was a Japanese singer and actress.
Tanaka was born in Tokyo and studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
She lived and worked mainly in Europe and US. She married German actor and singer Viktor de Kowa in 1939 and they were together until his death 1973. Tanaka died in Munich in 1988. Tanaka and Victor are buried in Friedhof Heerstraße, in an Ehrengrab donated by the city of Berlin.