Toshiaki Tanaka

Toshiaki Tanaka
Toshiaki Tanaka at the 1955 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1935-02-24)24 February 1935 Hokkaido, Japan
Died
Medal record Table tennis Representing Japan World Championships 1957 Stockholm Singles 1957 Stockholm Doubles 1957 Stockholm Team 1956 Tokyo Singles 1956 Tokyo Doubles 1956 Tokyo Team 1955 Utrecht Singles 1955 Utrecht Mixed doubles 1955 Utrecht Team

Toshiaki Tanaka (田中 利明, Tanaka Toshiaki, 24 February 1935 – 6 February 1998) was a Japanese table tennis player. From 1955 to 1957 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.

Legacy

After the 1955 World Championships Tanaka became popular in the Netherlands, where on 30 May 1969 Rien van Thoor and Marius van Rijckevorsel established the table tennis club TTV Tanaka in Etten-Leur. The club still exists and never changed its name.

In 1997 Tanaka was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame.