Bryan Tanaka Shirtless, Ethnicity, Girlfriend. Look who’s managed to establish himself as a legit actor? It’s Bryan Tanaka, baby! And we are so happy for him. He first made the headlines about a decade ago when the tabloids began publishing photos of him and Mariah Carey. Back then, he was primarily described as a dancer but he’s now expanded his performing cred to include acting before the camera. Yay!

Specifically, he is a regular cast member of the Tyler Perry show Beauty in Black on Netflix where he plays the role of Officer Alex, a Chicago cop under the payroll of the Bellarie family. He’s acquitted himself well, we must say. So we are keeping our fingers crossed that he continues to establish himself as an actor and that he’ll get more acting opportunities in the future.

Bryan Tanaka Shirtless and Underwear Photos. Sadly, we only have peekabo underwear photos of our hunky dancer-turned-actor but we’ve got shirtless pics! Yay! Yay! Yay. We grabbed these from his Insta which you might want to check out @bryantanaka.

Bryan Tanaka Gay or Straight? Girlfriend or Boyfriend? Of course he is straight. As we already mentioned, he dated Mariah Carey but they’ve broken up since 2023. They remain in good terms from what we can tell.

Here’s what Bryan says about Mariah when they were still together (via E! News): “Something connected with us back in the day and there was just a mutual admiration. She saw something in me that I actually didn’t recognize at first, from that it was over. It was set in history that we were gonna be connected some way, somehow.”

Bryan Tanaka Ethnicity and Parents. According to the South China Morning Post, our Bryan describes himself as a “half-Asian, half-Hawaiian white boy”. His father is Japanese while his mom is white.

Bryan Tanaka Shirtless, Ethnicity, Girlfriend. Last updated: November 20, 2025 at 2:32 am.