UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
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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 February 7, 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: $130,132,000
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 2601 35851 SH SOLE 12326 23525
AFLAC Inc. COM 001055102 5398 114397 SH SOLE 93397 21000
ASM Lithography NYS COM N07059111 8648 76022 SH SOLE 45522 30500
Affymetrix COM 00826T108 2964 17465 SH SOLE 9750 7715
Amdocs COM G02602103 1293 37470 SH SOLE 1070 36400
Best Software COM 086579109 3103 105194 SH SOLE 51079 54115
Biovail Corporation Int'l COM 09067K106 5940 63364 SH SOLE 33979 29385
Brigham Exploration COM 109178103 40 25930 SH SOLE 2430 23500
Business Objects ADR COM 12328X107 17321 129624 SH SOLE 94319 35305
Deswell Inds. Inc. COM 250639101 1639 105741 SH SOLE 60531 45210
Federal Nat'l Mtg. COM 313586109 555 8885 SH SOLE 8885
Flir Systems COM 302445101 2795 172024 SH SOLE 76214 95810
General Electric COM 369604103 244 1577 SH SOLE 1577
Home Depot COM 437076102 733 10664 SH SOLE 10664
IHOP Corp COM 449623107 1596 95614 SH SOLE 47214 48400
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7841 95253 SH SOLE 95253
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 203 2180 SH SOLE 2180
KV Pharmaceutical Cl A COM 482740206 7388 336774 SH SOLE 220799 115975
Lehman Brothers Hldgs COM 524908100 390 4600 SH SOLE 4600
Lilly Eli COM 532457108 430 6460 SH SOLE 6460
MFC Bancorp COM 55271X103 2816 317244 SH SOLE 169274 147970
NFO Worldwide Inc. COM 62910N108 2292 102439 SH SOLE 94959 7480
Nextel Communications COM 65332V103 3643 35325 SH SOLE 12809 22516
Novellus Systems COM 670008101 14540 118660 SH SOLE 86710 31950
Paine Webber Group COM 695629105 1164 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Papa John's Int'l COM 698813102 548 21030 SH SOLE 21030
Pfizer COM 717081103 2170 66901 SH SOLE 66901
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 474 4330 SH SOLE 4330
QUALCOMM COM 747525103 16765 95188 SH SOLE 59368 35820
Research In Motion COM 760975102 1163 25185 SH SOLE 675 24510
Schering Plough COM 806605101 501 11830 SH SOLE 11830
Seitel Inc. COM 816074306 1421 210531 SH SOLE 117551 92980
Sonex Research COM 835448101 6 13000 SH SOLE 13000
Staples Inc. COM 855030102 2218 106899 SH SOLE 29562 77337
Thomas Group, Inc. COM 884402108 1007 89519 SH SOLE 47419 42100
Three-Five Systems COM 88554L108 6150 150000 SH SOLE 89367 60633
TownPagesNet.Com COM 892179102 511 99713 SH SOLE 49528 50185
Toys R Us Inc COM 892335100 1154 80625 SH SOLE 15145 65480
Warner Lambert COM 934488107 468 5710 SH SOLE 5710
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