Yoji Tanaka

ActorDirectorProduction Aug 8 (age 62) Nagano Prefecture, Japan 1990–2025 (35 year career)

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Biography

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

Known For

Film

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Crazy 88 #3

Film

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Crazy 88

Film

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Crazy 88 #3

Film

Summer Wars

Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)

Film

Zatoichi

Funahachi Family Henchmen

Film

Kikujiro

Yakuza Henchman #3

Film

Death Note

Sasaki

Film

Ju-on: The Grudge

Yuji Toyama

Filmography

Acting (303)

Movies (244)

Bullet Train Explosion

as Hajime Shinjo

Kaiju Guy!

Demon Virus

Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2

as Shinichi Inoue

Jigen Daisuke

as Taxi Driver

Detective of Joshidaikoji

2023

as Azechi Genichiro

Onimanji

ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止

The Pearl Legacy

Ring Wandering

as Shioya

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

as Hayato Nakajima

Gon-Mama

Sun and Bolero

The Broken Commandment

2022

7.3

D-river

2022

Go! Go! Stupid Woman!

2021

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

2021

6.7

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie

2021

as Keisuke Ukita

5.3

Nebagiba New World

2021

Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse

as Yamamoto

Ura Aka: L'Aventure

Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura

The Smiling Man

as Koichi Takizawa

Mrs. Noisy

Yan

Blood-Club Dolls 2

as Kuzu

Minori yuku

Dance with Me

as Bus Driver

The Promised Land

The Nikaidos' Fall

as Genjiro Tada

Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc

2019

as Asai Ginji

Hydra

2019

as Junichiro Kishida

5.6

Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie

Come On Irene

as Tatsuno

Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"

2018

as Tsukishima

Stalking Vampire

Blood-Club Dolls 1

as Kuzuu

Survival Family

as Vagrant Who Captures Carp

7.3

Lemmings no Natsu

2017

Meatball Machine Kodoku

as Yuji Noda

Ringside Story

My Long Awaited Love Story

2017

as Haibara Genjiro

7.9

Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale

2017

as Takiji

6.3

Tantei wa, konya mo yūutsu na yume o miru.

2017

as Yoji Tanaka

My Cactus

2017

as Mr. Morisaka

Yellow Guitar (I think It’s time for me to quit music)

Shippu Rondo

as foreman

Unrequited Love

Hero

as Bartender / 酒保

Fade

Lingering Memories

Glory of the Expedition

2015

as cameraman

5.0

Specialist 3

2015

as Enzo Zeniya

Specialist 4

2015

as Enzo Zeniya

Obon Brothers

The Tale of Nishino

as Minami's father

Wood Job!

as Instuctor

Homeland

Judge!

as Izawa

Specialist

as Enzo Zeniya

The Rakugo Movie

as Manager

The After-Dinner Mysteries

Love Bombs

SPINNING KITE

as Officer

Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO

as Shigeo Aihara

Robo-G

as Police Officer

Dokurogeki: atoaji no warui sasupensu

2012

7.0

The Way: Man of the White Porcelain

2012

7.0

Sado Tempest

2012

as Sekihara

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

as Crazy 88 #3

The Warped Forest

Lessons

Japanese Salaryman NEO

2011

4.0

Space Battleship Yamato

Kazura

月と嘘と殺人

Sakurada Gate Incident

2010

as Juzo Inada

7.2

What a Wonderful Life!!

2010

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi ~ 2010 Summer Special: AKB48 Marugoto Jourei Special

2010

Summer Wars

2009

as Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)

7.5

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

2009

6.4

Crime or Punishment?!?

2009

as Boss of agency

7.3

The Night of Whirlwind Restaurant

2009

Killer Bride's Perfect Crime

2009

as Repair man

4.9

Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune

2009

4.7

20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope

2009

as Detective Higashino

Pandemic

as Eisuke Mita

Baby, Baby, Baby!

