Manami Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with the agency Production baobab. She was born on November 21, 1989, in Hiroshima Prefecture. Tanaka is a graduate of the A&G Academy, where she completed the voice acting and radio personality course as part of the school's ninth generation. Her career in the industry began in 2010, and she became a member of Production baobab in April 2011.

A distinctive aspect of Tanaka's profile is her proficiency in English, a skill honed during a one-year homestay in the United Kingdom while in high school. She has demonstrated this ability by passing the Eiken Test in Practical English Proficiency, achieving Grade 1, which is the highest level. This linguistic background has influenced some of her career opportunities and roles.

Tanaka's most prominent and defining role is as Alice Cartelet in the beloved anime series Kinmoza! (also known as Kiniro Mosaic) and its subsequent adaptations. She first voiced the character in the 2013 television anime and reprised the role for the second season, Hello!! Kinmoza!, the 2016 OVA Kinmoza! Pretty Days, and the 2021 theatrical film, Kinmoza the Movie: Thank You!!. Her performance as the gentle and polite English exchange student became her signature work and a fan favorite.

In addition to her signature role, Tanaka has portrayed a variety of other characters across different series. In 2014, she played Ayaka Tachibana in Recently, my sister is unusual. and took on the role of Matome Minano in The Comic Artist and His Assistants. Her other notable anime credits from the same period include Minami Shindo in Strike the Blood, Carol Nastasha in Bladedance of Elementalers, and various supporting roles in series such as The Fruit of Grisaia and Your Lie in April. She has continued to work steadily, with more recent roles including female high school students and an exchange student in the 2024 anime A Sign of Affection.

Tanaka's career also includes significant work in other media. She has lent her voice to various video games, such as Granblue Fantasy and the role-playing game Shine Post. She has also been active in radio, hosting several programs including her first regular role on Manami Tanaka's Super! A&G Music+ TV. A recurring collaboration is evident with the cast of Kinmoza!. Along with her co-stars Asuka Nishi, Risa Taneda, Yumi Uchiyama, and Nao Tōyama, she is a member of the singing group Rhodanthe*, which performed theme songs and character songs for the franchise. Her fluency in English has also led to work in dubbing foreign-language content, such as the Netflix series Just Add Magic.