Miou Tanaka

Miou Tanaka
田中 美央
Born	(1974-07-04) July 4, 1974 (age 50) Hyōgo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1998–present

Miou Tanaka (田中 美央, Tanaka Miou, born July 4, 1974)^[1][2] is a Japanese actor and voice actor who is best known for appearing in films such as the Kingdom series (2019–) and Godzilla Minus One (2023).

Filmography

Stage

• Golden Twilight (1998)^[1]
• Robot (1999)^[1]

Film

• Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams (2001)^[1]
• Living Will (2001)^[1]
• The Emperor in August (2015) as Kokatsu Arao^[2][3]
• Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016)^[3]
• Sekigahara (2017) as Saizo Kani^[1]
• Killing for the Prosecution (2018) as Takaaki Koike^[1][2]
• Hell Dogs (2022) as Kazufusa Tawaraya^[1]
• Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022) as Yuan^[3]
• Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (2023) as Yuan^[1]
• Godzilla Minus One (2023) as Tatsuo Hotta^[1][3]
• Ultraman Blazar The Movie (2024)^[1]
• Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (2024) as Yuan^[4]
• Demon City (2025) as Homare Takemoto^[5]

Television drama

• Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) as Okuyama "Rokuza" Rokuzaemon^[1]
• Scarlet (2019) as Hideki Sumita^[1]
• Idaten (2019) as Tadaoki Yamamoto^[1]
• Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021) as Tanuma Okitaka^[1]
• What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023) as Okabe Motonobu^[1]
• The Tiger and Her Wings (2024) as Tadayoshi Ichiyanagi^[6]

Animated films

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom (2024) as Kojiro Murdoch replacing the late Toshihiko Nakajima^[1]

Television animation

• Kingdom (2020–21) as Han Ming^[1]
• Megalobox (2021) as Ignacio "Chief" Martinez^[1]
• The Heike Story (2021) as Kumagai Naozane^[1]
• Kaiju No. 8 (2024) as Juzo Nogizaka^[7]

Original video animation

• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI - Rise of the Red Comet (2018) as Ryu José^[3]

Video games

• Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) as Yōsuke Tendō^[1]
• Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023) as Yōsuke Tendō^[1]
• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (2025) as Raymond Law^[8]

Japanese dub

Live-action

• Benedict Wong
  • Doctor Strange as Wong^[1]
  • Avengers: Infinity War as Wong^[1]
  • Avengers: Endgame as Wong^[1]
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Wong^[1]
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home as Wong^[1]
  • She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Wong^[1]
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Wong^[1]
• Alice Through the Looking Glass as King Oleron (Richard Armitage)^[1]
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire as Harris (Ron Smyck)^[9]
• The Man with the Iron Fists as Brass Body (Dave Bautista)^[1]
• Twisters as Dexter (Tunde Adebimpe)^[10]

Animation

• Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Lance Strongbow^[1]
• The Wild Robot as Thorn^[11]

References

1. "田中美央 | たなか みおう | はい俳優プロダクション エンパシィ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
2. "田中美央 | 男優 | 劇団俳優座映画放送部". 2021-06-25. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
3. "田中美央 : 関連作品（映画）". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
4. "キングダム 大将軍の帰還". eiga.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
5. "Demon City 鬼ゴロシ". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
6. "虎に翼:「ゴジラ-1.0」出演で話題 "イケボ"検察官に視聴者注目「起訴状読んでるの艦長じゃん!」「すごい美声の人出てきた」". Mantan-web. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
7. "テレビアニメ「怪獣8号 」#11より". Miou Tanaka official blog. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
8. "『龍が如く8外伝』の序盤のストーリーが判明！新たな登場人物たちもお届け". Ascii Games. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
9. "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Film's Trailer Reveals Japanese Dub Cast". Anime News Network. 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
10. "小芝風花＆津田健次郎、超巨大竜巻に挑む！『ツイスターズ』日本語吹替版キャスト発表". Cinema Today. July 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
11. "綾瀬はるか「野生の島のロズ」に吹替出演、柄本佑・鈴木福・いとうまい子らも参加". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2024.

External links

• Miou Tanaka at IMDb