---
name: "Eiko Tanaka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eiko-tanaka"
fi1m_id: "eiko-tanaka"
imdb_id: "nm1259616"
tmdb_id: 90162
wikidata_id: "Q5349267"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-28T16:20:19.998695+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Eiko Tanaka

## Identity

Eiko Tanaka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eiko-tanaka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eiko-tanaka
- **IMDb ID:** nm1259616
- **TMDB ID:** 90162
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5349267
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiko_Tanaka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5349267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1259616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90162

Producer. Born in Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** 田中荣子, 田中 栄子
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (2), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Fantasy 3, Family 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $45m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiko_Tanaka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5349267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1259616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90162

## Biography

Eiko Tanaka (田中 栄子) is a Japanese anime producer and studio executive. She is co-founder and chief executive officer of Studio 4°C, which she established in 1988, and CEO of the production company Beyond C.

Tanaka began her career in animation production at Nippon Animation and worked as a line producer on Studio Ghibli films including *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988) and *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989). At Studio 4°C she has produced or executive produced films such as *Memories* (1995), *The Animatrix* (2003), *Mind Game* (2004), *Tekkonkinkreet* (2006), *MFKZ* (2018) and *Children of the Sea* (2019). She produced the 2025 film *ChaO*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *ChaO* (2025), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chao.md)
- *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989), Fi1m 86, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/kikis-delivery-service.md)
- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Fi1m 89, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Chimney Town: Frozen in Time* (2026), Producer
- *ALL YOU NEED IS KILL* (2026), Producer
- *ChaO* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/chao.md)
- *PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower* (2023), Producer
- *Phoenix: Eden17* (2023), series, Producer
- *Children of the Sea* (2019), as Additional Voices (voice) · Executive Producer, Producer
- *MFKZ* (2018), Producer
- *Red Ash: Gearworld* (2017), Producer
- *Chiryokumaru* (2016), as Series Composition
- *Harmony* (2015), Producer
- *Chronus* (2014), Producer
- *Medusa's Revenge* (2012), Producer
- *Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Attraction* (2010), Producer
- *Halo Legends* (2010), series, Producer
- *First Squad: The Moment of Truth* (2009), Producer
- *Tekkonkinkreet* (2006), Executive Producer, Producer, Story Editor
- *Deep Imagination* (2006), Producer
- *Mind Game* (2004), Producer, Executive Producer
- *Tweeny Witches* (2004), series, Executive Producer, Animation Director
- *Hijikata Toshizo: The White Trail* (2004), Executive Producer
- *The Animatrix* (2003), Producer
- *Higan* (2002), Producer
- *Comedy* (2002), Producer
- *Digital Juice* (2002), Producer
- *Princess Arete* (2001), Sound Effects, Producer
- *Noiseman Sound Insect* (1997), Producer, Story
- *Eternal Family* (1997), Producer
- *Memories* (1995), Producer
- *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989), Production Manager — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/kikis-delivery-service.md)
- *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1989), Producer
- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Production Manager — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1983), series, Producer
- *Animated Aesop's Fables* (1983), series, Producer
- *Riamise*, Producer

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