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Yasuo Tanaka (referred to as Yamada in the 1979 anime) is one of Nobita's classmates and a background character. He is distinguishable by always wearing a baseball cap. He often appears with Haruo. He is often credited in the credits as Boy A (少年A).

Yasuo has a younger sister, as seen in the 2005 anime episode The Horror of Gian's Pizza.

Appearance[]

Yasuo is almost always wearing a yellow and red cap. He sometimes wears a grayish-lavender shirt, otherwise wears a light green shirt. He wears deep-green shorts.

Personality[]

Relationships[]

Haruo[]

Haruo seems to be Yasuo's best friend. Most of the time they are seen together, such as in the 2005 anime version of Gian Stew.

Takeshi Gouda[]

Yasuo was almost submissive to Gian.

Tachibana[]

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Appearance with Tachibana

Yasuo appeared with Tachibana a number of times in the 2005 series.

Etymology[]

He shares his full name with a actor with the same name.

  • The name Yasuo means "peace, quiet" (安) (yasu) and "hero, manly" (雄) (o), which literally means "safe hero" altogether.
  • Yasuo's surname Tanaka means "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta) and "middle" (中) (naka), which literally means "dweller in the rice fields" altogether.

Trivia[]

  • He used to be known as Yamada in the 1979 anime.

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