While in junior high school, Tanaka learned to play acoustic guitar after being inspired by folk-rock duo Yuzu.

[2] Tanaka graduated from Kobe University in the Department of Human Development,[3] where he studied musical composition under the guidance of Professor Yu Wakao.

[4] Shortly after graduating, Tanaka was recruited on Mixi[2] by composer Satoru Kōsaki as an assistant at his production company MONACA.

As an employee of MONACA, he wrote theme songs and background music for many anime series including The Idolmaster, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, Aikatsu!

[9] On October 24, 2022, he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a teenage girl in Meguro, Tokyo in August of that year.