Seiichi Tanabe

Seiichi Tanabe is one of those actors I always find myself trusting the second he steps into frame. He's a tall, clean-lined presence from Tokyo, and he never seems to be fighting for attention; he just plants himself at the edge of a scene and quietly squares the whole thing up. What gets me is that he's not only a performer but a director and writer too, so there's this craftsman's logic under everything he does, an understanding of how a moment is built that makes his stillness feel deliberate rather than passive. And then he turns around and shows this loose, self-deprecating goofiness elsewhere, which I love. That gap, dignified gravity on one side and a sly, easygoing warmth on the other, is exactly what makes him so weirdly endearing to me. Total class act, and clearly in on the joke.

Seiichi Tanabe is a Japanese actor and filmmaker born on April 3, 1969, in Tokyo. Standing 182 cm tall, he is known for his understated presence in both film and television. In addition to acting, he works as a director, screenwriter, and film editor, demonstrating a multifaceted command of the filmmaking craft. He maintains an official website and an active presence on X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Seiichi Tanabe

Name (Japanese)

田辺誠一

Reading

たなべ せいいち

Born

April 3, 1969 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster (酉)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

182cm

Occupation

Actor / Film Director / Director / Screenwriter / Film Editor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www015.upp.so-net.ne.jp/tanaves/
• Xhttps://x.com/tanabe1969
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E8%BE%BA%E8%AA%A0%E4%B8%80

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actor
• Film Director
• Director

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.