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Yoji Tanaka

Acting · Born August 8, 1963 · Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Yōji Tanaka (born August 8, 1963, in Kiso, Nagano, Japan), also credited as BoBA, is a Japanese actor and television personality. After working for Japan National Railways, he moved to Tokyo in 1990 and began working as a film extra and lighting assistant before focusing on acting from 1994.

Movies with Yoji Tanaka

• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) — Crazy 88 #3
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) — Crazy 88
• Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) — Crazy 88 #3
• All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) — Teru Onda
• Zatoichi (2003) — Funahachi Family Henchmen
• Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) — Yuji Toyama
• Summer Wars (2009) — Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
• Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008) — Sasaki
• Death Note (2006) — Sasaki
• Bullet Train Explosion (2025) — Hajime Shinjo
• Kikujiro (1999) — Yakuza Henchman #3
• Swing Girls (2004) — Pinball Parlour Manager

TV shows with Yoji Tanaka

• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
• Beppin-san (2016) — Katsuji Ozawa
• 25 Years of You (2026) — Satoru Hatano
• Hero (2001) — Bartender / 酒保
• Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo (2013) — Shigeo Aihara
• Your Turn to Kill (2019) — Keisuke Ukita
• Ryosangata Riko (2022) — Yajima Ichi
• Avalanche (2021) — Tetsuji Uchimoto