Soshi Tanaka
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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.
Coaching career
Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Tanaka began working as a figure skating coach at the Sendai Ice Rink in Sendai. There, he coached Yuzuru Hanyu during his childhood years as well as Mone Chiba from the ages of six to eighteen.[1][2]
In 2024, Tanaka moved to Nagoya and began coaching at the Grand Prix Tokai Club alongside Machiko Yamada.[1] His current students include:
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2000–01 [7] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[8] | ||||||||
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| Event | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />95–96Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />99–00Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />00–01Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 01–02 | 02–03 |
| Junior Worlds | 6th | 8th | 31st | |||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Final | 4th | |||||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bulgaria | 3rd | |||||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Canada | 1st | |||||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". China | 5th | 8th | ||||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". France | 5th | |||||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Germany | 19th | |||||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Japan | 1st | |||||||
| JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mexico | 8th | |||||||
| Gardena | 3rd J | |||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 2nd J | 4th J | ||||||
| National[8][9] | ||||||||
| Japan | 5th | 6th | 8th | 10th | ||||
| Japan Junior | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | |||
| J: Junior level | ||||||||
References
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