Tanaka was part of the Japan U-17 national team that finished in 2nd place at the 2010 U-17 World Cup and of the U-20 team that finished in 3rd place at the 2012 U-20 World Cup. In February 2013, she received her first the senior team call-up. On March 8, she made her debut for Japan and scored her first goal in a 2–1 loss to Germany in the 2013 Algarve Cup. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship.