is a female

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

player from

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, who won the silver medal in the women's team competition at the

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, partnering compatriot Eiko Koizumi. In the final the couple lost (1-2) to the Chinese pair

Xue Chen Xue Chen (; born 18 February 1989 in Fuzhou, Fujian) is a Chinese beach volleyball player, measuring in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick. She comp ...

and Zhang Xi. Tanaka started her sports career in indoor volleyball, and played for the Women's National Team.

Playing partners

* Eiko Koizumi * Miho Makabe * Sanae Tsubakimoto * Miwa Asao *

Mika Teru Saiki is a Japanese beach volleyball player, and former volleyball player. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the ...

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1975 births Living people Japanese beach volleyball players Japanese women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Saitama (city) Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Women's beach volleyball players Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub