Naoki Tanaka
Acting
Biography
Best known for his appearances in the yearly batsu games shown on New Year's Eve in which he stars with other comedians in an endurance game. Tanaka is also part of Cocorico the comedian pair with 'Shôzô Endô' who star on the ongoing series Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende.
Born: April 26, 1971
Place of Birth: Toyonaka, Japan
Known For
I Am Bouken Shounen
In I Am Bouken Shounen they take a group of talent and take them to an uninhabited island and leave them there with some goods (each set of goods of a different theme) to help them try to escape the island.
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
Rebooting
A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself starting her life over from scratch.
Kinkyuu SOS! Ike no Mizu Zenbu Nuku Dai Sakusen
Emergency SOS! Great strategy to pull out all the water in the pond, this TV Tokyo series in 2017 is a document variety program. The program concept is to dig a pond that has been left untouched to clean it, and to verify what kind of creatures live there.
The Thorns of Alice
Mizuno Asumi is a doctor at the University Hospital. Her only objective in life is to avenge the death of her father, a death caused by immoral and negligent doctors.
The Hot Spot
Kiyomi Endo is a single mother working at a business hotel near Mount Fuji whose life takes an unexpected twist after an encounter with an alien.
Edo Moiselle
Edo Moiselle is an exhilarating, heart-warming comedy that takes place in Tokyo. It is about a big-hearted Edo era courtesan looking for solace for her weary soul while getting wrapped up into trouble wherever she goes. An entertaining love story that transcends the ages.
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
Modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen / Operation Mystery tv show. A special unit called SRI (Science Research Institute) is investigating mysterious cases.
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often feature mystery, science fiction, or fantasy elements. A sometimes "humorous" and sometimes "cynic" look at society and mankind. Always short, but always surprising and unpredictable. Is it a poisonous allegory or a wake-up call? See some of his greatest gems come to life in this 2022 live-action adaptation
Filmography
as Seiji Okabe
as Takahiro Okuda
as Hiyama Unosuke
as Asami's father
as Eiwa Saito
as Kanon's Father
as Kurachi Takehiko
as Shigeru Wakimoto
as Herlock Sholmes
as George
as Keitaro Masuyama
as Teacher Nakano
as Takano Kenichi
as Kurihara Kiyokazu
as Haruto Nanba
as Tobimatsu
as Yoshiharu Sano
as Shun Yamanobe
as Junichi Chihara
as Hakamada Yukio
as イケメンB (voice)
as Daigo Iwamatsu
as Kunekune
as TV Zebraman
as アンリ
as Koichiro Himuro
as 北澤光一
as Yuhara
as Yasuo Uehara (voice)
as Kyosuke Misawa
as 미사와 쿄스케
as Mori Mukai
as Yutaka Minamida
as Naosuke Iijima
as Go Sakakibara
as Yasuyuki
as Tanaka
as Naosuke Iijima