Monoroi

Randies

as Robin

Yamagata Scream

as Bubaigawa

All Around Us

Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters

2008

5.9

Death Note: L Change the WorLd

as Sasaki

The Soup of Heaven

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

as Security guard

My Darling of the Mountains

Sing Salmon Sing

as Cameraman

The Silver Season

as Kazuhiko Igawa

Sukiyaki Western Django

2007

6.2

Exte: Hair Extensions

as Takashima

Hero

as Bartender / 酒保

Tokyo Rhapsody

Pacchigi! Love & Peace

Death Note

as Sasaki

Udon

as Biker police

Backdancers!

Lovely Complex

Memories of Matsuko

as TV Actor

Mobile Detectives: The Movie

The Letters

as Kurata

HERO SP

as Bartender / 酒保

SOUL TRAIN

Switch of Happiness

Route 225

Sleeping Flower

as Masakazu Asada

The Samurai I Loved

All About My Dog

as Kentaro Maruyama

Nagurimono: Love & Kill

Visas for Life

In the Pool

The Great Yokai War

as Yoichi's father

Animus Anima

as Salon manager

Monsieur Greenpeas

as Pinky

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004

as Crazy 88

7.9

Swing Girls

2004

as Pinball Parlour Manager

Godzilla: Final Wars

as (uncredited)

Making-of１７才

Cutie Honey

Believer

The Taste of Tea

as Man of Prosecution Section

7.5

Jenifa

2004

Zebraman

2004

as Man In Supermarket

6.3

A Perfect Day for Love Letters

2004

as (segment "Yuki ni saku hana")

Install

The Hotel Venus

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

as Crazy 88 #3

Zatoichi

as Funahachi Family Henchmen

7.2

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya

2003

as Narumoto

SHORT FILMS

2003

Summer Breeze

2003

Life Is Journey

2003

Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri

2003

Samurai Resurrection

2003

4.7

Last Life in the Universe

as Yakuza

BORDER LINE

The Negotiator

Age 17

as Man 2

Alive

as Hair Cut Guard

Be in Happiness

The Battling Angel

as Akita

Iden & Tity

Dead End Run

Ghost Story Shin-Mimibukuro: Approaching Edition

2003

as Narumoto

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete

Ju-on: The Grudge

as Yuji Toyama

Aiki

Out

as Kaneda

The Choice of Hercules

Dog Star

Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka

as Tanaka

Sensen fukoku

Kamaitachi no Yoru

Bastoni: The Stick Handlers

2002

as AV actor

2.0

Ryusei-Kacho

2002

as Passenger Next to Ryusei

Pakodate-jin

Igyō no koi

Swan's Song

as Detective Yamashita

Sabu

as Toku

Frog River

Parco Fiction

as Parco Officer

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001

as Teru Onda

7.4

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

2001

as Junya Aoki

6.7

2001

as Henchman of Kato's Father

7.4

Stereo Future

2001

7.6

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

2001

as Kinta

6.8

Kakashi

2001

as Junsa (uncredited)

Go Heat Man!

Quartet for Two

as Customer

Stake Out

Platonic Sex

Body Drop Asphalt

as Fuyuki Tohjoh

Toki No Kaori: Remember Me

2001

as Tamaki Sensei

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies

as Rokuyama

Hotoke

Waterboys

as Security Guard

Pistol Opera

as Koroshi-ya No. 7

Red Shadow

Quartet

as Singer

The City of Lost Souls

2000

as Okijima Gang Member

Enclosed Pain

By Player

Street of Gravestones

Senrigan

as Cab driver

The Whispered City

as Okamura

Ring 0

as Dansei Kyôyu (uncredited)

