Naoki Tanaka

Tanaka is also known for his love of animals, especially sea creatures, and on 24 June 2018, he became the Marine Stewardship Council ambassador for Japan.

• Name — Naoki Tanaka • Native Name — 田中 直樹 • Born — 26 April 1971 • Birthplace — Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture • Active — 1992– • Children — 2 • Footnotes — Same year/generation as: Takashi Fujii Kenji Tamura

• Regular programmes • ZIP! (6 Oct 2016 –, NTV) – Thursday Main Personality • Kinkyu SOS! Ike no Mizu zenbu Nuku (15 Jan 2017 –, TX) – MC • Life!: Jinsei ni Sasageru Conte series-6 (13 Apr 2018 –, NHK G) • Tokoro JAPAN (October 29, 2018 –, Kansai TV / Fuji TV) – Semi-regular • Academy Night G (April 2, 2019 –, TBS) – MC • I Am Bouken Shonen (April 23, 2014 – March 26, 2015 and May 25, 2020 –, TBS) • Downtown No Gaki No Tsukai Ya Arahende (1997 –, NTV) • Internet • YoshiLog (GyaO!) – Monthly regular • Gokuraku Tonbo KakeruTV (2017 –, AbemaTV, AbemaGolden9) – Quasi-regular

• Music×Drama Special M no Shikai-sha (13 Oct 2006, CX) – Starring; as Susumu Kozukue • Rankin no Paradise (24 Nov 2006 – 12 Sep 2008, MBS–TBS) • ~Geodeki! Pop Company~ Pop-ya (7 Apr – 22 Sep 2008, CX) • Ojomama! F (Apr 2008 – Mar 2009, KTV) • Check! The No.1 (Oct 2008 – Mar 2009, MBS – TBS) • Tobidase! Kagaku-kun (Apr 2009 – Sep 2011, TBS) • Cocorico Naoki Tanaka no Onomichi Photo Sanpo (19 Sep 2009, HTV) • Uchimura–Tanaka no Shirarezaru How-to Sekai Tadashī Sora no Tobikata (9 Oct 2009, CX) • Chō Heibon Hakase Tanaka (5 Nov 2011 – 30 Mar 2013, TBS) • Cocorico Naoki Tanaka no (3 Apr 2012 – 19 Mar 2013, NHK E) – Navigator • TV de Chūgoku-go (8 Jul 2012, NHK BS Premium) • Life!: Jinsei ni Sasageru Conte series-0 to 5 (1 Sep 2012 –, NHK G) • Quiz 100-Ninriki (27 Oct 2012 – Mar 2015, NHK G) • Conte no Gekijō: The Actors' Comedy (26 Jan, 31 May, 30 Aug, 29 Nov 2013, NHK BS Premium) • 100% Entertainment (18 Feb 2013, GT) • Měi! Shàonǚ shèngdiǎn (24 Jun 2013, EBC dōngsēn zònghé) • Mimura & Ariyoshi Tokuban (8 Jan 2014 – 7 Jun 2015, TV Asahi) • Tan Q! A Trip (24 Jan 2015 – 19 Mar 2016, TVA) – Monthly • 1-Ko dake Yellow (24 Apr 2015 – 30 Mar 2017, NBN) – MC • Shitteru or Shittaka? Quiz! Balevel no Tō (17 Oct 2015, ABC) • Uta no Golden Hit (2 Oct 2017, TBS) • Tetsuko no Heya (23 Jul 2018, TV Asahi) • Nihon Sōzō Kikō: Watisuto (7 Apr – 23 Jun 2018, BS11) – MC

• Moero!! Robocon (1 Aug 1999, EX) – as Passerby • Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari Autumn Special Edition "" (Sep 1999, CX) – Starring as Shimura • Ashita Ga Arusa (2001, NTV) • Gakko no Sensei (2001, TBS) – as Atsushi Onodera • Kaiki Daisakusen: Second File (Apr 2007, BS-hi) – Starring; as Kyosuke Misawa • Mirai Yuenchi (28 Sep 2007, EX) – Starring; as Tatsuya Hasebe • Loss:Time:Life (8 Mar 2008, CX) – Starring; as Koichi Kitazawa • Mirai Yuenchi 2 (28 Mar 2008, EX) • Reset (15 Jan 2009, NTV) – Starring as Henry • Renzoku Drama Shōsetsu Kinoshita-buchō to Boku (2010, YTV) – as Daisuke Kanagawa • Honjitsu wa Taian Nari (2012, NHK) – as Junichi Tokura • Platina Town (2012, Wowow) – as Kotaro Ushijima • Yūsha Yoshihiko to Akuryō no Kagi (7 Dec 2012, TX) – as Morgan • Link (2013, Wowow) – as Tsutomu Sawada • Isha-ryō Bengoshi: Anata no Namida, Okane ni Kaemashou (Jan–Mar 2014, YTV) – Starring as Yukio Hakamada • Alice no Toge (Apr – Jun 2014, TBS) – as Junichi Chihara • Mother Game: Kanojo-tachi no Kaikyū (Apr – Jun 2015, TBS) – as Okinawa Ward Office official • I'm Home (23 Apr 2015, EX) – as Toshi Yamanobe • KariKare (Nov 2015, NHK BS Premium) – as Yoshiharu Sano • Neko Zamurai Tamanojō Edo e Iku (Feb 2016, JAITS co-production) – Starring as Himatsu • Eiko Kyōju no Jiken-bo (21 May 2016, EX) – as Haruto Nanba • Asa ga Kuru (Jun – Jul 2016, THB–CX) – as Kiyokazu Kurihara • Suna no Tō~Shiri sugita Rinjin (Oct – Dec 2016, TBS) – as Kenichi Takano • Kasei Otto no Mitazono (Oct – Dec 2016, EX) – as Kengo Tomita • Masuyama Chō Nōryoku-shi Jimusho (5 Jan – Mar 2017, YTV) – Starring as Keitaro Masuyama • Jiro Asada: Prison Hotel (Oct – Dec 2017, BS Japan) – Starring as Kazuma Hanazawa • Keishichō Zero Gakari ~ Seikatsu Anzen-ka Nan Demo Sōdan-shitsu ~ THIRD SEASON, Episode 3 (17 Aug 2018, TV TOKYO) – As himself • Harassment Game, Episode 1 (15 Oct 2018, TV TOKYO) – as Muto Yuzuru • Wagaya no himitsu, Episode 1 (3 Mar 2019, NHK BS Premium) – as Kiyoshi Yamamoto • EdoMoiselle ~ Reiwa de koi, itashinsu ~ (7 Jan 2021–, YTV) – as Yuhiko Kurachi • The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022, NHK) – as Kujō Kanezane • Chosen Home (2025, NTV) – as Seiji Okabe

