Robert Tanaka

Robert Kazuo Tanaka Jr. is a Paralympic judoka and represented Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games. Tanaka is a 2020 IBSA Pan American bronze medalist and finished top 5 in both the 2018 IBSA World Games and the 2019 IBSA World Games.
Tanaka was born with albinism, the cause of his visual impairment. Originally from Denver, Tanaka started Judo at the age of 5 at Denver Judo. His coaches, Heidi and Scoot Moore, would go on to sit in his coaching chair in the 2020 Paralympic Games. Throughout his career, he also trained at Denver Buddhist Judo Dojo, Ju Shin Kan Judo Academy, and Sawtelle Judo Dojo.
After the Tokyo Games, Tanaka was retired from Para Judo as he no longer classified under the new IBSA vision classifications for Paris 2024.