birthdate: '1961-09-04'
discography:
- catalog: CSCL-1051
  date: '1989-11-17'
  link: album/120869
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drum Sampler
  titles:
    en: PRECIOUS / Hajime Mizoguchi
    ja: プレシャス / 溝口肇
    ja-latn: PRECIOUS / Hajime Mizoguchi
  type: works
- catalog: KTCR-1119
  date: '1991-09-11'
  link: album/83011
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: BANANA FISH / AKIMI YOSHIDA
    ja: バナナ・フィッシュ / 吉田秋生
    ja-latn: BANANA FISH / AKIMI YOSHIDA
  type: print
- catalog: PICA-1156
  date: '1998-01-21'
  link: album/21544
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: 'BATTLE ATHLETESS DAI UN DO KAI: ATHLETE SOUND TRACKS [STEP]'
    ja: バトルアスリーテス大運動会 アスリート・サウンド・トラックス [STEP]
    ja-latn: 'BATTLE ATHLETESS DAI UN DO KAI: ATHLETE SOUND TRACKS [STEP]'
  type: anime
- catalog: VIDL-30073
  date: '1998-01-21'
  link: album/41004
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: Hiru no Tsuki c/w Ningen no Kodomo / Akino Arai
    ja: 昼の月 c/w 人間の子供 / 新居昭乃
    ja-latn: Hiru no Tsuki c/w Ningen no Kodomo / Akino Arai
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60183
  date: '1998-03-21'
  link: album/19471
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: Outlaw Star Original Soundtrack I
    ja: 星方武侠アウトロースター オリジナル・サウンドトラック I
    ja-latn: Outlaw Star Original Soundtrack I
  type: anime
- catalog: PICA-1157
  date: '1998-03-25'
  link: album/26843
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: 'BATTLE ATHLETESS DAI UN DO KAI: ATHLETE SOUND TRACKS [JUMP]'
    ja: バトルアスリーテス大運動会TV アスリート・サウンド・トラックス [JUMP]
    ja-latn: 'BATTLE ATHLETESS DAI UN DO KAI: ATHLETE SOUND TRACKS [JUMP]'
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60247
  date: '1998-06-24'
  link: album/19472
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: Outlaw Star Original Soundtrack II
    ja: 星方武侠アウトロースター オリジナル・サウンドトラック II
    ja-latn: Outlaw Star Original Soundtrack II
  type: anime
- catalog: POCH-1745
  date: '1998-10-14'
  link: album/17345
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: NightWalker -Midnight Detective- Original Soundtrack
    ja: NightWalker -真夜中の探偵- Original Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Night Walker -Mayonaka no Tantei- Original Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60544
  date: '2000-03-23'
  link: album/27136
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: CARDCAPTOR SAKURA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 4
    ja: NHKアニメーション カードキャプターさくら オリジナル・サウンドトラック4
    ja-latn: CARDCAPTOR SAKURA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 4
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-35231
  date: '2001-02-21'
  link: album/100814
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: Hana no Katachi / Akino Arai
    ja: 花のかたち / 新居昭乃
    ja-latn: Hana no Katachi / Akino Arai
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60681~4
  date: '2001-02-21'
  link: album/27137
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: Cardcaptor Sakura Complete Vocal Collection
    ja: カードキャプターさくら コンプリート・ボーカル・コレクション
    ja-latn: Cardcaptor Sakura Complete Vocal Collection
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60704
  date: '2001-02-23'
  link: album/122065
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: THE FAMILY'S DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: WOWOWアニメーション 地球防衛家族 オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: WOWOW Animation Chikyuu Bouei Kazoku Original Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60721
  date: '2001-05-23'
  link: album/117551
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: Kouseki Radio / Akino Arai
    ja: 鉱石ラジオ / 新居昭乃
    ja-latn: Kouseki Radio / Akino Arai
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60737
  date: '2001-06-21'
  link: album/19090
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: NOIR ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK I
    ja: ノワール ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK I
    ja-latn: NOIR ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK I
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60869
  date: '2002-04-24'
  link: album/19460
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Snare Drum
  titles:
    en: RGB / Akino Arai
    ja: RGB / Akino Arai
    ja-latn: RGB / Akino Arai
  type: game
- catalog: VIZL-157
  date: '2005-11-23'
  link: album/57243
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  - Snare Drum
  titles:
    en: AKINO ARAI 20th Anniversary Album sora no uta [Limited Edition]
    ja: 新居昭乃 20th Anniversary Album sora no uta
    ja-latn: AKINO ARAI 20th Anniversary Album sora no uta [Limited Edition]
  type: anime
- catalog: LACM-4290
  date: '2006-10-04'
  link: album/64439
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: Dual Love on the planet ~Hanoka~ / Sakura Nogawa
    ja: Dual Love on the planet ~葉ノ香~ / 野川さくら
    ja-latn: Dual Love on the planet ~Hanoka~ / Sakura Nogawa
  type: anime
- catalog: SVWC-7478
  date: '2007-07-25'
  link: album/19094
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: DARKER THAN BLACK Original Soundtrack
    ja: DARKER THAN BLACK ―黒の契約者― 劇伴
    ja-latn: DARKER THAN BLACK -Kuro no Keiyakusha- Gekiban
  type: anime
- catalog: VTCL-60301
  date: '2012-04-25'
  link: album/127019
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Drums
  titles:
    en: Red Planet / Akino Arai
    ja: Red Planet / 新居昭乃
    ja-latn: Red Planet / Akino Arai
  type: anime
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Sep 4, 1961
  Credited works:
  - 19 albums in database
  - 2 products in database
  Credits:
  - 18 drums
  - 2 snare drum
  - 1 drum sampler
  - 1 performer
  Variations:
  - names:
      en: Tohru Tanaka
  - names:
      ja: 田中透
link: artist/8637
meta:
  added_date: 2010-05-23T09:51
  edited_date: 2025-10-17T21:46
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T22:38
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 3342
name: Toru Tanaka
name_real: 田中 徹
name_trans: たなか とおる
notes: No notes available for this artist.
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/73/8637/8637-1534608037.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/73/8637/8637-1534608037.jpg
sex: male
twitter_names:
- ttdrum
type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/8637?perpage=99999
websites:
  Personal: []
  Reference: []
