Roma Tanaka

Roma Tanaka
Birth name	Hiro Tanaka
Born	United StatesSan Francisco, California
Genres	R&B J-pop Hip-hop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter actor
Years active	2006 – present
Labels	Venus-B (2006-2008) Dwango User Entertainment, Inc. (2010-2014)
Associated acts	Thelma Aoyama Dohzi-T Stephanie Miliyah Kato melody.

Hiro Tanaka, better known by his stage name Roma Tanaka, is a Japanese singer-songwriter/actor. Internationally, he's known for playing Kai Nakamoto in the American TV series DTLA.

Personal life

Tanaka is openly gay. He came out publicly at Tokyo SuperStar Awards 2012.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Same Sex Love	Himself	Shot film
2012	DTLA	Kai Nakamoto

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Rent	Angel Dumott Schunard	Japanese version
2009	Altar Boyz	Luke
	Ópera do Malandro	Jenni
2010	Guys and Dolls	Nicely-Nicely Johnson
	Rent	Angel Dumott Schunard
2012	Club Seven
2013	Zanna	Zanna

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		JPN
Keep On	Released: April 25, 2007 Label: Venus-B Format: CD, Free digital download	78
Daybreak	Released: June 4, 2008 Label: Venus-B Formats: CD, digital download	84

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		JPN
"One / No Change No End"	2006	54	Keep On
"Not Alone"		65
"New Day"	2007	90
"Forever Love" (feat. Thelma Aoyama)	2008	72	Daybreak
"Boyfriend / Girlfriend " (feat. melody.)		60
"Life Is Beautiful"	2009	—	Non-album single
"Always"	2010	—
"Shelter Me"		—

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		JPN
"better days" (Dohzi-T feat. Miliyah Kato and Roma Tanaka)	2006	30	Warabest: The Best of Dohzi-T
"Changin'" (Stephanie feat. Roma Tanaka)	2008	50	Colors of My Voice

References

External links

• Roma Tanaka on Twitter
• Roma Tanaka on Instagram