**Height:** 167 cm

Tanaka is a listless student who is always dozing off and acting exhausted when awake. He is constantly sighing and refrains from any tiring work, all while being accompanied by his friend, Oota. Due to his disdain towards hard-work, he often relies on his family and friends (namely Oota) to assist him with activities. He's apathetic and hardly ever outwardly expresses how he feels. When he does, it's normally done in an impassive-seeming manner as well and thus makes it seem like he's mature at best and emotionless and uncaring at worst. He rarely does anything where he exerts more energy than required; however, he shows a surprising dedication to maintaining his lifestyle and daily routine, even going out of his way sometimes to maintain it even at the cost of expending energy he'd rather not use.

Tanaka is somewhat scatterbrained or clueless at times, coming up with eccentric-at-best ideas that hold some form of merit or have some argument behind them but end up resulting in something stupid or bizarre. Tanaka is very capable but chooses to use his head for things that interest him.

Sometimes, Tanaka's demeanor and personality may come across as self-centered or overly demanding. He sometimes acts like a child and other times like an incapable person. But he doesn't mean anything he does badly or harmfully. He just genuinely desires an uneventful, peaceful life.

(Source: Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Wikia (edited), Wikipedia (edited))

For high school student Tanaka, the act of being listless is a way of life. Known for his inattentiveness and ability to fall asleep anywhere, Tanaka prays that each day will be as uneventful as the last, seeking to preserve his lazy lifestyle however he can by avoiding situations that require him to exert himself. Along with his dependable friend Oota who helps him with tasks he is unable to accomplish, the lethargic teenager constantly deals with events that prevent him from experiencing the quiet and peaceful days he longs for.
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[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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**Non anime roles:**

- Harry Potter - *Harry Potter* franchise (Live action films; JP dub)
- [Diluc Ragnvindr](https://anilist.co/character/187554/) - *Genshin Impact* (Video Game)
- Enforcer - *Arknights* (Mobile Game)
- Miles Morales - *Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (Films; JP dub)
- Strohl - Metaphor: ReFantazio (Video Game)

Blake Thomas Shepard is an American voice actor who works on anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. 

A sigh, chin on one hand, and those tired eyes... That’s Tanaka-kun, perpetually listless as he is. He and a quiet giant, Ohta-kun, who can’t seem to turn a blind eye to Tanaka-kun, come together in this slow, leisurely, and obstinately lazy coming-of-age comedy.
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(Source: MANGA UP! Global)

A series of shorts featuring super-deformed characters from the the show Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge.