Keiji Tanaka
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Tanaka in 2012
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| Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
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November 22, 1994 Kurashiki, Okayama |
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| Home town | Kurashiki, Okayama | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Utako Nagamitsu, Yusuke Hayashi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Massimo Scali | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Kenji Miyamoto, Nanami Abe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kurashiki University | ||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Kurashiki Osaka |
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| Began skating | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 248.44 2016 NHK Trophy |
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| Short program | 80.49 2016 NHK Trophy |
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| Free skate | 167.95 2016 NHK Trophy |
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Keiji Tanaka (田中 刑事 Tanaka Keiji?, born November 22, 1994) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and 2017 Japanese national silver medalist.
Tanaka began skating in 2002. He trains in Osaka and Kurashiki under coaches Utako Nagamitsu and Yusuke Hayashi.
During the 2010–11 season, Tanaka won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix in Romania and placed 6th in his second JGP event in the U.K. He finished 9th at the Japan Junior Championships. At the World Junior Championships, he placed 6th in the short program and first in the long program to win the silver medal.
In 2011–12, Tanaka won two medals on the JGP series and qualified for his first JGP Final, where he finished 6th. He finished 2nd at the Junior National Championships. He was 7th in his second trip to the World Junior Championships.
In the 2012-13 season, Tanaka won silver at one JGP event and finished 4th in another, qualifying for his second JGP Final, where he placed 6th again. After receiving the junior national bronze medal, he was selected to compete at the 2013 World Junior Championships but withdrew due to injury.
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