Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

288

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-08-08 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Yôji Tanaka
BoBA
Youji Tanaka
Yohji Tanaka
یوجی تاناکا

Yoji Tanaka

Biography

Yoji Tanaka (田中要次, Tanaka Yoji, August 8, 1963) is a Japanese actor and talent. Also known as BoBA.

Known For

8.0%

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Oct 10, 2003

7.9%

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Apr 16, 2004

8.0%

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Mar 27, 2011

7.4%

Summer Wars

Aug 1, 2009

7.2%

Zatoichi

Sep 6, 2003

6.7%

Ju-on: The Grudge

Oct 18, 2002

7.1%

Death Note

Jun 17, 2006

7.5%

Kikujiro

Jun 5, 1999

6.2%

Sukiyaki Western Django

Sep 15, 2007

7.1%

Godzilla: Final Wars

Dec 4, 2004

6.0%

Death Note: L Change the WorLd

Feb 7, 2008

6.1%

Ring 0

Jan 22, 2000

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Acting

—		秀吉、スタートアップ企業で働く
—		発見!体感!戦国ロマン千曲川紀行

2025		Kaiju Guy!
2025		Demon Virus

2024		Yips
2024		Dare to Stop Us 2
2024		Plamo no Hanashi

2023		Detective of Joshidaikoji as Azechi Genichiro
2023		Jigen Daisuke as Taxi Driver
2023		The Pearl Legacy
2023		Onimanji
2023		ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
2023		Get Ready!

2022		Whisper in a Whisper as Important
2022		ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me? as Umebayashi
2022		The Broken Commandment
2022		Ryosangata Riko as Yajima Ichi
2022		Ryosangata Riko as Yassan
2022		Sun and Bolero
2022		にっぽん！庭泊ひとり旅 as 旅人
2022		Kanban Neko
2022		Ring Wandering as Shioya
2022		D-river
2022		What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? as Hayato Nakajima
2022		Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break as Cafe clerk

2021		Your Turn to Kill: The Movie as Keisuke Ukita
2021		Avalanche as Tetsuji Uchimoto
2021		The Scales of Justice
2021		Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse as Yamamoto
2021		Nebagiba New World
2021		Ura Aka: L'Aventure
2021		The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021		Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
2021		Go! Go! Stupid Woman!

2020		オレの寿司物語 as 磯川泰造
2020		Minori yuku
2020		Blood-Club Dolls 2 as Kuzu
2020		Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
2020		Yan
2020		Mrs. Noisy
2020		The Smiling Man as Koichi Takizawa

2019		Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
2019		Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc as Asai Ginji
2019		The Promised Land
2019		Dance with Me as Bus Driver
2019		Hydra as Junichiro Kishida
2019		It's Your Turn
2019		Your Turn To Kill as Keisuke Ukita
2019		His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love as Kumakiri Yusaku
2019		The Nikaidos' Fall as Genjiro Tada
2019		The Good Wife as Yoshiro Futami
2019		The Funny Chef of South Polar as 金村

2018		Stalking Vampire
2018		Blood-Club Dolls 1 as Kuzuu
2018		Suits as Takuro Hoshikawa
2018		Ten: Tenhodori no Kaidanji as Ginji Asai（浅井銀次）
2018		Come On Irene as Tatsuno
2018		Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart" as Tsukishima
2018		Eerie: Invisible Face as Shogo Hashimoto
2018		Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen as Takeshi Ogi（仰木武司）

2017		My Long Awaited Love Story as Haibara Genjiro
2017		Yellow Guitar (I think It’s time for me to quit music)
2017		Unrequited Love as Mochizuki
2017		Ringside Story
2017		Lemmings no Natsu
2017		Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale as Takiji
2017		Meatball Machine Kodoku as Yuji Noda
2017		My Cactus as Mr. Morisaka
2017		Hitoya no Toge

2016		Survival Family as Vagrant Who Captures Carp
2016		Shippu Rondo as foreman
2016		L
2016		Beppin-san as Katsuji Ozawa
2016		Unrequited Love
2016		99.9 Criminal Lawyer

