Biography
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.
Acted in 303
2020s
- 2026
Geisha War
Mr. Clean
Hollow Cross
Yamabe · 4 episodes
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Detective of Joshidaikoji
Azechi Genichiro
Samurai Ninja Onimanji
Movie
- 2022
Gon-Mama
Movie
Sun and Bolero
Movie
にっぽん！庭泊ひとり旅
旅人 · 1 episode
Kanban Neko
TV
D-river
Movie
- 2021
Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse
Yamamoto
Ura Aka: L'Aventure
Movie
Go! Go! Stupid Woman!
Movie
- 2020
オレの寿司物語
磯川泰造 · 1 episode
Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
Movie
Mrs. Noisy
Movie
The Smiling Man
Koichi Takizawa
2010s
- 2019
Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc
Asai Ginji
It's Your Turn
TV
His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love
Kumakiri Yusaku · 5 episodes
The Nikaidos' Fall
Genjiro Tada
The Funny Chef of South Polar
金村 · 12 episodes
- 2018
Stalking Vampire
Movie
Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司） · 3 episodes
- 2017
My Long Awaited Love Story
Haibara Genjiro
Yellow Guitar (I think It’s time for me to quit music)
Movie
Lemmings no Natsu
Movie
Hitoya no Toge
TV
Tantei wa, konya mo yūutsu na yume o miru.
Yoji Tanaka
- 2016
Shippu Rondo
foreman
L
Movie
- 2015
Specialist 4
Enzo Zeniya
Glory of the Expedition
cameraman
Lingering Memories
Movie
Obon Brothers
Movie
Akagi
Takeshi Ogi（仰木 武司） · 10 episodes
Saikyou no Futari
Iwao Takada · 8 episodes
Unhandy Handyman
Taro Momono · 12 episodes
Specialist 3
Enzo Zeniya
- 2014
Saintly Woman
Koike Kenji · 7 episodes
HERO2014
TV
Homeland
Movie
The Tale of Nishino
Minami's father
- 2013
Specialist
Enzo Zeniya
SPINNING KITE
Officer
- 2012
The Way: Man of the White Porcelain
Machida
Sado Tempest
Sekihara
Dokurogeki: atoaji no warui sasupensu
Movie
- 2011
Lessons
Movie
Japanese Salaryman NEO
Movie
The Warped Forest
Movie
Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge
Masato Mine · 1 episode
School!!
Masato Ueno · 1 episode
- 2010
Sakurada Gate Incident
Juzo Inada
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi ~ 2010 Summer Special: AKB48 Marugoto Jourei Special
Movie
Tofu Sisters
Ishida Kazuo · 5 episodes
Gakeppuchi no Eri - Kono yo de ichiban daiji na 'Kane' no hanashi
Ryuji Himuro · 9 episodes
What a Wonderful Life!!
Movie
月と嘘と殺人
Movie
Kazura
Movie
Mr. Straightforward
Policeman · 10 episodes
2000s
- 2009
Monoroi
Movie
The Night of Whirlwind Restaurant
Movie
Untouchable
Makoto Nakahara · 9 episodes
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime
Repair man
Yamagata Scream
Bubaigawa
Baby, Baby, Baby!
Movie
Konkatsu!
Masuoka Fumihiko · 11 episodes
Crime or Punishment?!?
Boss of agency
- 2008
Prisoner
Doi Yutaro · 5 episodes
The Soup of Heaven
Movie
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
Movie
All Around Us
Movie
My Darling of the Mountains
Movie
The Silver Season
Kazuhiko Igawa
One-Pound Gospel
Kappei Onimaru · 1 episode
Edison's Mother
Iwai Yuuzou · 10 episodes
- 2007
Pacchigi! Love & Peace
Movie
- 2006
The Letters
Kurata
Switch of Happiness
Movie
Backdancers!
Movie
Lovely Complex
Movie
HERO SP
Bartender
Route 225
Movie
Gachi Baka!
Tatsumura · 10 episodes
- 2005
Sleeping Flower
Masakazu Asada
Visas for Life
Movie
The Samurai I Loved
Movie
Monsieur Greenpeas
Pinky
Animus Anima
Salon manager
- 2004
A Perfect Day for Love Letters
(segment "Yuki ni saku hana")
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
Movie
The Hotel Venus
Movie
Jenifa
Movie
Making-of１７才
Movie
- 2003
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
TV
Dead End Run
Movie
Be in Happiness
Movie
Ghost Story Shin-Mimibukuro: Approaching Edition
Narumoto
Last Life in the Universe
Yakuza
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya
Narumoto
Age 17
Man 2
Alive
Hair Cut Guard
Life Is Journey
Movie
Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
Movie
Samurai Resurrection
Movie
SHORT FILMS
Movie
Summer Breeze
Movie
Iden & Tity
Movie
- 2002
Frog River
Movie
Part-Time Detective
Ōshita
Aiki
Movie
Swan's Song
Detective Yamashita
Barber's Sorrow
Movie
Sensen fukoku
Movie
Igyō no koi
Movie
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Movie
Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka
Tanaka
Sabu
Toku
Ryusei-Kacho
Passenger Next to Ryusei
Dog Star
Movie
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
AV actor
Ryûji Forever
Kawajiri
Pakodate-jin
Movie
- 2001
Pistol Opera
Koroshi-ya No. 7
Platonic Sex
Movie
Handoku!!!
TV
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Kinta
Go Heat Man!
Movie
Quartet
Singer
Waterboys
Security Guard
Hotoke
Movie
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
Rokuyama
Body Drop Asphalt
Fuyuki Tohjoh
Stereo Future
Movie
Quartet for Two
Customer
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Junya Aoki
Stake Out
Movie
- 2000
Enclosed Pain
Movie
Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku
Movie
House of the Ghosts ~Kanako Inuki's World of Fear~
Movie
Street of Gravestones
Movie
Senrigan
Cab driver
First Love
Prep School Teacher
1990s
- 1999
Round About Midnight
Police Officer
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
Movie
Messengers
Driver
Tokyo Elegy
Yakuza boss
The Night the Angel Turned Away
Movie
Lustful Wife
Mitsuo (Haruko's husband)
Anarchy in Japansuke
Detective
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Asahina
- 1998
Shomuni
Gay makeup artist
Female Teacher 6
Movie
Sunday Drive
Police Officer
Just Like Starting Over
Movie
The Cold-Blooded Trap
Movie
The Goofball
Movie
The Fetist
The Patron
- 1997
Akai yokujô: Hame jôzu
Movie
Romantic Mania
Home Delivery Worker
My Secret Cache
Iwata
- 1995
Suddenly Arriving
Movie
Hunters' Sense of Touch
Yoshino
Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!
Shigeo Nogawa
- 1994
I Like You, I Like You Very Much
Takano's boyfriend
Tokarev
Yakuza
- 1991
Nowhere Man
Bar patron
- 1990
Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
Movie
No release date
秀吉、スタートアップ企業で働く
Movie
Sleeping in the Red Earth
Kanbayashi
Directed 3
2020s
- 2021
The Country of Beauty
Director
2010s
- 2017
Locodol Dorama Documentary
Director
2000s
- 2003
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Director
Produced 1
1990s
- 1997
Hakui honban: Hageshii aegi
Associate Producer