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Kei Tanaka

Acting Born Jul 10, 1984 Tokyo, Japan 166 credits
166
Total Credits
1992–2026
35 Years Career Span
20
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10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Kei Tanaka is a Japanese actor born on July 10, 1984, in Tokyo, Japan. He is known by his stage name 田中圭, which is also romanized as Tanaka Kei or たなか けい. Tanaka's primary profession is acting, and he has been involved in 165 known credits. His content score on The Movie Database is 88.

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Career

Career overview

Kei Tanaka is a Japanese actor born on July 10, 1984, in Tokyo, Japan. He has been active in the entertainment industry, with a significant body of work in film and television. As of the available information, Tanaka has accumulated a substantial number of credits, with a total of 165 known credits to his name.

Throughout his career, Tanaka has demonstrated his versatility as an actor, taking on a wide range of roles in various productions. His extensive experience in the industry has earned him a reputation as a skilled and accomplished performer. While specific details about his notable performances are not available, it is clear that Tanaka has made a lasting impact in the world of Japanese entertainment.

Tanaka's dedication to his craft has been recognized by fans and industry professionals alike, as evidenced by his high content score of 88 on The Movie Database. This rating reflects his enduring popularity and the respect he has earned within the entertainment community. As a prominent figure in Japanese cinema and television, Kei Tanaka continues to be a significant presence in the industry.

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Known for

Film

Kingdom 5

2026

A2Z

as Morishita Kazuhiro
Film

High Pass

as Soichi Haruta

Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger

as Boyfriend

Cold Case: Door of Truth

2016

Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO

as Kohei Gyoubu

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

as Yuichi Sugita

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

as Hikaru Morimoto（森本 光）
Film

Padre Padrone

1977
Film

Rent-a-Cat

as Shigaru Yoshizawa
Film

Brothers Five

as Haruki Sudo
Film

The Tunnel

as Tetsuo Kubota

Frequent co-stars

Mio Imada 2 shared titles
Kyoko Fukada 1 shared title
Ryota Katayose 1 shared title
Miona Hori 1 shared title
Haruka Kinami 1 shared title
Seiya Osada 1 shared title
Nene Otsuka 1 shared title
Kaito Yoshimura 1 shared title
Jeff Hiller 1 shared title
Ryoko Yonekura 1 shared title

Career timeline

Kingdom 5
Ossan's Love ThailandEnsembleOi, Dazai夏の砂の上
Blue MomentOssan's Love ReturnsThat Person Has DisappearedDoctor X: The Movie FinalMy Precious
UnknownOzuReversal OrchestraG-MenBlack Postman
Is Love Sustainable?Whisper of the HeartPhases of the MoonTsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta RyugakuseiTo Be Killed by a High School Girl
Guilty FlagNight DoctorRasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku SosaMr. Grim ReaperKakegurui 2: Desperate Russian Roulette
Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital PharmacistDiscordHow to Eliminate My TeacherStolen Identity 2Tokyo Tarareba Girls 2020 Special
Your Turn to KillYour Turn to Kill · Theme Song PerformanceOssan's Love: In the SkyI TurnOssan's Love: Love or Dead
Weakest BeastCaseworker's Diary: Constitutional Rights, The Minimum Standard of Wholesome and Cultured LivingOssan's LoveDouble FantasyFurin Shokudou
ManhuntTokyo Tarareba GirlsThe Many Faces of ItoThe Public EnemyAmateur Lovers Never Give Up!
Doubutsu Sentai ZyuohgerGood Morning CallCold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HEROFamily's Form
I'm Home5→9 From Five to NineLibrary Wars: Book Of MemoriesLove and MoneyProphecy
Shinigami-kunHanasaki Mai Speaks Out事件救命医２～IMATの奇跡～Night School Teacher, SAKURASalt of the Earth
Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case FilesIMAT ～Crime Scene Medics～See You Tomorrow, EveryoneNo Con KidLibrary Wars
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonDeka Kurokawa SuzukiRent-a-Cat.hack//The MovieAfro Tanaka
OhisamaThe Diplomat Kosaku KurodaMisaki Number One!!Still, Life Goes OnThe Reason I Can't Find My Love
Mr. StraightforwardSecretChase: National Taxation InspectorNanase futatabiGoodbye Love
BOSSThe Homeless Student 2Tajomaru: Avenging BladeGenkai in a Black Company
DevilCyborg SheCat StreetImpossible LoveFlavor of Happiness
Love and Farm死ぬかと思ったYou Gotta Be Kidding Me!The Bandage Club
Into the White NightA Song to the SunAngels with Broken WingsRainbow SongTokyo University Story
Affectionate TimeTokyo FriendsSlow Dance汚れた舌Water Boys 2005 Summer
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the WorldBe with YouA Perfect Day for Love Letters
Water BoysSpring Story
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoGokusen
Special Rescue Exceedraft

Full Filmography

166 titles
  • Kingdom 5 (2026)
  • Ossan's Love Thailand (2025) as Haruta
  • Ensemble (2025) as Ui Shuya
  • Oi, Dazai (2025)
  • 夏の砂の上 (2025)
  • Blue Moment (2024) as Shiki Fujimura
  • Ossan's Love Returns (2024) as Haruta Soichi
  • That Person Has Disappeared (2024) as Arakawa
  • Doctor X: The Movie Final (2024)
  • My Precious (2024) as Kanzaki Hiroki
  • Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker (2024) as Makoto Tomita
  • The Hotel of My Dream (2024) as Endō Michio
  • Medicine メディスン (2024)
  • Unknown (2023) as Toramatsu Asada
  • Ozu (2023)
  • Reversal Orchestra (2023) as Tokiwa Asahi
  • G-Men (2023) as Yagami Koichi
  • Black Postman (2023) as Rikiya Soejima
  • Behind Orchestra (2023) as 常葉朝陽
  • A2Z (2023) as Morishita Kazuhiro
  • Is Love Sustainable? (2022) as Higashimura Seita
  • Whisper of the Heart (2022) as Sonomura
  • Phases of the Moon (2022) as Ryunosuke Masaki
  • Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei (2022) as Hirobumi Ito
  • To Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022) as Haruto Higashiyama
  • Haw (2022) as Tamio Akanishi
  • Guilty Flag (2021)
  • Night Doctor (2021) as Akito Naruse（成瀨 曉人）
  • Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa (2021) as Jin Jinbo
  • Mr. Grim Reaper (2021) as Kennin Gido
  • Kakegurui 2: Desperate Russian Roulette (2021) as Toba Jiro
  • JUMP!!：The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021) as Jinya Nishitaka
  • The Cinderella Addiction (2021) as Daigo Izumisawa
  • And So the Baton Is Passed (2021) as Morimiya
  • Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021) as Shota Tezuka
  • First Gentleman (2021) as Hiyori Soma
  • Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacist (2020) as Shōgo Seno
  • Discord (2020) as Yusuke Kawakami
  • How to Eliminate My Teacher (2020) as Tsuneo Yoshizawa
  • Stolen Identity 2 (2020) as Makoto Tomita
  • Tokyo Tarareba Girls 2020 Special (2020)
  • Mellow (2020) as Seiichi Natsume
  • K2: Dodgy Badge Brothers (2020) as Kenji Kuroki
  • Your Turn to Kill (2019) as Shota Tezuka
  • Your Turn to Kill (2019) Theme Song Performance
  • Ossan's Love: In the Sky (2019) as Sōichi Haruta
  • I Turn (2019)
  • Ossan's Love: Love or Dead (2019) as 春田 创一
  • Marriage Hunting Beauty (2019) as Yatabe
  • おっさんずラブ -in the sky- ゆく年くる年SP (2019) as Soichi Haruta
  • Weakest Beast (2018) as Kyoya Hanai
  • Caseworker's Diary: Constitutional Rights, The Minimum Standard of Wholesome and Cultured Living (2018) as Daiki Kyogoku
  • Ossan's Love (2018) as Haruta Soichi
  • Double Fantasy (2018) as Iwai Ryosuke
  • Furin Shokudou (2018)
  • Stolen Identity (2018) as Makoto Tomita
  • くちびるウォンテッド (2018)
  • The Many Faces of Ito (2018) as Shinya Tamura
  • Manhunt (2017) as Masaki Kitagawa
  • Tokyo Tarareba Girls (2017) as 丸井良男
  • The Many Faces of Ito (2017) as Shinya Tamura
  • The Public Enemy (2017) as Kohei Sato
  • Amateur Lovers Never Give Up! (2017) as Keisuke Ojima
  • Emotion Line 8 (2017)
  • 時代をつくった男 阿久悠物語 (2017) as Kamimura Kazuo
  • 探偵少女アリサの事件簿 (2017)
  • Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016) as Boyfriend
  • Good Morning Call (2016) as Takuya Uehara
  • Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ (2016)
  • Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO (2016) as Kohei Gyoubu
  • Family's Form (2016)
  • Birthday Wishes (2016) as Self
  • Bōkyō (2016) as (segment "Mikan no hana")
  • Guard Center 24 (2016)
  • 年の瀬 変愛ドラマ (2016)
  • Ossan's Love (2016) as Haruta Soichi
  • おっさんずラブ (2016) as 春田創一
  • I'm Home (2015) as Tsuyoshi Honjo
  • 5→9 From Five to Nine (2015) as Makoto Kiyomiya
  • Library Wars: Book Of Memories (2015) as Mikihisa Komaki
  • Love and Money (2015)
  • Prophecy (2015) as Kitamura
  • HEAT (2015) as Naoki Hamada
  • Library Wars: The Last Mission (2015) as Mikihisa Komaki
  • Toho Nanahun (2015) as 田中靖夫
  • Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition (2015)
  • Bittare!!! (2015)
  • Police Precinct Soul (2015) as Toshifumi Katsuragi
  • Why was the family erased? (2015)
  • Shinigami-kun (2014)
  • Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out (2014) as Yuichi Sugita
  • 事件救命医２～IMATの奇跡～ (2014)
