Etsuro Tanaka

Etsuro Tanaka is a physician and Doctor of Medicine specializing in physiology, internal medicine, and clinical nutrition. Born in Nagasaki in 1954, he graduated from Kumamoto University’s Faculty of Medicine, completed internal-medicine training at Mitsui Memorial Hospital, and studied at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. He has held academic positions at Tokai University and Tokyo University of Agriculture, where he served as a professor.

Tanaka is the author of several educational books on physiology and biochemistry, including The Manga Guide to Physiology, Suki ni Naru Seirigaku (Physiology You’ll Love), Suki ni Naru Seikagaku (Biochemistry You’ll Love), and illustrated physiology and pharmacology textbooks.