Japanese Jockey M Tanaka is 35-years-old. He commenced his Jockey Apprenticeship in 2004 and was subsequently granted a full Jockey license in 2009. He has ridden with great success in New Zealand, including winning the Group One Thorndon Mile aboard Booming in 2011, and in South Korea where he has amassed in excess of 150 winners since first obtaining a license in 2013. He has ridden in Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.