Famous People with Name Tanaka

Tanaka Hisashige            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tanaka Hisashige: was a Japanese engineer and inventor during the late Edo and Meiji period Japan. He is one of the founders of what later became Toshiba Corporation. He has been called the "Thomas Edison of Japan" or " Karakuri Giemon". [1]Tanaka was born in Kurume, Chikugo province (present day Fukuoka prefecture) as the eldest son of a tortoise shell craftsman. A gifted artisan, in his youth he studied the design and construction of karakuri dolls, mechanical automatons capable of relatively complex movements, which were then much in demand by the aristocrats of Kyoto, daimyo in various feudal domains, and by the Shogun’s court in Edo. At the age of twenty-one, he performing around the country at festivals with clockwork dolls he constructed himself.

Tanaka Giichi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tanaka Giichi: was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, and the 26th Prime Minister of Japan from 20 April 1927 to 2 July 1929.Tanaka was born to a samurai family in Hagi, Nagato Province (modern day Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and the Army War College in 1892, and served in the First Sino-Japanese War, and later in the Russo-Japanese War, as aide to General Kodama Gentaro. In 1906, he helped draft a defense plan which was so highly regarded by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff that it was adopted by as basic policy until World War I.

Kunie Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kunie Tanaka: a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro and The Bad Sleep Well and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993.

Atomu Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Atomu Tanaka: a Japanese football player. He was a participant at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and scored 1 goal in 3 appearances.

Hayuma Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hayuma Tanaka: a Japanese football player. He is famed for his fantastic stamina. He made his senior national team debut on August 9, 2006, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago.

Makoto Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Tanaka: a Japanese football player, who currently plays for the J-league team Jubilo Iwata.He was called up for Japan's 2006 World Cup squad, but had to withdraw after sustaining a thigh injury in the run-up to the tournament.

Tatsuya Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tatsuya Tanaka: a Japanese footballer who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.[1] He is a right-footed forward and an aggressive dribbler.After graduating Teikyo, he joined Urawa. His first league appearance came on April 29, 2001 against Kashima Antlers. His first professional goal came on May 21, 2001 against Tokyo Verdy 1969.He represented Japan at several underage levels. He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team eliminated in the first round after finishing fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy, and Ghana.He made his international debut on July 31, 2005 in an East Asian Cup against North Korea when he replaced Keiji Tamada in the 67th minute. He scored his first international goal on August 3, 2005 against China in the same tournament.