was a Japanese international table tennis player.
Table tennis career From 1955 to 1957 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.TANAKA Toshiaki (JPN). ittf.com
He also won an English Open title.
The nine World Championship medals included five gold medals; two in the singles at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships and 1957 World Table Tennis Championships and three in the team event for Japan.
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 has never changed its name.TTV Tanaka News. tanaka.nl. February 2013.
In 1997 Tanaka was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame.
See also List of table tennis players List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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