Keiji Tanaka is a retired Japanese figure skater.
27 Facts About Keiji Tanaka
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Keiji Tanaka is the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2019 US Classic champion, 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and a two-time Japanese national silver medalist.
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Keiji Tanaka won two medals on the JGP series and qualified for his first JGP Final, where he finished sixth.
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Keiji Tanaka was seventh in his second trip to the World Junior Championships.
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Keiji Tanaka won silver at one JGP event and finished 4th in another, qualifying for his second JGP Final, where he placed sixth again.
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Keiji Tanaka finished fourth after placing first in the short program and fourth in the free skate.
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Keiji Tanaka won his first junior national title and was selected to go to the 2014 World Junior Championships, where he finished in seventh place.
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Keiji Tanaka received one Grand Prix assignment, the 2014 Cup of China, where he placed eighth.
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Keiji Tanaka received silver at the Japan Championships, in December 2016.
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Keiji Tanaka finished eighth at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy after placing fourth in the short program and ninth in the free skate.
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Keiji Tanaka received two Grand Prix assignments, 2017 Rostelecom Cup and 2017 Cup of China.
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Keiji Tanaka withdrew from the first event due to a muscle injury in his right hip-pelvic area.
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In December, Keiji Tanaka won his second National silver medal, and was named to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Four Continents Championships and the 2018 World Championships.
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At the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Keiji Tanaka set new personal bests in the short program, free skate and overall, finishing fourth.
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Keiji Tanaka placed eighteenth at the 2018 Winter Olympics after placing twentieth in the short and fifteenth in the free.
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Keiji Tanaka ended the season with a thirteenth-place finish at the World Championships.
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Again beginning the season at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy, Keiji Tanaka won the bronze medal.
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Keiji Tanaka placed eighth at both of his two Grand Prix assignments, the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki and the 2018 Internationaux de France.
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Keiji Tanaka placed seventh at the 2019 Four Continents Championships, and fourteenth at the 2019 World Championships.
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Keiji Tanaka began his season at the 2019 US Classic, where he won the gold medal.
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Keiji 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.
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Keiji Tanaka skated a new personal best in the free skate, despite two jump errors, and won the bronze medal.
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Keiji Tanaka was fifth at the Cup of China, his second Grand Prix.
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Keiji Tanaka 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.
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Keiji 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.
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Keiji Tanaka was fourth in the short program after multiple jump errors.
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Keiji Tanaka was fifth in the free skate, but remained in fourth place overall.