• Utsunuke (scheduled Fall 2018) – Starring as Keiichi Tanaka • Even Though We're Adults (2025, Hulu) – as Hayato Iwakami

• OneOr8: Bakugyaku no Inu (2008)

• Oden-kun (Apr 2005 – Feb 2009, NHK E) – as Kamisama • Ganbare! Oden-kun (Jan 2013 – Dec 2014, ABC) – as Kamisama • It is Living Happily on Ground Every Day (Apr 2013 – Mar 2014, NHK BS Premium) – Narrator

• Son of the Mask (2005) – as Tim • The Final Destination (2009) – as Nick O'Bannon • Amazonia (2015) – Narrator • Jurassic World (2017, NTV ver.) – as Jimmy Fallon • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) – as The Brow

• NHK Special Yamai no Kigen Prologue Jinrui Shinka 700 Man-nen no Shukumei (18 May 2013, NHK)

• Personal Katsudō – From 26 Oct 2005, Tanaka himself released a volume of his conte DVDs every three months, and ended with five volumes.

• Yoshimoto Online "Yoshomoto Gakuen! Yahoo! Sensei" (2009 – 2011, Yoshimoto Gekijō, Saturdays 22:00–23:20) • Tanaka • Nemu no Hirameke! Denkikki (2017-2019, KawaiianTV)

• JAL original in-flight programme Yoshimoto JALTV First Shot (Dec 2009 – Jan 2010, screened in Japan Airlines)

• JA Bank • Kao Corporation Humming Fine – Co-starred with Yō Yoshida • Promise - with Rei Okamoto, Junpei Mizobata and Naomi Nishida

• National Geographic Channel – Column serialisations on its official website. "Cocorico Tanaka no " (Jun 2015 –)

• Cocorico Tanaka x Naganuma Takeshi presents Zukai Ikimono Ga Miteiru Sekai (July, 2015、Gakken Publishing)

• Cocorico Tanaka×Takeshi Naganuma presents Zukai: Ikimono ga Miteiru Sekai (Jul 2015, Gakken Publishing)

• Minna no Ie (2001) – as Naosuke Iijima – won the Japan Academy Film Prize New Actor Award • Walking with the Dog (2004) – Starring as Yasuyuki Okamura • Gyakkyō Nine (2005) – as Takeshi Sakakibara • The Uchōten Hotel (2006) – as Naosuke Iijima (Cameo appearance) • Forbidden Siren (2006) – as Yutaka Minamida • Argentine Hag (2007) – as Mamoru Mukai • Fine, Totally Fine (2007) – as Yuhara • The Glorious Team Batista (2008) – as Makoto Himuro • Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010) – as Zebraman TV ver./Junichi Ichiba • Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) – as Daigo Iwamatsu • Da Color?~The Datsugoku Survival (2016) – Starring • Neko Zamurai Tamanojō Edo e Iku (2016) – as Himatsu (Hikuaku) • Kin Medal Otoko (2016) – as Nakano-sensei • Masuyama Chō Nōryoku-shi Jimusho: Gekijō-ban wa Koi no Aji (2018) – Starring as Keitaro Masuyama • Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger: en film (2018) – as Herlock Sholmes /Unknown Gangler Monster • Organ (2019) – as Shigeru Wakimoto • Ox-Head Village (2022) • From Spice with Love (2023)

• Summer Days with Coo (2007) – as Yasuo Uehara • Hutch the Honeybee (2010) – as Kunekune • Kuma no Gakkō (2010) – as Katie's Papa • Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Me and the Space Princess (2012) – as Ikemen De Ikemen Gundan member • Violence Voyager (2019) – as George