Yoji Tanaka
Acting
Biography
Yoji Tanaka (田中 要次, Tanaka Yoji, August 8, 1963) is a Japanese actor and talent. Also known as BoBA.
Born: August 8, 1963
Place of Birth: Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Minori yuku
Parco Fiction
Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.
Blood-Club Dolls 1
Following the news of a heinous tragedy, a young woman searches the streets for her missing brother, the person accused of committing the incident. Unaware of his true status or location, he finds himself in the employ of an underground fighting ring using inmates like him to entertain wealthy clients, eventually moving up the ranks of the fighters quite quickly. Eventually frustrated at the lack of information from the investigation, she turns to a detective to help him, but with a dangerous socialite also looking into the club they try to push their rescue efforts into high gear into order to save her brother.
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express her feelings to him, but finally has a chance to tell him how she feels. Unfortunately, Naoki turns Kotoko down, saying "I don't like dumb women." One day, Kotoko Aihara's house is severely damaged by an earthquake. Until the house is rebuilt, Kotoko Aihara and her father decide to live with her father's friend. When Kotoko Aihara moves to her new temporary house, she is surprised to learn that Naoki Irie lives there as well.
にっぽん！庭泊ひとり旅
Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at once in this remote studio. It is a drama full of battles for ratings between studios, clashes between young, mid-career, and big names, and a heartwarming story of friendship and bonding. Also, the self-deprecation and parodies are enhanced by the fact that the actors play a role of themselves.
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).
Ring Wandering
In central Tokyo, a young man, Sosuke, aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He can’t draw the extinct wolf well and struggles to develop the story. One winter’s day, Sosuke finds an animal’s skull while digging foundations at a construction site and takes it home. Is it a Japanese wolf’s skull?
Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2
Nagoya, 1983: Legendary filmmaker Koji WAKAMATSU decides to open a cinema – not least to show his own films. The Cinema Skhole quickly turns into a hot spot for local cinephiles. Junichi INOUE tells an empathetic and almost true story about motion picture enthusiasts in this loose sequel to Kazuya SHIRAISHI’s DARE TO STOP US.
Filmography
as Hajime Shinjo
as Shinichi Inoue
as Azechi Genichiro
as Taxi Driver
as Umebayashi
as Yajima Ichi
as Yassan
as 旅人
as Shioya
as Hayato Nakajima
as Cafe clerk
as Keisuke Ukita
as Tetsuji Uchimoto
as Yamamoto
as 磯川泰造
as Kuzu
as Koichi Takizawa
as Asai Ginji
as Bus Driver
as Junichiro Kishida
as Keisuke Ukita
as Kumakiri Yusaku
as Genjiro Tada
as Yoshiro Futami
as Kuzuu
as Takuro Hoshikawa
as Ginji Asai（浅井 銀次）
as Tatsuno
as Shogo Hashimoto
as Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司）
as Haibara Genjiro
as Mochizuki
as Takiji
as Yuji Noda
as Yoji Tanaka
as Vagrant Who Captures Carp
as foreman
as Shigeto Kawada
as Katsuji Ozawa
as Enzo Zeniya
as cameraman
as Richi Sudo
as Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司）
as Bartender / 酒保
as Iwao Takada
as Man after Kyoto’s love
as Taro Momono
as Enzo Zeniya
as Jesus Mikoshiba
as Koike Kenji
as Instuctor
as Minami's father
as Izawa
as Enzo Zeniya
as Officer
as Shigeo Aihara
as Shigeo Aihara
as Mineta Kohei
as Sekihara
as Police Officer
as Yoshino
as Crazy 88 #3
as Juzo Inada
as Ishida Kazuo
as Policeman
as Makoto Nakahara
as Repair man
as Bubaigawa
as Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
as Masuoka Fumihiko
as Boss of agency
as Detective Higashino
as Igarashi Hachiro
as Eisuke Mita
as Doi Yutaro
as Security guard
as Cameraman
as Sasaki
as Kazuhiko Igawa
as Kappei Onimaru
as Iwai Yuuzou
as Bartender / 酒保
as Shizuka Nishimura's father
as Takashima
as Kurata
as Biker police
as Bartender / 酒保
as Sasaki
as TV Actor
as Tatsumura
as Yasuo Kohara
as Yoichi's father
as Pinky
as Kentaro Maruyama
as (uncredited)
as (segment "Yuki ni saku hana")
as Pinball Parlour Manager
as Man of Prosecution Section
as Crazy 88
as Man In Supermarket
as Crazy 88 #3
as Funahachi Family Henchmen
as Yakuza
as Hair Cut Guard
as Man 2
as Detective Yamashita
as Kaneda
as Yuji Toyama
as Parco Officer
as Tanaka
as Toku
as Passenger Next to Ryusei
as AV actor
as Tamaki Sensei
as Koroshi-ya No. 7
as Henchman of Kato's Father
as Kinta
as Teru Onda
as Singer
as Security Guard
as Junsa (uncredited)
as Rokuyama
as Fuyuki Tohjoh
as Customer
as Junya Aoki
as Bartender / 酒保
as Relative
as Okijima Gang Member
as Okamura
as Cab driver
as Yakuza
as Prep School Teacher
as Dansei Kyôyu (uncredited)
as Samurai executed by Kanô
as Sugishita
as Police Officer
as Driver
as Yakuza boss
as Yakuza Henchman #3
as Bus Driver
as Asahina
as Gay makeup artist
as Police Officer
as Citizen Convention Member
as The Patron
as Home Delivery Worker
as Killer
as Iwata
as Yoshino
as Takano's boyfriend
as Yakuza
as Bar patron
as Mr. Clean