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 29, 2000
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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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 13, 2000
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: 39
FORM 13F Information Table Value Total: $159,046,000
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 3641 135410 SH SOLE 51410 84000
AFLAC Inc. COM 001055102 3259 50873 SH SOLE 50873
ASM Lithography NYS COM N07059111 8796 272210 SH SOLE 145400 126810
Affymetrix COM 00826T108 2710 54326 SH SOLE 22986 31340
Amdocs COM G02602103 2337 37470 SH SOLE 1070 36400
Applied Materials COM 038222105 405 6834 SH SOLE 6834
Biovail Corporation COM 09067J109 16588 203687 SH SOLE 126442 77245
Brigham Exploration COM 109178103 85 25580 SH SOLE 2080 23500
Brio Technology COM 109704106 1762 166791 SH SOLE 85991 80800
Business Objects ADR COM 12328X107 18302 161874 SH SOLE 109004 52870
Concord Camera COM 206156101 7702 300561 SH SOLE 159081 141480
Deswell Inds. Inc. COM 250639101 562 33535 SH SOLE 2135 31400
Ditech COM 25500M103 3684 89849 SH SOLE 53294 36555
Federal Nat'l Mtg. COM 313586109 637 8904 SH SOLE 8904
Flir Systems COM 302445101 1034 172409 SH SOLE 76599 95810
General Electric COM 369604103 395 6851 SH SOLE 6851
Home Depot COM 437076102 578 10884 SH SOLE 10884
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7419 178505 SH SOLE 178505
KV Pharmaceutical Cl A COM 482740206 22351 636336 SH SOLE 446222 190114
Lehman Brothers Hldgs COM 524908100 680 4600 SH SOLE 4600
Lilly Eli COM 532457108 511 6300 SH SOLE 6300
MFC Bancorp COM 55271X202 3943 465596 SH SOLE 287951 177645
Nextel Communications COM 65332V103 2829 60509 SH SOLE 27209 33300
Nortel COM 656568102 644 10810 SH SOLE 10810
Novellus Systems COM 670008101 15131 324957 SH SOLE 217432 107525
Paine Webber Group COM 695629105 2044 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Papa John's Int'l COM 698813102 527 21030 SH SOLE 21030
Pfizer COM 717081103 1914 42586 SH SOLE 42586
Philip Morris Cos. COM 718154107 254 8641 SH SOLE 8641
Polaroid COM 731095105 662 49270 SH SOLE 18020 31250
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 281 4200 SH SOLE 4200
QUALCOMM COM 747525103 4480 62878 SH SOLE 62878
Rainbow Technology COM 750862104 3229 91291 SH SOLE 54626 36665
Research In Motion COM 760975102 3123 31685 SH SOLE 675 31010
Schering Plough COM 806605101 745 16029 SH SOLE 16029
Seitel Inc. COM 816074306 4413 307013 SH SOLE 131818 175195
Staples Inc. COM 855030102 1887 133022 SH SOLE 37937 95085
Thomas Group, Inc. COM 884402108 947 135246 SH SOLE 71871 63375
Three-Five Systems COM 88554L108 8555 292487 SH SOLE 207538 84949
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