Cast & creator
Yoji Tanaka
Best known for Solitary Gourmet, Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
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.
Also known as: Yôji Tanaka, BoBA, Youji Tanaka, Yohji Tanaka
251
film credits
67
television credits
314
1990–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (318)
Showing 318 of 318 credits
Solitary Gourmet
Yoshino
2012
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Crazy 88 #3
2003
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
2016
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Crazy 88
2004
Beppin-san
Katsuji Ozawa
2016
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Crazy 88 #3
2011
Hero
Bartender / 酒保
2001
Time Limit Investigator
Yasuo Kohara
2006
Cold Case: Door of Truth
Kamada Tatsuji
2016
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
Guest
2003
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
Shigeo Aihara
2013
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Teru Onda
2001
25 Years of You
Satoru Hatano
2026
Zatoichi
Funahachi Family Henchmen
2003
Suits
Takuro Hoshikawa
2018
Your Turn to Kill
Keisuke Ukita
2019
The Private Detective Mike
2002
ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?
Umebayashi
2022
Ryosangata Riko
Yajima Ichi
2022Ryosangata Riko
Yassan
2022
Kikujiro
Yakuza Henchman #3
1999
Detective School Q
Shizuka Nishimura's father
2007
Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama
2023
Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge
Masato Mine
2011
Summer Wars
Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
2009
あてなよる
2015
Ju-on: The Grudge
Yuji Toyama
2002
Ouroboros
Jesus Mikoshiba
2015
I'm Home
Man after Kyoto’s love
2015
Taboo
Samurai executed by Kanô
1999
Sky High
2003
Avalanche
Tetsuji Uchimoto
2021
Death Note
Sasaki
2006
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
Sasaki
2008
Yips
2024
Godzilla: Final Wars
(uncredited)
2004
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Shigeto Kawada
2016
Get Ready!
2023
Space Battleship Yamato
2010
One-Pound Gospel
Kappei Onimaru
2008
Bullet Train Explosion
Hajime Shinjo
2025
The Good Wife
Yoshiro Futami
2019
Swing Girls
Pinball Parlour Manager
2004
The Scales of Justice
2021
One Missed Call
2005
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
Soumatou Kabushikigaisha
Mineta Kohei
2012
Rescue: Pride of Orange
Igarashi Hachiro
2009
Eerie: Invisible Face
Shogo Hashimoto
2018
Handoku!!!
2001
Fake Marriage
Richi Sudo
2015
Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break
Cafe clerk
2022
His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love
Kumakiri Yusaku
2019
Unrequited Love
Mochizuki
2017
It's Your Turn
2019
Ten：The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenho
Ginji Asai（浅井 銀次）
2018
Draft King
2023
Olympic Ransom
2013
119
1994
The Taste of Tea
Man of Prosecution Section
2004
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
2003
Unhandy Handyman
Taro Momono
2015
Memories of Matsuko
TV Actor
2006
Waterboys
Security Guard
2001
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Akagi
Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司）
2015
Edison's Mother
Iwai Yuuzou
2008
Saintly Woman
Koike Kenji
2014
Mr. Straightforward
Policeman
2010
Udon
Biker police
2006
Ring 0
Dansei Kyôyu (uncredited)
2000
The Great Yokai War
Yoichi's father
2005
Konkatsu!
Masuoka Fumihiko
2009
Wood Job!
Instuctor
2014
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Junya Aoki
2001
Untouchable
Makoto Nakahara
2009
Prisoner
Doi Yutaro
2008
Gachi Baka!
Tatsumura
2006
Party 7
Relative
2000
Gakeppuchi no Eri - Kono yo de ichiban daiji na 'Kane' no hanashi
Ryuji Himuro
2010
Hollow Cross
2026
Railroad Man
1999
GO
Henchman of Kato's Father
2001
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Asahina
1999
Survival Family
Vagrant Who Captures Carp
2017
Meatball Machine Kodoku
Yuji Noda
2017
Hitoya no Toge
2017
My Secret Cache
Iwata
1997
Saikyou no Futari
Iwao Takada
2015
School!!
Masato Ueno
2011
The Funny Chef of South Polar
金村
2019
Kakashi
Junsa (uncredited)
2001
Geisha War
Mr. Clean
2026
Pandemic
Eisuke Mita
2009
Cutie Honey
2004
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Detective Higashino
2009
The Country of Beauty
Director
2021
Out
Kaneda
2002
Hero
Bartender
2007
Red Shadow
2001
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Kinta
2001
Dance with Me
Bus Driver
2019
Hero
Bartender
2015
Charisma
Sugishita
1999
Tofu Sisters
Ishida Kazuo
2010
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Kaiju Guy!
2025
Last Life in the Universe
Yakuza
2003
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Keisuke Ukita
2021
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Postman Blues
Killer
1997
Exte: Hair Extensions
Takashima
2007
Aiki
2002
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
Rokuyama
2001
Shomuni
Gay makeup artist
1998
Monday
Yakuza
2000
Age 17
Man 2
2003
Ura Aka: L'Aventure
2021
All Around Us
2008
Dokurogeki: atoaji no warui sasupensu
2012
Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司）
2018
Unrequited Love
2016
The City of Lost Souls
Okijima Gang Member
2000
Jigen Daisuke
Taxi Driver
2023
Kazura
2010
The Promised Land
2019
Judge!
Izawa
2014
Zebraman
Man In Supermarket
2004
Platonic Sex
2001
Alive
Hair Cut Guard
2003
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Photographer
2002
Blood-Club Dolls 1
Kuzuu
2018
Sakurada Gate Incident
Juzo Inada
2010
The Whispered City
Okamura
2000
Round About Midnight
Police Officer
1999
Unlucky Monkey
Citizen Convention Member
1998
Adrenaline Drive
Bus Driver
1999
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Director
2003
Kanban Neko
2022
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
Hayato Nakajima
2022
Robo-G
Police Officer
2012
The Letters
Kurata
2006
Nowhere Man
Bar patron
1991
HERO2014
2014
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Security guard
2008
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi ~ 2010 Summer Special: AKB48 Marugoto Jourei Special
2010
The After-Dinner Mysteries
2013
L
2016
Homeland
2014
Shinjuku Triad Society
1995
Swan's Song
Detective Yamashita
2002
SHORT FILMS
2003
Parco Fiction
Parco Officer
2002
The Nikaidos' Fall
Genjiro Tada
2019
オレの寿司物語
磯川泰造
2020
The Negotiator
2003The Battling Angel
Akita
2003
Samurai Resurrection
2003
Quartet for Two
Customer
2001Plamo no Hanashi
2024
Blood-Club Dolls 2
Kuzu
2020
Ryûji Forever
Kawajiri
2002
I Like You, I Like You Very Much
Takano's boyfriend
1994
In the Pool
2005
Sabu
Toku
2002
KT
2002The Outer Way
1998
Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
2003
Anarchy in Japansuke
Detective
1999
The Tale of Nishino
Minami's father
2014
Pakodate-jin
2002
Pacchigi! Love & Peace
2007
Igyō no koi
2002
A Perfect Day for Love Letters
(segment "Yuki ni saku hana")
2004
Sing Salmon Sing
Cameraman
2008
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
2008
Iden & Tity
2003
My Long Awaited Love Story
Haibara Genjiro
2017
Sensen fukoku
2002
Messengers
Driver
1999Atlanta Boogie
1996
Lovely Complex
2006
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
2019
The Smiling Man
Koichi Takizawa
2020
The Warped Forest
2011
House of the Ghosts ~Kanako Inuki's World of Fear~
2000
Stereo Future
2001
All About My Dog
Kentaro Maruyama
2005
Part-Time Detective
Ōshita
2002
Dog Star
2002
Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2
Shinichi Inoue
2024
Dead End Run
2003
Suddenly Arriving
1995
Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale
Takiji
2017
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya
Narumoto
2003
Glory of the Expedition
cameraman
2015
Ring Wandering
Shioya
2022
Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse
Yamamoto
2021
The Hotel Venus
2004
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
2009
My Darling of the Mountains
2008
Route 225
2006
HERO SP
Bartender
2006
Tokyo Elegy
Yakuza boss
1999
The Samurai I Loved
2005
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
Specialist 3
Enzo Zeniya
2015
Love Bombs
2013
Go Heat Man!
