Tanaka was a male medical technician assigned to the USS Enterprise-D in the mid-2360s. In 2366, Tanaka received a promotion to the rank of lieutenant. He dated fellow officer Lian T'su for several weeks around this same time. (SCE - What's Past eBook: Many Splendors)

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) medical personnel
	Asenzi • Bond • Calloway • Chandra • Crusher • D'Airo • Faraday • Gavar • Gold • Iovino • Itoh • Johnson • Lewis • Marino • Nigata • Ogawa • Pulaski • Selar • Tanaka • Tarses • Temple • Troi
see also: engineering personnel • pilots & flight control personnel • operations personnel • security & tactical personnel • sciences personnel • senior staff • unnamed