2015		Specialist 4 as Enzo Zeniya
2015		Fade
2015		Glory of the Expedition as cameraman
2015		Fake Marriage as Richi Sudo
2015		Lingering Memories
2015		Obon Brothers
2015		Hero as Master
2015		Akagi as Takeshi Ogi（仰木武司）
2015		Saikyou no Futari as Iwao Takada
2015		I'm Home as Man after Kyoto’s love
2015		Unhandy Handyman as Taro Momono
2015		Specialist 3 as Enzo Zeniya
2015		Ouroboros as Jesus Mikoshiba

2014		Saintly Woman as Koike Kenji
2014		Wood Job! as Instuctor
2014		Homeland
2014		The Tale of Nishino as Minami's father
2014		Judge! as Izawa

2013		Olympic Ransom
2013		The After-Dinner Mysteries
2013		Specialist as Enzo Zeniya
2013		SPINNING KITE as Officer
2013		The Rakugo Movie as Manager
2013		Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo as Shigeo Aihara
2013		Love Bombs

2012		Soumatou Kabushikigaisha as Mineta Kohei
2012		The Way: Man of the White Porcelain
2012		Sado Tempest as Sekihara
2012		Robo-G as Police Officer
2012		Dokurogeki: atoaji no warui sasupensu
2012		Solitary Gourmet as Yoshino

2011		Japanese Salaryman NEO
2011		The Warped Forest
2011		Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Crazy 88 #3

2010		Space Battleship Yamato
2010		Sakurada Gate Incident as Juzo Inada
2010		Tofu Sisters as Ishida Kazuo
2010		Gakeppuchi no Eri - Kono yo de ichiban daiji na 'Kane' no hanashi as Ryuji Himuro
2010		What a Wonderful Life!!
2010		月と嘘と殺人
2010		Kazura
2010		Mr. Straightforward as Policeman

2009		Monoroi
2009		Randies as Robin
2009		Untouchable as Makoto Nakahara
2009		Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
2009		Killer Bride's Perfect Crime as Repair man
2009		Summer Wars as Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
2009		Yamagata Scream as Bubaigawa
2009		The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009		Baby, Baby, Baby!
2009		Konkatsu! as Masuoka Fumihiko
2009		Crime or Punishment?!? as Boss of agency
2009		20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope as Detective Higashino
2009		Rescue: Pride of Orange as Igarashi Hachiro
2009		Pandemic as Eisuke Mita

2008		Prisoner as Doi Yutaro
2008		The Soup of Heaven
2008		Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
2008		All Around Us
2008		Nagai Nagai Satsujin as Security guard
2008		My Darling of the Mountains
2008		Sing Salmon Sing as Cameraman
2008		Death Note: L Change the WorLd as Sasaki
2008		One-Pound Gospel as Kappei Onimaru
2008		The Silver Season as Kazuhiko Igawa
2008		Edison's Mother as Iwai Yuuzou

2007		Pacchigi! Love & Peace
2007		Sukiyaki Western Django
2007		Hero as Master
2007		Detective School Q as Shizuka Nishimura's father
2007		Tokyo Rhapsody
2007		Exte: Hair Extensions as Takashima

2006		SOUL TRAIN
2006		The Letters as Kurata
2006		Switch of Happiness
2006		Backdancers!
2006		Udon as Biker police
2006		Lovely Complex
2006		Death Note as Sasaki
2006		Memories of Matsuko as TV Actor
2006		Mobile Detectives: The Movie
2006		Route 225
2006		Gachi Baka! as Tatsumura
2006		Time Limit Investigator as Yasuo Kohara

2005		スリーピングフラワー
2005		One Missed Call
2005		The Samurai I Loved
2005		Nagurimono: Love & Kill
2005		The Great Yokai War as Yoichi's father
2005		In the Pool
2005		All About My Dog as Kentaro Maruyama
2005		Animus Anima as Salon manager

