Minoru Tanaka, Japanese actor (Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers, Kamen Rider W Returns - Kamen Rider Accel), died from suspected suicide by hanging he was , 44.

Minoru Tanakawas a Japanese actor born in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan died from suspected suicide by hanging he was , 44.. He was a graduate of the Tokyo metropolitan Yukigaya high school, Mumeijuku and was represented by JVC Entertainment Networks at the time of his death.

(October 27, 1966 – April 25, 2011) 

Film roles

• Uruu no Machi (1991)
• Gekkō no Natsu (1993) - Shinsuke Kazama
• Uso (1995)
• Miyazawa Kenji -Sono Ai- (1996)
• Kanzō Sensei(1998)
• I love You (1999) - Ryūichi Mizukoshi
• Declaration of war (2000) - Takayasu Tsutsumi
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) - A guard
• Kusa no Ran (2004)
• Deguchi no nai Umi (2006) - Toda
• Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (2006) - Captain Shingo Sakomizu
• Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel (2011) - Police Officer Hiroshi Sagami / Commander Dopant

Stage roles

• Taiyō to Tsuki ni Somuite (1999)
• Kenkyaku Shōbai (2001, 2003)
• Proof (2001)
• Kotoba (2002)

Television roles

• Rinrin to (1990, NHK)
• Nurse Station (1991, TBS)
• Yanagi-bashi Ryojō (2000, NHK)
• Onsen e Yukō! (Series, TBS) - A manager
• Deka Kizoku (After Part 2, NTV)
• Jungle
• Aibō (Season IV, EX)
• Byōin e Yukō! (Series TBS) - Yūji Katase
• Wednesday Mystery 9 "A medical examiner Shinomiya Hadzuki" 6 (2005, TX) - Kōichi Machida
• anego (2005 NTV)
• Voice recorder (2005 TBS)
• Ultraman Mebius (2006 CBC/TBS) - Captain Shingo Sakomizu

Voice roles

• Ally McBeal (2002) - Raymond Millbury
• Hornblower (2002–2003) - Horatio Hornblower
• Enemy at the Gates (2003) - Commissar Danilov
• Summer Scent (2004) - Yoo Min-woo
• Doctor Zhivago (2006) - Yuri Zhivago

Television CM roles

• Kao "Bath Magicrin"
• Kao "Econa Brand"
• Chugai Pharmaceutical "Guronsan"

 

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