Best known for his appearances in the yearly batsu games shown on New Year's Eve in which he stars with other comedians in an endurance game. Tanaka is also part of Cocorico the comedian pair with 'Shôzô Endô' who star on the ongoing series Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende.

KNOWN FOR

Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!
1989
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1999
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
2003
Tower of Sand
2016
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
2022
Rebooting
2023
I'm Home
2015
The Hot Spot
2025
Ignite
2025
The Thorns of Alice
2014
A Moonlight Nights Passing
2026
Reset
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
63
2026
A Moonlight Nights Passing
as Kikuo Sawatsuji
2025
The Hot Spot
as Takahiro Okuda
2025
Ignite
2025
Chosen Home
as Seiji Okabe
2024
I Hope We Can Get Along
2024
Jeanne's Judgment
as Hiyama Unosuke
2024
Mikke-banashi: rediscovered tales
2024
Nazotoki! Himitsu no Shiho-san
2023
Rebooting
as Asami's father
2022
Ox-Head Village
as Kanon's Father
2022
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
2022
The Ender
as Eiwa Saito
2021
Edo Moiselle
as Kurachi Takehiko
2020
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!
as Tanaka
2019
Organ
as Shigeru Wakimoto
2019
Wagaya no Himitsu
2018
Psychic Agents
as Keitaro Masuyama
2018
Violence Voyager
as George
2018
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en film
as Herlock Sholmes
2018
生田家の朝・緑山家の朝
2017
Masuyama Chounouryokushi Jimusho
2017
Kinkyuu SOS! Ike no Mizu Zenbu Nuku Dai Sakusen
2016
Gold Medal Man
as Teacher Nakano
2016
COLOR? - THE Jailbreak Survival
2016
Professor Eiko
as Haruto Nanba
2016
Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo
as Tobimatsu
2016
Comes Morning
as Kurihara Kiyokazu
2016
Tower of Sand
as Takano Kenichi
2015
I'm Home
as Shun Yamanobe
2015
Kari Kare
as Yoshiharu Sano
2014
Divorce Chaser
as Hakamada Yukio
2014
The Thorns of Alice
as Junichi Chihara
2014
I Am Bouken Shounen
2013
LINK
2013
LIFE! Jinsei ni Sasageru Konto
2013
ＬＩＦＥ！〜人生に捧げるコント〜
2012
Welcome Home, Hayabusa
as Daigo Iwamatsu
2012
Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Me and the Space Princess
as Ikemen B (voice)
2012
Platinum Town
2010
Hutch the Honeybee
as Kunekune
2010
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City
as TV Zebraman
2010
宇宙で1番ワガママな星
2009
Reset
as アンリ
2008
Fine, Totally Fine
as Yuhara
2008
The Glorious Team Batista
as Koichiro Himuro
2008
Loss:Time:Life
as 北澤光一
2007
Summer Days with Coo
as Yasuo Uehara (voice)
2007
Argentine Hag
as Mori Mukai
2007
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
as Kyosuke Misawa
2007
怪奇大作戰 セカンドファイル
as 미사와 쿄스케
2006
Forbidden Siren
as Yutaka Minamida
2006
Suite Dreams
as Naosuke Iijima
2005
The All-Out Nine: Field of Nightmares
as Go Sakakibara
2004
Walking With The Dog
as Yasuyuki
2003
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
2003
笑ってはいけないシリーズ
2001
All About Our House
as Naosuke Iijima
2001
There's Always Tomorrow - The Movie
as Tanaka
2000
Young Thugs: Kishiwada Youth Baseball Team
2000
Young Thugs: Super Special Edition I Had a Dream
1999
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1994
Yankee Gurentai Nanbo no Monjai! 2
1989
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!