UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Tanaka Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 230 Park Avenue
Suite 960
New York, NY 10169
13F File Number: 28-2082
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
Person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
Information contained herein is true, correct, and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Graham Y. Tanaka
Title: President
Phone: 212-490-3380
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Graham Y. Tanaka New York, New York November 9, 1999
Report Type (check only one.):
[x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
FORM 13F Information Table Entry: 43
FORM 13F Information Table Value Total: $87,439,000
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ADC Telecommun., Inc COM 000886101 1254 29890 SH SOLE 12165 17725
AFLAC Inc. COM 001055102 4818 115054 SH SOLE 94054 21000
ASM Lithography NYS COM N07059111 5084 75805 SH SOLE 45305 30500
Amdocs COM G02602103 512 24400 SH SOLE 24400
Anadarko Petroleum COM 032511107 2382 77950 SH SOLE 37950 40000
Best Software COM 086579109 1736 87875 SH SOLE 50750 37125
Biovail Corporation Int'l COM 09067K106 2584 50921 SH SOLE 33776 17145
Brigham Exploration COM 109178103 174 75275 SH SOLE 44825 30450
Business Objects ADR COM 12328X107 9290 157465 SH SOLE 95535 61930
Deswell Inds. Inc. COM 250639101 1289 108540 SH SOLE 63790 44750
Federal Nat'l Mtg. COM 313586109 980 15630 SH SOLE 9130 6500
Flir Systems COM 302445101 2288 176878 SH SOLE 79928 96950
Garden Ridge COM 36541P104 821 113280 SH SOLE 22955 90325
Home Depot COM 437076102 475 6920 SH SOLE 6920
IBM COM 459200101 211 1746 SH SOLE 1746
ICN Pharmaceuticals COM 448924100 1726 100405 SH SOLE 46980 53425
IHOP Corp COM 449623107 2700 133311 SH SOLE 77311 56000
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7744 104203 SH SOLE 95603 8600
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 251 2730 SH SOLE 2730
KV Pharmaceutical Cl A COM 482740206 4852 259633 SH SOLE 155233 104400
Lehman Brothers Hldgs COM 524908100 269 4600 SH SOLE 4600
Lilly Eli COM 532457108 488 7595 SH SOLE 7595
MFC Bancorp COM 55271X103 2915 315118 SH SOLE 167923 147195
NFO Worldwide Inc. COM 62910N108 2300 180370 SH SOLE 102645 77725
Nextel Communications COM 65332V103 1482 21861 SH SOLE 6946 14915
Novellus Systems COM 670008101 7754 114974 SH SOLE 83024 31950
Paine Webber Group COM 695629105 1087 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Papa John's Int'l COM 698813102 867 21030 SH SOLE 21030
Pfizer COM 717081103 2912 81159 SH SOLE 67659 13500
Philip Morris Cos. COM 718154107 277 8098 SH SOLE 8098
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 448 4780 SH SOLE 4780
QUALCOMM COM 747525103 4416 23343 SH SOLE 14228 9115
Schering Plough COM 806605101 891 20425 SH SOLE 12525 7900
Seitel Inc. COM 816074306 2115 216905 SH SOLE 123925 92980
Sonex Research COM 835448101 4 13000 SH SOLE 13000
Staples Inc. COM 855030102 1445 66254 SH SOLE 27417 38837
Thomas Group, Inc. COM 884402108 1013 121890 SH SOLE 69615 52275
Three-Five Systems COM 88554L108 2489 112480 SH SOLE 67005 45475
TownPagesNet.Com COM 892179102 1039 129865 SH SOLE 79680 50185
Toys R Us Inc COM 892335100 1269 84575 SH SOLE 17275 67300
Viragen Inc. COM 927638106 139 244320 SH SOLE 199820 44500
Vulcan Materials Co. COM 929160109 212 5800 SH SOLE 5800
Warner Lambert COM 934488107 438 6600 SH SOLE 6600
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