2001
Locodol Dorama Documentary
Director
2017
Animus Anima
Salon manager
2005
Barber's Sorrow
2002
Come On Irene
Tatsuno
2018
By Player
2000
Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc
Asai Ginji
2019
Japanese Salaryman NEO
2011
Pistol Opera
Koroshi-ya No. 7
2001
Install
2004Randies
Robin
2009
Switch of Happiness
2006
Female Teacher 6
1998
Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!
Shigeo Nogawa
1995
What a Wonderful Life!!
2010
Mrs. Noisy
2020
First Love
Prep School Teacher
2000
にっぽん！庭泊ひとり旅
旅人
2022My Cactus
Mr. Morisaka
2017
The Pearl Legacy
2023
Baby, Baby, Baby!
2009
Life Is Journey
2003
The Cold-Blooded Trap
1998
Detective of Joshidaikoji
Azechi Genichiro
2023
Ryusei-Kacho
Passenger Next to Ryusei
2002
Toki No Kaori: Remember Me
Tamaki Sensei
2001
Hydra
Junichiro Kishida
2019
Yamagata Scream
Bubaigawa
2009
Shippu Rondo
foreman
2016
Monoroi
2009
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
2004
The Night the Angel Turned Away
1999
Mobile Detectives: The Movie
2006
Frog River
2002
Senrigan
Cab driver
2000
Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
1990
Visas for Life
2005
Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Tsukishima
2018
Monsieur Greenpeas
Pinky
2005
Hotoke
2001
Ringside Story
2017
Stake Out
2001
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
AV actor
2002
Backdancers!
2006New Female Teacher: Distorted Ethics
1998
Go! Go! Stupid Woman!
2021
Jenifa
2004
Quartet
Singer
2001
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002
The Silver Season
Kazuhiko Igawa
2008
Samurai Ninja Onimanji
2023
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime
Repair man
2009
Sunday Drive
Police Officer
1998
Obon Brothers
2015
Romantic Mania
Home Delivery Worker
1997
The Goofball
1998
Specialist
Enzo Zeniya
2013
Stalking Vampire
2018
Fade
2015
Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
2020
Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku
2000
The Broken Commandment
2022
月と嘘と殺人
2010
Crime or Punishment?!?
Boss of agency
2009
SOUL TRAIN
2006
Sun and Bolero
2022
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
1999
The Fetist
The Patron
1998
The Night of Whirlwind Restaurant
2009
The Soup of Heaven
2008
Lemmings no Natsu
2017The Rakugo Movie
Manager
2013
The Way: Man of the White Porcelain
Machida
2012
Nebagiba New World
2021
Specialist 4
Enzo Zeniya
2015
Hunters' Sense of Touch
Yoshino
1995
Just Like Starting Over
1998Nagurimono: Love & Kill
2005
Tokarev
Yakuza
1994
Gon-Mama
2022
Yan
2020
Making-of１７才
2004
Forever with You
1995
Sleeping Flower
Masakazu Asada
2005
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
2023
Border Line
2003
Demon Virus
2025
SPINNING KITE
Officer
2013
Akai yokujô: Hame jôzu
1997Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman
1998
Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka
Tanaka
2002Believer
2004
Sado Tempest
Sekihara
2012
秀吉、スタートアップ企業で働く
Enclosed Pain
2000
Be in Happiness
2003
Body Drop Asphalt
Fuyuki Tohjoh
2001戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
Lustful Wife
Mitsuo (Haruko's husband)
1999
D-river
2022
Minori yuku
2020
Street of Gravestones
2000
Hakui honban: Hageshii aegi
Associate Producer
1997
Ghost Story Shin-Mimibukuro: Approaching Edition
Narumoto
2003
Lessons
2011
Lingering Memories
2015
Tantei wa, konya mo yūutsu na yume o miru.
Yoji Tanaka
2017
Summer Breeze
2003