Naoki Tanaka (comedian)
Naoki Tanaka is a Japanese comedian, actor and television presenter who is the leader and the boke of the owarai kombi Cocorico with his partner Shozo Endo. He has appeared in many television programmes and films. He is known for being a regular member of Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, which he and Endo works since 1997.
Tanaka is also known for his love of animals, especially sea creatures, and on 24 June 2018, he became the Marine Stewardship Council ambassador for Japan.Filmography
Current appearances
TV programmes
;Regular programmes
- Zip! – Thursday Personality
- Ike no Mizu zenbu Nuku – MC
- Life!: Jinsei ni Sasageru Conte series-6
- Nihon Sōzō Kikō: Watisuto – MC
;Internet
- YoshiLog *Monthly regular
- Gokuraku Tonbo KakeruTV *Quasi-regular
- Tanaka • Nemu no Hirameke! Denkiki
Former programmes
- Music×Drama Special M no Shikai-sha *Starring; as Susumu Kozukue
- Rankin no Paradise
- ~Geodeki! Pop Company~ Pop-ya
- Ojomama! F
- Check! The No.1
- Tobidase! Kagaku-kun
- Cocorico Naoki Tanaka no Onomichi Photo Sanpo
- Uchimura–Tanaka no Shirarezaru How-to Sekai Tadashī Sora no Tobikata
- Chō Heibon Hakase Tanaka
- Cocorico Naoki Tanaka no *Navigator
- TV de Chūgoku-go
- Life!: Jinsei ni Sasageru Conte series-0 to 5
- Quiz 100-Ninriki
- Conte no Gekijō: The Actors' Comedy
- 100% Entertainment
- Měi! Shàonǚ shèngdiǎn
- I Am Bōken Shōnen
- Mimura & Ariyoshi Tokuban
- Tan Q! A Trip *Monthly
- 1-Ko dake Yellow – MC
- Shitteru or Shittaka? Quiz! Balevel no Tō
- Uta no Golden Hit
- Tetsuko no Heya
TV dramas
- Moero!! Robocon – as Passerby
- Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari Autumn Special Edition "" – Starring; as Shimura
- Ashita Ga Arusa
- Gakko no Sensei – as Atsushi Onodera
- Kaiki Daisakusen: Second File – Starring; as Kyosuke Misawa
- Mirai Yuenchi – Starring; as Tatsuya Hasebe
- Loss:Time:Life – Starring; as Koichi Kitazawa
- Mirai Yuenchi 2
- Reset – Starring; as Henry
- Renzoku Drama Shōsetsu Kinoshita-buchō to Boku – as Daisuke Kanagawa
- Honjitsu wa Taian Nari – as Junichi Tokura
- Platina Town – as Kotaro Ushijima
- Yūsha Yoshihiko to Akuryō no Kagi – as Morgan
- Link – as Tsutomu Sawada
- Isha-ryō Bengoshi: Anata no Namida, Okane ni Kaemashou – Starring; as Yukio Hakamada
- Alice no Toge – as Junichi Chihara
- Mother Game: Kanojo-tachi no Kaikyū – as Okinawa Ward Office official
- I'm Home – as Toshi Yamanobe
- KariKare – as Yoshiharu Sano
- Neko Zamurai Tamanojō Edo e Iku – Starring; as Himatsu
- Eiko Kyōju no Jiken-bo – as Haruto Nanba
- Asa ga Kuru – as Kiyokazu Kurihara
- Suna no Tō~Shiri sugita Rinjin – as Kenichi Takano
- Kasei Otto no Mitazono – as Kengo Tomita
- Masuyama Chō Nōryoku-shi Jimusho – Starring; as Keitaro Masuyama
- Renzoku Drama J Jiro Asada: Prison Hotel – Starring; as Kazuma Hanazawa
Internet dramas
- Utsunuke – Starring; as Keiichi Tanaka
Films
- Minna no Ie – as Naosuke Iijima*won the Japan Academy Film Prize New Actor Award
- Walking with the Dog – Starring; as Yasuyuki Okamura
- Gyakkyō Nine – as Takeshi Sakakibara
- The Uchōten Hotel – as Naosuke Iijima*Cameo appearance
- Forbidden Siren – as Yutaka Minamida
- Argentine Hag – as Mamoru Mukai
- Fine, Totally Fine – as Yuhara
- Team Batista no Eikō – as Makoto Himuro
- – as Zebraman TV ver./Junichi Ichiba
- Okaeri, Hayabusa – as Daigo Iwamatsu
- Da Color?~The Datsugoku Survival – Starring
- Neko Zamurai Tamanojō Edo e Iku – as Himatsu
- Kin Medal Otoko – as Nakano-sensei
- Masuyama Chō Nōryoku-shi Jimusho: Gekijō-ban wa Koi no Aji – Starring; as Keitaro Masuyama
- Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger: en film – as Herlock Sholmes/Unknown Gangler Monster
- Ano Hi no Organ – as Shigeru Wakimoto
Stage
- OneOr8: Bakugyaku no Inu
TV anime
- Oden-kun – as Kamisama
- Ganbare! Oden-kun – as Kamisama
- It is Living Happily on Ground Every Day – Narrator
Anime films
- Summer Days with Coo – as Yasuo Uehara
- Hutch the Honeybee – as Kunekune
- Kuma no Gakkō – as Katie's Papa
- – as Ikemen De Ikemen Gundan member
- Violence Voyager – as George
Dubbing
- Son of the Mask – as Tim
- The Final Destination – as Nick O'Bannon
- Jurassic World – as Jimmy Fallon
Documentaries
- NHK Special Yamai no Kigen Prologue Jinrui Shinka 700 Man-nen no Shukumei
DVD
- Personal Katsudō – From 26 October 2005, Tanaka himself released a volume of his conte DVDs every three months, and ended with five volumes
Internet
- Yoshimoto Online "Yoshomoto Gakuen! Yahoo! Sensei"
In-flight programmes
- JAL original in-flight programme Yoshimoto JALTV First Shot
Advertisements
- JA Bank
- Kao Corporation Humming Fine – Co-starred with Yō Yoshida
- Promise - with Rei Okamoto, Junpei Mizobata and Naomi Nishida
Serialisations
- National Geographic Channel – Column serialisations on its official website. "Cocorico Tanaka no "
Publications
- Cocorico Tanaka×Takeshi Naganuma presents Zukai: Ikimono ga Miteiru Sekai
