
One-Pound Gospel
Kappei Onimaru · 1 eps
Avalanche
Tetsuji Uchimoto · 10 eps
Draft King
7 eps
Handoku!!!
1 eps
Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break
Cafe clerk · 1 eps
His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love
Kumakiri Yusaku · 5 eps
School!!
Masato Ueno · 1 eps
Fake Marriage
Richi Sudo · 10 eps
Saintly Woman
Koike Kenji · 7 eps
Mr. Straightforward
Policeman · 10 eps
Unhandy Handyman
Taro Momono · 12 eps
The Funny Chef of South Polar
金村 · 12 eps
Olympic Ransom
2 eps
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
6 eps
Saikyou no Futari
Iwao Takada · 8 eps
Akagi
Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司） · 10 eps
Untouchable
Makoto Nakahara · 9 eps
Eerie: Invisible Face
Shogo Hashimoto · 6 eps
Prisoner
Doi Yutaro · 5 eps
Gachi Baka!
Tatsumura · 10 eps
Konkatsu!
Masuoka Fumihiko · 11 eps
Hitoya no Toge
6 eps
Edison's Mother
Iwai Yuuzou · 10 eps
Hollow Cross
4 eps
HERO2014
11 eps
Gakeppuchi no Eri - Kono yo de ichiban daiji na 'Kane' no hanashi
Ryuji Himuro · 9 eps
Tofu Sisters
Ishida Kazuo · 5 eps
Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司） · 3 eps
オレの寿司物語
磯川泰造 · 1 eps
Kanban Neko
4 eps
にっぽん！庭泊ひとり旅
旅人 · 1 eps
