Born July 8, 1972· Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Originating from Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Tanihara entered the acting world in the mid-1990s and quickly became a versatile presence on screen. Early film roles such as the youthful lead in Hana Yori Dango (1995) gave way to his breakout performance as Riki Fudoh in Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) and a memorable turn as Hajime Kudo in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000), establishing him in b…