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Kenta Tanaka

Personal information
Born	(1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career
Years	Team
0000–2018	Minoshima Club
2018–2022	HGC
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2011–2021	Japan	166
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Japan Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Team Asian Champions Trophy 2021 Dhaka

Kenta Tanaka (田中 健太, Tanaka Kenta, born 4 May 1988) is a Japanese former field hockey player who played as a forward.

International career

He was a part of the Japan squad which won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. He was named the Player of the Tournament at the 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy where they won the silver medal.

Club career

Before the 2018 Asian Games he played club hockey for Japanese club Minoshima Club. After those Asian Games he joined Dutch club HGC.

References

1. "Japan". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
2. "Player Awards". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
3. "Men's Hockey National Team "Samurai Japan" Candidate To Represent Japan in Asian Games" (PDF). hockey.or.jp. Japan Hockey Association. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
4. "Ambassador of Japan welcomes Kenta Tanaka playing field hockey at HGC in The Hague". dujat.nl. dujat. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
5. Huiskamp, Frank (9 September 2018). "Japanner Tanaka moet de nieuwe ster worden bij HGC". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2018.

External links

• Kenta Tanaka at the International Hockey Federation
• Kenta Tanaka at Olympedia

v t e Japan squad – 2018 Asian Games – Gold medal
1 Yamasaki 4 Mitani 5 S. Tanaka 6 Ochiai 7 Murata 8 Hoshi 9 Ke. Tanaka 11 Kitazato 13 Yamashita (c) 14 Ka. Tanaka 17 Fukuda 20 Ohashi 25 Yamada 28 Takano 29 Zendana 30 Yoshikawa 31 Watanabe 32 Kirishita Coach: Aikman

v t e Japan squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 11th place
1 Yamasaki 4 Mitani 5 S. Tanaka 6 Ochiai 7 Murata 9 Ke. Tanaka 11 Kitazato 12 Nagai 13 Yamashita 14 Ka. Tanaka 15 Nagayoshi 17 Fukuda 20 Ohashi 25 Yamada 29 Zendana 30 Yoshikawa 31 Watanabe 32 Kirishita Coach: Aikman

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