Sendai Tanaka
| Sendai Tanaka | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Japanese: 田中 繊大 |
| Born |
March 26, 1972 Yamoto, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, Japan |
| Occupation | Boxing trainer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Known for | Training boxers such as Marco Antonio Barrera,Erik Morales,Lorenzo Parra,Edwin Valero,Jorge Linares,Román González,Takahiro Aō among others |
| Notable work | Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, |
Sendai Tanaka (田中 繊大 Tanaka Sendai, born March 26, 1972) is a Japanese boxing trainer. He is one of the few outstanding trainers from Asia, and has a reputation especially for his focus mitts training.
Tanaka was born in Yamoto, Miyagi (current Yamoto, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi), Japan. At age fourteen when he was in the third grade of high school in 1986, he learned boxing from a former boxer from Chuo University who lived near his family home. He joined Sendai Gym (current Shin-Nihon Sendai Boxing Gym) in the first year of Miyagi Prefectural Fisheries High School. Having finished his five-year amateur career with a record of 18–5, Tanaka won his professional debut in April 1991, and compiled a 2–3–1 record in the featherweight and lightweight divisions by February 1994.
Tanaka had adored Sadahiro Gonohe, the president of Hachinohe Teiken Boxing Gym, who is known as a theorist. After his retirement as a boxer, Tanaka started training with Gonohe at his gym to become a boxing trainer. Gonohe taught him how to train with focus mitts there. The gym had a Mexican trainer, and Latinos visited there. At first he had been studying Spanish on his own. Then, a Mexican Spanish teacher, an acquaintance at the gym, came to give him lessons for free. Tanaka also actively participated in the Spanish-speaking people's parties and masses, where he got acquainted with an Argentine family. He lived together with them like a homestay for over a year.
By February 1995, Tanaka had mastered Spanish language. He went to Mexico for practice with about 7,100 dollars (in the amount of time) earned by part-time job. He began working in Mexico, but his final destination was Argentina. Tanaka loves Argentina, and boxing in that country. Whenever Tanaka has time to spare, he headed from Mexico to Argentina.
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