  • Night School Teacher, SAKURA (2014) as Shunsuke Jobu（上武 俊介）
  • Salt of the Earth (2014) as Yoshiaki Baba
  • Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files (2013) as Kikuya Kasai
  • IMAT ～Crime Scene Medics～ (2013) as Takuma Kageura
  • See You Tomorrow, Everyone (2013) as Hotta
  • No Con Kid (2013) as Reiji Watanabe
  • Library Wars (2013) as Mikihisa Komaki
  • 死刑台の72時間 (2013) as 冰室孝明
  • AIBOU: X-DAY (2013)
  • Kamisama no Beret (2013)
  • ディスカバーデッド (2013) as 미야타
  • The Sango Ranger (2013) as Hiroto Kishitani
  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Hikaru Morimoto（森本 光）
  • Deka Kurokawa Suzuki (2012)
  • Rent-a-Cat (2012) as Shigaru Yoshizawa
  • .hack//The Movie (2012) as Tomohiko Okano (voice)
  • Afro Tanaka (2012) as Hajime Okamoto
  • 伝説の監察医・オニグマの事件簿 (2012)
  • Ohisama (2011) as Haruki Sudo
  • The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (2011) as Mamoru Saienji（西園寺 守）
  • Misaki Number One!! (2011) as Takeshi Mikuni
  • Still, Life Goes On (2011) as Kohei Hiragi
  • The Reason I Can't Find My Love (2011) as Yu Hasegawa
  • Runway Beat (2011) as Satoru Inuda
  • Keigo Higashino 3-week drama SP series (2011) as 里中二郎
  • Murder in the Kairotei (2011) as Jiro Satonaka
  • Love Come (2011) as Miharu
  • Mr. Straightforward (2010) as Shiro Kumazawa
  • Secret (2010) as Fumiya
  • Chase: National Taxation Inspector (2010) as Tetsuo Kubota
  • Nanase futatabi (2010)
  • Goodbye Love (2010)
  • Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe (2010)
  • Kobe Shinbun no Nanokakan (2010) as Chin Yuiko
  • Hebi no Hito (2010)
  • BOSS (2009) as Masao Kogure
  • The Homeless Student 2 (2009) as Shinichi Tamura
  • Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009) as Sakuramaru
  • Genkai in a Black Company (2009) as Shota Kimura
  • Devil (2008) as Kasai Hitoshi
  • Cyborg She (2008)
  • Cat Street (2008) as Ozawa Masanobu
  • Impossible Love (2008) as 青木さやか
  • Flavor of Happiness (2008) as Takahashi Akira
  • Tengoku no Soup (2008)
  • Frost (2008) as Shun Okano
  • The Soup of Heaven (2008)
  • Love and Farm (2007) as Ashizaki Katsuya
  • 死ぬかと思った (2007)
  • You Gotta Be Kidding Me! (2007) as Satoshi Tomoda
  • The Bandage Club (2007) as Shinichi 'Gimo' Yanagimoto
  • Into the White Night (2006) as Kikuchi Michihiro
  • A Song to the Sun (2006) as Onishi Yuta
  • Angels with Broken Wings (2006) as Onodera Riku
  • Rainbow Song (2006) as Gakuto Ogata
  • Tokyo University Story (2006) as Naoki Murakami
  • Once Again Sugar & Spice (2006) as Takuma
  • Backdancers! (2006) as Akira
  • Simsons (2006) as Masato Kaga
  • Bird Call (2006) as Satonaka
  • Affectionate Time (2005) as Anzai Mitsuo
  • Tokyo Friends (2005) as Wataru Iwatsuki（岩槻 航）
  • Slow Dance (2005) as Kohei Hasebe
  • 汚れた舌 (2005)
  • Water Boys 2005 Summer (2005) as Takashi Yasuda
  • The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005) as 黒木 孝夫
  • Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004) as Yasura Tadashi
  • Be with You (2004) as Mio's College Friend
  • A Perfect Day for Love Letters (2004) as (segment "Yuki ni saku hana")
  • Water Boys (2003) as Yasuda
  • Spring Story (2003) as Ryuchi
  • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002) as Akira Iwatsuki
  • Gokusen (2002) as Ono
  • Special Rescue Exceedraft (1992) as Hiroyuki Okuda (child0

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Kei Tanaka best known for?

Kei Tanaka is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Kingdom 5 (2026), A2Z (2023), High Pass (1982), Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016).

When and where was Kei Tanaka born?

Kei Tanaka was born on July 10, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan.

How many credits does Kei Tanaka have?

Kei Tanaka has accumulated over 166 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1992 to 2026.

What is Kei Tanaka's background in cinema and television?

Kei Tanaka is a Japanese actor born on July 10, 1984, in Tokyo, Japan. He is known by his stage name 田中圭, which is also romanized as Tanaka Kei or たなか けい. Tanaka's primary profession is acting, and he has been involved in 165 known credits. His content score on The Movie Database is 88.