[1] Tanaka first started ski jumping when she was ten,[2] later competing internationally in 2004, at the age of 12.

[1] In October 2005, when she was 13, Tanaka won gold in a Continental Cup event.

[3] Tanaka's career-best happened in 2014 at the Sapporo World Cup, where she placed 4th.

[4] In the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Tanaka placed 12th, which was Canada's best Ladies result until 2022, where a mixed team won bronze.

[5] Tanaka moved on from competing in 2018, after recovering from two ACL tears in her left knee, as well as a concussion she got from a car accident.