Min Tanaka

Personal context

Summary

Min Tanaka is a Japanese dancer and actor known for films including The Twilight Samurai and House of Himiko. Dance remains his central practice: his work draws on improvisation, the body’s relationship with place and nature, and experiments outside conventional performance settings. He has also farmed and discussed rainforest conservation and the relationship between culture and the natural environment. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or social activism are on record.