This is a Japanese name; the family name is Tanaka.
Raizō Tanaka (田中 頼三, Tanaka Raizō, 27 April 1892 - 9 July 1969) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. A torpedo specialist, he mainly commanded destroyer units and was a primary leader of the "Tokyo Express" reinforcement and resupply convoys during the Guadalcanal campaign. In this capacity he was the victor in the Battle of Tassafaronga in which he defeated a much larger force of United States Navy cruisers and destroyers.

Postwar