Soshi Tanaka (田中 総司, Tanaka Sōshi, born June 4, 1982) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He won two 1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) events and the 2001 Japanese junior national title. He qualified for the 1999–2000 JGP Final, where he finished fourth, and reached the top ten at two ISU Championships, placing 6th at 1999 Junior Worlds in Zagreb and 8th at 2000 Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf.
| Soshi Tanaka | |
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| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 田中 総司 |
| Kana | たなか そうし |
| Soshi Tanaka | |
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| Born | June 4, 1982 Miyagi, Japan |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Japan |
| Skating club | Tohoko High School |
| Retired | 2006 |
Tanaka was cut from the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia after placing 16th in his qualifying group. After retiring from competition, he skated professionally in ice shows.
Programs edit
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 [1] |
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Competitive highlights edit
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 |
| Junior Worlds | 6th | 8th | 31st | |||||
| JGP Final | 4th | |||||||
| JGP Bulgaria | 3rd | |||||||
| JGP Canada | 1st | |||||||
| JGP China | 5th | 8th | ||||||
| JGP France | 5th | |||||||
| JGP Germany | 19th | |||||||
| JGP Japan | 1st | |||||||
| JGP Mexico | 8th | |||||||
| Gardena | 3rd J | |||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 2nd J | 4th J | ||||||
| National[2][3] | ||||||||
| Japan | 5th | 6th | 8th | 10th | ||||
| Japan Junior | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | |||
| J: Junior level | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Soshi TANAKA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 26, 2001.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Soshi TANAKA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016.
- ^ "|Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site|". www.jsfresults.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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