Tatsuya Tanaka ( ja, 田中達也, born October 27, 1988, in
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...
,
Taiwan
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) is a Japanese
figure skater
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who competes internationally for
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. Tanaka is the three time Hong Kong national silver medalist. He is a five-season competitor on the
Junior Grand Prix
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circuit.
External links
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Tatsuya Tanaka at Hong Kong Skaters Union website
1988 births
Living people
Figure skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Hong Kong male single skaters
Japanese male single skaters
Hong Kong people of Japanese descent
Sportspeople from Taipei
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