Keiji Tanaka

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Keiji Tanaka
Tanaka in 2018
Native name田中 刑事 (Tanaka Keiji)
Born (1994-11-22) November 22, 1994 (age 29)
Kurashiki, Okayama
HometownKurashiki, Okayama
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
DisciplineMen's singles
Began skating2002
Competitive2004–2022
Professional2022–present
Highest WS15th (2017–18)
Medal record
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2019 Fukuoka Team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gangneung Singles

Keiji Tanaka (田中 刑事, Tanaka Keiji, born November 22, 1994) is a retired Japanese figure skater. He is the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2019 Skate Canada bronze medalist, three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2019 U.S. Classic), 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, six-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, and a two-time Japanese national silver medalist (2016, 2017). He represented his country at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Career[edit]

Tanaka began skating in 2002.[1] He trains in Osaka and Kurashiki under coaches Utako Nagamitsu and Yusuke Hayashi.[2]

2010–2011 season: Silver at Junior Worlds[edit]

Tanaka won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix in Romania and placed sixth in his second JGP event in the U.K. He finished ninth at the Japan Junior Championships. At the World Junior Championships, he placed sixth in the short program and first in the long program to win the silver medal.

2011–2012 season[edit]

Tanaka won two medals on the JGP series and qualified for his first JGP Final, where he finished sixth. He finished second at the Junior National Championships. He was seventh in his second trip to the World Junior Championships.

2012–2013 season[edit]

Tanaka won silver at one JGP event and finished 4th in another, qualifying for his second JGP Final, where he placed sixth again. After receiving the junior national bronze medal, he was selected to compete at the 2013 World Junior Championships but withdrew due to injury.[citation needed]

2013–2014 season[edit]

Tanaka won two gold medals during the 2013–14 JGP series and qualified for his third JGP Final. He finished fourth after placing first in the short program and fourth in the free skate. He won his first junior national title and was selected to go to the 2014 World Junior Championships, where he once again finished in seventh place.

2014–2015 season[edit]

Tanaka received one Grand Prix assignment, the 2014 Cup of China, where he placed eighth. He finished eighth at the 2014-15 Japanese National Championships and second at the Gardena Spring Trophy later that season.

2016–2017 season: National silver medal[edit]

During the Grand Prix series, Tanaka placed seventh at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup and won the bronze medal at the 2016 NHK Trophy. He received silver at the Japan Championships, in December 2016. In February 2017, he took silver at the Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

2017–2018 season: Pyeongchang Olympics[edit]

Tanaka finished eighth at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy after placing fourth in the short program and ninth in the free skate. He received two Grand Prix assignments, 2017 Rostelecom Cup and 2017 Cup of China. He withdrew from the first event due to a muscle injury in his right hip-pelvic area.[3] In December, Tanaka won his second National silver medal,[4] and was named to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Four Continents Championships and the 2018 World Championships.

At the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Tanaka set new personal bests in the short program, free skate and overall, finishing fourth.[5] He placed eighteenth at the 2018 Winter Olympics after placing twentieth in the short and fifteenth in the free.[6] He ended the season with a thirteenth-place finish at the World Championships.

2018–2019 season[edit]

Again beginning the season at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy, Tanaka won the bronze medal. He placed eighth at both of his two Grand Prix assignments, the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki and the 2018 Internationaux de France. At the Japanese National Championships, he won the bronze medal behind Shoma Uno and Daisuke Takahashi. He placed seventh at the 2019 Four Continents Championships, and fourteenth at the 2019 World Championships.

2019–2020 season[edit]

Keiji Tanaka at the 2019 Skate Canada.

Tanaka began his season at the 2019 U.S. Classic, where he won the gold medal.

Tanaka's first Grand Prix assignment was the 2019 Skate Canada International in Kelowna. Whilst traveling from a training session at the arena, Tanaka and fellow Japanese skater Marin Honda were in a car accident that led to both being briefly hospitalized. Tanaka was left with a sore knee.[7] Tanaka was fifth in the short program after tripling a planned quad Salchow and managing only a double toe loop as part of his combination jump.[8] He skated a new personal best in the free skate, despite two jump errors, and won the bronze medal.[9] Tanaka was fifth at the Cup of China, his second Grand Prix.[10]

At the 2019–20 Japan Championships, Tanaka placed fourth in both programs to place fourth overall. He was nevertheless assigned to Japan's team for the 2020 World Championships over bronze medalist Yuma Kagiyama who was assigned to the World Junior and the Four Continents championships.[11][12] The World Championships were subsequently cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[13]

2020–2021 season[edit]

Tanaka was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy on the Grand Prix, as part of an all-Japanese men's field in light of the ongoing pandemic limiting international travel. He was fourth in the short program after multiple jump errors.[14] He was fifth in the free skate, but remained in fourth place overall.[15] He placed fourth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.[16]

2021–2022 season[edit]

Beginning the Grand Prix at the 2021 Skate Canada International, Tanaka finished in tenth place.[17] At his second event, the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, he was ninth.[18] 

Tanaka finished in eleventh place at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[19]

Post-competitive career[edit]

On April 11, 2022, Tanaka announced his retirement from competitive figure skating, intending to skate in shows and work as an assistant coach.[20]

Tanaka is a recurring cast member at the annual ice show Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata, a commemoration event of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, led by two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu.[21] In the spring it was announced that Tanaka would be portraying Roronoa Zoro in the summer show, One Piece on Ice.[22]

As a coach, Tanaka's current students include Nozomu Yoshioka and Haru Kakiuchi.[23][24]

Programs[edit]

Post-Competitive Career Programs

Season Exhibition
2022-2023
2021-2022

Competitive Career Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[31]
2020–2021
  • EVANGELION:3.0+1.0 -LE FILM AVANT 1
    11170 CH edition 0706
    by Shirō Sagisu
2019–2020
[36]
2018–2019
[37]
2017–2018
[38]
2016–2017
[1]
  • Spirited Away
    by Joe Hisaishi
2015–2016
[40]
  • Primavera Porteña
    by Astor Piazzolla
    choreo. by Massimo Scali
  • Afro Freak
    by Arts
2014–2015
[41]
  • La traviata
    by Giuseppe Verdi
    choreo. by Massimo Scali
2013–2014
[42]
  • Instinct Rhapsody
    by Ikuko Kawai
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2012–2013
[43]
  • Afro Freak
    by ARTS
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2011–2012
[44][2]
  • The Untouchables
    by Ennio Morricone
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2010–2011
[45]
  • Violentango
    by Astor Piazzolla

Competitive highlights[edit]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[19]
Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 18th
Worlds 19th 13th 14th C
Four Continents 17th 6th 13th 4th 7th
GP Cup of China 8th 7th 5th
GP Finland 8th
GP France 8th
GP NHK Trophy 5th 3rd 4th
GP Rostelecom Cup 7th WD 9th
GP Skate Canada 3rd 10th
CS U.S. Classic 2nd 10th 1st
CS Ondrej Nepela 8th 3rd
Asian Open 2nd 1st 1st
Challenge Cup 2nd
Cup of Nice 7th 3rd
Gardena Trophy 2nd
Triglav Trophy 2nd
Universiade 2nd
International: Junior[19]
Junior Worlds 2nd 7th 7th
JGP Final 6th 6th 4th
JGP Australia 2nd
JGP Austria 3rd
JGP Czech Rep. 1st
JGP Romania 3rd
JGP Slovakia 1st
JGP Slovenia 4th
JGP U.K. 6th
JGP USA 2nd
Asian Trophy 1st
National[46]
Japan Champ. 8th 11th 7th 7th 8th 8th 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 11th
Japan Junior 16th 8th 6th 6th 9th 2nd 3rd 1st
Japan Novice 8th B 3rd B 2nd A 2nd A
Western Sect 1st J 2nd J 1st 3rd
Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Reg. 1st J 1st 1st 1st
Team events
Olympics 5th T
5th P
World Team Trophy 2nd T
5th P
Japan Open 2nd T
3rd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B; J = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results[edit]

Senior level[edit]

Small medals for short and free programs are awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals are awarded for team results only. T – team result. P – personal/individual result. Current ISU world bests highlighted in bold and italic. Personal bests are highlighted in bold.

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 10
84.10 		9
148.32 		11
232.42
November 26–28, 2021 2021 Rostelecom Cup 10
76.69 		10
153.06 		9
229.75
October 29–31, 2021 2021 Skate Canada International 6
78.83 		12
143.37 		10
222.20
October 3, 2021 2021 Japan Open – 3
163.93 		2T
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 4
83.61 		4
155.22 		4
238.83
November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 4
76.57 		5
138.95 		4
215.52
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 3
75.54 		2
165.64 		2
241.18
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 4
80.90 		5
171.54 		4
252.44
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 7
74.64 		5
158.98 		5
233.62
October 25–27, 2019 2019 Skate Canada 5
80.11 		3
169.91 		3
250.02
September 17–22, 2019 2019 CS U.S. International Classic 2
88.76 		1
161.20 		1
249.96
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 11–14, 2019 2019 World Team Trophy 4
89.05 		6
169.79 		2T/5P
258.84
February 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 7
83.93 		6
167.61 		7
251.54
December 21–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 4
79.32 		2
157.13 		3
236.45
November 23–25, 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 8
79.35 		8
136.97 		8
216.32
November 2–4, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 7
80.60 		9
126.22 		8
206.82
September 19–22, 2018 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3
77.53 		4
144.39 		3
221.92
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 19–25, 2018 2018 World Championships 14
80.17 		12
156.49 		13
236.66
February 14–23, 2018 2018 Winter Olympics (men's singles) 20
80.05 		15
164.78 		18
244.83
February 9–11, 2018 2018 Winter Olympics (team event)
– 		5
148.36 		5T/5P
January 22–28, 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships 3
90.68 		5
169.63 		4
260.31
December 21–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 2
91.34 		2
175.81 		2
267.15
November 3–5, 2017 2017 Cup of China 4
87.19 		8
159.98 		7
247.17
September 21–23, 2017 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 4
75.81 		9
121.37 		8
197.18
August 2–5, 2017 2017 Asian Trophy 2
68.75 		1
151.33 		1
220.08

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External links[edit]

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