2004		Install
2004		Godzilla: Final Wars as (uncredited)
2004		A Perfect Day for Love Letters as (segment "Yuki ni saku hana")
2004		Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
2004		Swing Girls as Pinball Parlour Manager
2004		The Hotel Venus
2004		The Taste of Tea as Man of Prosecution Section
2004		Believer
2004		Cutie Honey
2004		Jenifa
2004		Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Crazy 88
2004		Zebraman as Man In Supermarket
2004		Making-of１７才

2003		川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
2003		Dead End Run
2003		Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Crazy 88 #3
2003		Zatoichi as Funahachi Family Henchmen
2003		Be in Happiness
2003		The Battling Angel as Akita
2003		The Negotiator
2003		Last Life in the Universe as Yakuza
2003		Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game as Guest
2003		BORDER LINE
2003		Alive as Hair Cut Guard
2003		Age 17 as Man 2
2003		Life Is Journey
2003		Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
2003		Samurai Resurrection
2003		SHORT FILMS
2003		Summer Breeze
2003		Sky High
2003		Iden & Tity

2002		Frog River
2002		Aiki
2002		Swan's Song as Detective Yamashita
2002		Out as Kaneda
2002		Ju-on: The Grudge as Yuji Toyama (uncredited)
2002		Sensen fukoku
2002		Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Asahina
2002		Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
2002		Igyō no koi
2002		Parco Fiction as Parco Ten-in
2002		Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002		Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka as Tanaka
2002		The Private Detective Mike
2002		Sabu as Toku
2002		The Choice of Hercules
2002		KT
2002		Ryusei-Kacho as Passenger Next to Ryusei
2002		Dog Star
2002		Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
2002		Pakodate-jin

2001		Toki no kaori: Remember me as Tamaki Sensei
2001		Pistol Opera as Koroshi-ya No. 7
2001		GO as Henchman of Kato's Father
2001		Platonic Sex
2001		Handoku!!!
2001		Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Kinta
2001		All About Lily Chou-Chou as Teru Onda
2001		Go Heat Man!
2001		Quartet as Singer
2001		Waterboys as Security Guard
2001		Kakashi as Junsa (uncredited)
2001		Hotoke
2001		Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies as Rokuyama
2001		Red Shadow
2001		Body Drop Asphalt as Fuyuki Tohjoh
2001		Stereo Future
2001		Quartet for Two as Customer
2001		Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius as Junya Aoki
2001		Stake Out
2001		Hero as Bartender

2000		By Player
2000		Enclosed Pain
2000		Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku
2000		House of the Ghosts ~Kanako Inuki's World of Fear~
2000		Street of Gravestones
2000		Party 7 as Relative
2000		The City of Lost Souls as Okijima Gang Member
2000		Senrigan as Cab driver
2000		Monday as Yakuza
2000		First Love
2000		Ring 0 as Dansei Kyôyu (uncredited)

1999		Taboo as Samurai executed by Kanô
1999		Charisma as Sugishita
1999		Round About Midnight as Police Officer
1999		One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
1999		Messengers as Driver
1999		Tokyo Elegy as Yakuza boss
1999		The Night the Angel Turned Away
1999		Lustful Wife
1999		Kikujiro as Yakuza Henchman #3
1999		Railroad Man
1999		Anarchy in Japansuke
1999		Adrenaline Drive as Bus Driver

1998		Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman
1998		Shomuni as Gay makeup artist
1998		Sunday Drive as Police Officer
1998		Just Like Starting Over
1998		Unlucky Monkey as Citizen Convention Member
1998		The Cold-Blooded Trap
1998		The Goofball
1998		The Outer Way
1998		The Fetist as The Patron

1997		赤い欲情はめ上手
1997		Romantic Mania as Home Delivery Worker
1997		Postman Blues as Killer
1997		My Secret Cache as Iwata

1996

Atlanta Boogie

1995		Suddenly Arriving
1995		Shinjuku Triad Society
1995		Hunters' Sense of Touch as Yoshino
1995		Forever with You
1995		Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!

1994		119
1994		I Like You, I Like You Very Much
1994		Tokarev as Yakuza

1991

Nowhere Man as Bar patron

1990		Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
1990		Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Directing

2021

The Country of Beauty as Director

2017

Locodol Dorama Documentary as Director

2003

Cop Festival: New Beginning as Director