6.1

First Love

2000

as Prep School Teacher

Monday

as Yakuza

Party 7

as Relative

Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku

2000

House of the Ghosts ~Kanako Inuki's World of Fear~

2000

Kikujiro

1999

as Yakuza Henchman #3

Railroad Man

Taboo

as Samurai executed by Kanô

Anarchy in Japansuke

Tokyo Elegy

as Yakuza boss

Adrenaline Drive

as Bus Driver

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

as Asahina

Charisma

as Sugishita

The Night the Angel Turned Away

1999

Lustful Wife

1999

2.7

One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION

Messengers

as Driver

Round About Midnight

as Police Officer

Unlucky Monkey

as Citizen Convention Member

The Outer Way

The Goofball

Shomuni

as Gay makeup artist

The Fetist

as The Patron

The Cold-Blooded Trap

Sunday Drive

as Police Officer

Female Teacher 6

Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman

1998

Just Like Starting Over

1998

3.3

Akai yokujô: Hame jôzu

My Secret Cache

as Iwata

Romantic Mania

as Home Delivery Worker

Postman Blues

as Killer

Atlanta Boogie

Suddenly Arriving

Forever with You

Hunters' Sense of Touch

1995

as Yoshino

4.0

Shinjuku Triad Society

1995

6.3

Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!

Tokarev

as Yakuza

119

I Like You, I Like You Very Much

1994

as Takano's boyfriend

3.0

Nowhere Man

1991

as Bar patron

5.4

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

1990

Geisha War

as Mr. Clean

秀吉、スタートアップ企業で働く

Television (59)

Yips

2024

7.2

Plamo no Hanashi

2024

Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama

2023

Get Ready!

2023

7.8

ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?

as Umebayashi

Ryosangata Riko

as Yajima Ichi

Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break

as Cafe clerk

Kanban Neko

にっぽん！庭泊ひとり旅

as 旅人

Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors

Avalanche

as Tetsuji Uchimoto

The Scales of Justice

2021

7.0

オレの寿司物語

2020

as 磯川泰造

Your Turn to Kill

as Keisuke Ukita

It's Your Turn

His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love

as Kumakiri Yusaku

The Good Wife

as Yoshiro Futami

The Funny Chef of South Polar

as 金村

Suits

as Takuro Hoshikawa

Ten: Tenhodori no Kaidanji

2018

as Ginji Asai（浅井銀次）

Eerie: Invisible Face

2018

as Shogo Hashimoto

8.4

Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen

2018

as Takeshi Ogi（仰木武司）

Hitoya no Toge

Unrequited Love

as Mochizuki

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

Beppin-san

as Katsuji Ozawa

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

as Shigeto Kawada

Ouroboros

2015

as Jesus Mikoshiba

7.2

I'm Home

2015

as Man after Kyoto’s love

Fake Marriage

as Richi Sudo

Unhandy Handyman

as Taro Momono

Akagi

as Takeshi Ogi（仰木武司）

Saikyou no Futari

as Iwao Takada

あてなよる

Saintly Woman

as Koike Kenji

Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo

as Shigeo Aihara

Olympic Ransom

Solitary Gourmet

as Yoshino

Soumatou Kabushikigaisha

as Mineta Kohei

Mr. Straightforward

as Policeman

Tofu Sisters

as Ishida Kazuo

Gakeppuchi no Eri - Kono yo de ichiban daiji na 'Kane' no hanashi

2010

as Ryuji Himuro

Rescue: Pride of Orange

as Igarashi Hachiro

Konkatsu!

as Masuoka Fumihiko

Untouchable

as Makoto Nakahara

One-Pound Gospel

as Kappei Onimaru

Edison's Mother

as Iwai Yuuzou

Prisoner

as Doi Yutaro

Detective School Q

as Shizuka Nishimura's father

8.0

Time Limit Investigator

as Yasuo Kohara

Gachi Baka!

as Tatsumura

One Missed Call

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

as Guest

Sky High

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

The Private Detective Mike

Hero

as Bartender / 酒保

Handoku!!!

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

1990

9.5

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Locodol Dorama Documentary

2017

Director

5.6

Cop Festival: New Beginning

2003

Director

Hakui honban: Hageshii aegi

1997

Associate Producer

2.0

Television (1)

The Country of Beauty

2021

Director