Mister Tanaka

This character exists primarily or exclusively within the Sonic X continuity. Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

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Mister Tanaka
Appearances
First appearance	"Sonic to the Rescue"
Episode appearance(s)	"Sonic to the Rescue" "Cracking Knuckles" "Techno-Teacher" "Party Hardly" "Satellite Swindle" "The Last Resort" "Unfair Ball" "That's What Friends Are For" "Skirmish in the Sky" "Cruise Blues" "Fast Friends" "Little Chao Lost" "Emerald Anniversary" "How to Catch a Hedgehog" "A Dastardly Deed"
Appearances in other media	Sonic X (comic)
Real-world designer(s)
Creator(s) (real-world)	Sonic Team
Voice actor(s)
English voice actor(s)	Darren Dunstan
Japanese voice actor(s)	Naoki Imamura
Biographical overview
Age	35 (Season 1 and 2/Series 1) 41 (Season 3/Series 2)
Birthplace	Station Square
Species	Human
Physical description
Gender	Male
Height	175 cm
Weight	72 kg
Hair	Black
Skin	White
Eyes	Brown
Alignment and character traits
Alignment	Good
Affiliation(s)	Thorndyke family
Powers and abilities
Skills	Karate skills

Mister Tanaka (タナカ, Tanaka^?) is a character from the anime series Sonic X and its comic series published by Archie Comics. He is Christopher Thorndyke's butler.

History

When Sonic and his friends arrived at Thorndyke Mansion, Tanaka discovered them long before Ella did and revealed his secret to Chris when he found him scolding Cream the Rabbit. Later, Tanaka entered the Emerald Fighting Tournament, but was defeated by Emerl.

Personality

Tanaka is calm, composed and very dedicated to his job. Even though he is a good friend of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic holds him in low contempt and does not like it when he goes on adventures with him, believing that he is not useful. This may be because he usually hinders Sonic more than he helps when he tries to assist Sonic.

Tanaka cares very much for the well-being of Chris and his family and has risked life and limb for them on several occasions.

In the English dub, he speaks with a stereotypical Japanese accent.

Powers and abilities

Mr. Tanaka is a skilled martial artist (though in the English dub, this is apparently because he watches "too many Kung Fu movies").

Trivia

• He develops a relationship with Topaz in the first series.
• The French dub of Sonic X switches between the usual Tanaka name and "Édouard". It is likely that his name was intended to be completely localized in this language, but the translators may have been sloppy with their efforts.

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Concept artwork

References

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