# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raizo-tanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:58:29.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raizo-tanaka"
name: "Raizō Tanaka"
slug: "raizo-tanaka"
description: "Raizō Tanaka  was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during most of World War II. A specialist in the heavy torpedoes that were carried by all the destroyers and cruisers of the IJN, Tanaka mainly commanded destroyer squadrons, with a cruiser or two attached, and he was the primary leader of the \"Tokyo Express\" reinforcement and resupply shipments during the long campaign for the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands of the South Pacific Ocean. From the Americans, Tanaka acquired the nickname of \"Tenacious Tanaka\" for his stalwart opposition."
tagline: "Japanese admiral (1892–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raizo_Tanaka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1892-04-27"
deathDate: "1969-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             0.1742627345844504
  historical:           11.44262933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Райдзо Танака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiz%C5%8D_Tanaka"
    title: "Raizō Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "تاناكا رايزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiz%C3%B3_Tanaka"
    title: "Raizó Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Raiz%C5%8D"
    title: "Tanaka Raizō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiz%C5%8D_Tanaka"
    title: "Raizō Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiz%C5%8D_Tanaka"
    title: "Raizō Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiz%C5%8D_Tanaka"
    title: "Raizō Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiz%C5%8D_Tanaka"
    title: "Raizō Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E9%A0%BC%E4%B8%89"
    title: "田中頼三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiz%C5%8D_Tanaka"
    title: "Raizō Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE"
    title: "Танака, Райдзо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Раизо Танака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3929698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump