Misato Tanaka (田中 美里, Tanaka Misato, born 9 February 1977) is a Japanese actress.

[1] Tanaka started appearing on stage as a child.

She won an award at Toho's Cinderella contest in 1996 and landed the starring role in the NHK Asadora Aguri in 1997, which significantly launched her career.

She would later play Kiriko Tsujimori in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000), and even have a cameo appearance in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) as Nurse Tsujimori.