UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000
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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 May 9, 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: 37
FORM 13F Information Table Value Total: $162,443,000
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 3672 68161 SH SOLE 26161 42000
AFLAC Inc. COM 001055102 3284 72081 SH SOLE 51081 21000
ASM Lithography NYS COM N07059111 9187 82214 SH SOLE 47044 35170
Affymetrix COM 00826T108 3958 26662 SH SOLE 10992 15670
Amdocs COM G02602103 2773 37470 SH SOLE 1070 36400
Applied Materials COM 038222105 634 6722 SH SOLE 6722
Biovail Corporation COM 09067J109 10232 231231 SH SOLE 128386 102845
Brigham Exploration COM 109178103 58 25580 SH SOLE 2080 23500
Brio Technology COM 109704106 417 11050 SH SOLE 650 10400
Business Objects ADR COM 12328X107 19249 193462 SH SOLE 133592 59870
Computer Outsourcing Systems I COM 205265101 3920 88580 SH SOLE 48055 40525
Concord Camera COM 206156101 7276 132283 SH SOLE 78543 53740
Deswell Inds. Inc. COM 250639101 1551 105151 SH SOLE 59941 45210
Federal Nat'l Mtg. COM 313586109 485 8580 SH SOLE 8580
Flir Systems COM 302445101 1588 172870 SH SOLE 77060 95810
General Electric COM 369604103 253 1627 SH SOLE 1627
Home Depot COM 437076102 681 10553 SH SOLE 10553
IBM COM 459200101 211 1786 SH SOLE 1786
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 13227 100251 SH SOLE 100251
KV Pharmaceutical Cl A COM 482740206 12807 476537 SH SOLE 294847 181690
Lehman Brothers Hldgs COM 524908100 446 4600 SH SOLE 4600
Lilly Eli COM 532457108 432 6905 SH SOLE 6905
MFC Bancorp COM 55271X103 3360 463479 SH SOLE 285834 177645
Nextel Communications COM 65332V103 5181 34945 SH SOLE 13545 21400
Novellus Systems COM 670008101 21266 378897 SH SOLE 274472 104425
Paine Webber Group COM 695629105 1320 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Papa John's Int'l COM 698813102 694 21030 SH SOLE 21030
Pfizer COM 717081103 898 24556 SH SOLE 24556
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 237 4200 SH SOLE 4200
QUALCOMM COM 747525103 9218 61737 SH SOLE 61737
Research In Motion COM 760975102 2682 25185 SH SOLE 675 24510
Schering Plough COM 806605101 528 14225 SH SOLE 14225
Seitel Inc. COM 816074306 2335 294194 SH SOLE 129214 164980
Staples Inc. COM 855030102 2605 130267 SH SOLE 35182 95085
Thomas Group, Inc. COM 884402108 1308 116308 SH SOLE 58208 58100
Three-Five Systems COM 88554L108 13792 229862 SH SOLE 142129 87733
Warner Lambert COM 934488107 678 6940 SH SOLE 6940
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