Kei Tanaka

Kei Tanaka (田中圭, Tanaka Kei, born 10 July 1984^[1]) is a Japanese actor.

Kei Tanaka
田中圭
Tanaka in 2023
Born	(1984-07-10) July 10, 1984 (age 40) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Sakura ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2

Personal life

On August 31, 2011, Tanaka married former actress Sakura, his co-star in the television drama Massugu na Otoko.^[2] Their agencies also announced that the two were expecting their first child, as Sakura was already five months pregnant at that time.^[2] His wife gave birth to a daughter the following year on February 6, 2012.^[3] Their second daughter was born on August 3, 2016.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Suicide Club	High school student
2004	Be with You	Mio's university friend		[5]
2007	Hōtai Club	Shinichi 'Gimo' Yanagimoto		[6]
2011	Runway Beat	Satoru Inuda
2012	Afro Tanaka	Hajime Okamoto
	.hack//The Movie	Tomohiko Okano (voice)
2013	Library Wars	Mikihisa Komaki		[7]
2015	Library Wars: The Last Mission	Mikihisa Komaki
2017	Manhunt	Kitagawa	Chinese film	[8]
2018	The Many Faces of Ito	Shin'ya Tamura		[8]
	Stolen Identity	Makoto Tomita		[8]
2019	Marriage Hunting Beauty	Yatabe		[8]
	Hit Me Anyone One More Time	Heitarō Ōzeki
	Ossan's Love: Love or Dead	Sōichi Haruta	Lead role	[8]
2020	Mellow	Seiichi Natsume	Lead role
	Stolen Identity 2	Makoto Tomita	Special appearance
2021	The Cinderella Addiction	Daigo Izumisawa		[9]
	Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold	Jinya Nishikata	Lead role	[10]
	Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler Part 2		Cameo appearance	[11]
	First Gentleman	Hiyori Sōma	Lead role	[12]
	And So the Baton Is Passed	Sōsuke Morimiya		[13]
	Your Turn to Kill: The Movie	Shōta Tezuka	Lead role	[14]
2022	To Be Killed by a High School Girl	Haruto Higashiyama	Lead role	[15]
	Whisper of the Heart	Sonomura		[16]
	Haw	Tamio Akanishi	Lead role	[17]
	Phases of the Moon	Ryunosuke Masaki		[18]
2023	G-Men	Kōichi Yagami		[19]
2024	Ano Hito ga Kieta	Arakawa		[20]
	Doctor-X: The Movie	Hikaru Morimoto		[21]
	Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game	Makoto Tomita	Special appearance	[22]
	The Hotel of My Dream	Endo		[23]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Gokusen	Ono
2003	Water Boys
2004	Socrates in Love
2005	Water Boys 2005 Natsu
	Tokyo Friends	Wataru Iwatsuki	DVD released
2006	Journey Under the Midnight Sun
2007	Hana Yori Dango Returns
2008	Maō	Hitoshi Kasai
2011	Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
	Sunshine	Haruki Sudō	Asadora	[24]
	The Reason I Can't Find My Love	Yu Hasegawa
2012	Deka Kurokawa Suzuki	Tadashi Akagi
2012–2021	Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon	Hikaru Morimoto	Season 1, 5 and 7
2013	No Continue Kid: Bokura no Game Shi	Reiji Watanabe	Lead role
2014	Gunshi Kanbei	Ishida Mitsunari	Taiga drama	[25]
2015	I'm Home	Tsuyoshi Honjō
2016	Good Morning Call	Takuya Uehara
2017	Tokyo Tarareba Musume	Yoshio Marui
2018	Miss Sherlock	Toshio Yoneyama
	Double Fantasy	Ryosuke Iwai	Miniseries
2018–2024	Ossan's Love	Sōichi Haruta	Lead role; 3 seasons	[8]
2019	Your Turn to Kill	Shōta Tezuka	Lead role	[14]
2020	Panda Judges the World	Tetsuya Morishima		[26]
	Discord	Yūsuke Kawakami	Lead role; TV movie	[27]
	Unsung Cinderella	Shōgo Seno		[28]
	How to Eliminate My Teacher	Tsuneo Yoshizawa	Lead role	[29]
2021	Helical Labyrinth	Jin Jinbo	Lead role	[30]
2022	Umeko: The Face of Female Education	Itō Hirobumi	TV movie	[31]
2023	Black Postman	Rikiya Soejima	Lead role	[32]

Japanese dub

• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler)^[33]
• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler)^[34]
• The Lost City (2022) - Alan Caprison / Dash McMahon (Channing Tatum)^[35]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2018	11th Tokyo Drama Awards	Best Actor	Ossan's Love	Won	[36]
2019	22nd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Actor		Won	[37]
	43rd Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[38]
2020	23rd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Actor	Ossan's Love (S2) and Your Turn to Kill	Won	[37]