Minoru Tanaka (actor)

Minoru Tanaka
田中 実
Born	(1966-10-27)27 October 1966 Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Died	25 April 2011(2011-04-25) (aged 44) Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–2011
Agent	JVC Entertainment Networks

Minoru Tanaka (田中 実, Tanaka Minoru, October 27, 1966 – April 25, 2011) was a Japanese actor born in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. He was a graduate of the Tokyo metropolitan Yukigaya high school, Mumeijuku and was represented by JVC Entertainment Networks at the time of his death.^[1]

Filmography

Television

• Rinrin to (1990, NHK)
• Nurse Station (1991, TBS)
• Yanagi-bashi Ryojō (2000, NHK)
• Onsen e Yukō! (Series, TBS) – A manager
• Deka Kizoku (After Part 2, NTV)
• Jungle
• Aibō (Season IV, EX)
• Byōin e Yukō! (Series TBS) – Yūji Katase
• Wednesday Mystery 9 "A medical examiner Shinomiya Hadzuki" 6 (2005, TX) – Kōichi Machida
• anego (2005 NTV)
• Voice recorder (2005 TBS)
• Ultraman Mebius (2006 CBC/TBS) – Captain Shingo Sakomizu

Film

• Uruu no Machi (1991)
• Gekkō no Natsu (1993) – Shinsuke Kazama
• Uso (1995)
• Miyazawa Kenji -Sono Ai- (1996)
• Kanzō Sensei (1998)
• I love You (1999) – Ryūichi Mizukoshi
• Declaration of war (2000) – Takayasu Tsutsumi
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) – A guard
• Kusa no Ran (2004)
• Deguchi no nai Umi (2006) – Toda
• Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (2006) – Captain Shingo Sakomizu
• Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel (2011) – Police Officer Hiroshi Sagami / Commander Dopant

Stage

• Taiyō to Tsuki ni Somuite (1999)
• Kenkyaku Shōbai (2001, 2003)
• Proof (2001)
• Kotoba (2002)

Dubbing

• Ally McBeal – Raymond Millbury (Josh Hopkins)
• Enemy at the Gates (2003 NTV edition) – Commissar Danilov (Joseph Fiennes)
• Hornblower – Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd)
• Starship Troopers – Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien)^[2]
• Summer Scent – Yoo Min-woo (Song Seung-heon)
• Sunshine – Robert Capa (Cillian Murphy)^[3]

Television CM

• Kao "Bath Magicrin"
• Kao "Econa Brand"
• Chugai Pharmaceutical "Guronsan"

References

1. ant-network.com, Tanaka Minoru Passed Away Archived 2011-05-05 at the Wayback Machine.
2. "スターシップ・トゥルーパーズ". Wowow. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
3. "サンシャイン2057". Fox Japan. Retrieved March 5, 2019.

External links

• JVC Entertainment Networks Official Web Site (Japanese)