Ryō Tanaka

Ryō Tanaka
Date of birth	April 22, 1987
place of birth	Sapporo , Japan
size	180 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2004-2005	Hokkai high school
2009-2010	Meiji University
since 2010	Tōhoku Free Blades

Ryō Tanaka ( Japanese 田中 遼 , Tanaka Ryō ; born April 22, 1987 in Sapporo , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tōhoku Free Blades from the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2010 .

Career

Ryō Tanaka began to play ice hockey while at school at Hokkai High School in Sapporo. In the 2009/10 season he played for Meiji University and then moved to the Tōhoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey , where he has been on the ice since then. With the team from Hachinohe he was able to win this Asian professional league in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

International

For Japan, Yanadori took part in the junior division of the U18 World Cup in Division I in 2005 .

With the Japanese men's team , he was on the ice for the first time at the 2012 World Cup in Division I. In the following year and in 2015 he was also active in Division I for his country.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Tōhoku Free Blades
• 2013 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Tōhoku Free Blades
• 2015 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Tōhoku Free Blades

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes	+/- balance
Regular season	8th	294	67	120	187	267	+51
Playoffs	6th	34	7th	16	23	12	+8

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Ryō Tanaka at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Ryō Tanaka at eurohockey.com