
Acting
Yoji Tanaka
Born 1963-08-08· 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. He became widely known through television dramas such as Hero (2001) and has since appeared in numerous films and television productions, including Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, The Silent Service, and Bullet Train Explosion.
Known for
Full filmography

Solitary Gourmet
2012
DRAMA
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
ACTION
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
ACTION
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
ACTION
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004
ACTION
Hero
2001
DRAMA
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
2013
COMEDY
Your Turn to Kill
2019
MYSTERY
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
DRAMA
Zatoichi
2003
ADVENTURE
Summer Wars
2009
ANIMATION
Kikujiro
1999
COMEDY
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002
HORROR
Ouroboros
2015
MYSTERY
Death Note
2006
FANTASY
Taboo
1999
DRAMA
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008
FANTASY
The Taste of Tea
2004
COMEDY
Swing Girls
2004
COMEDY
Bullet Train Explosion
2025
ACTION
Ring 0
2000
HORROR
The Great Yokai War
2005
COMEDY
Memories of Matsuko
2006
COMEDY
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
ADVENTURE