Okay, let me walk you through how I went about figuring out Mamiko Tanaka’s height. It sounds simple, right? But sometimes finding these little details takes a bit of digging.
My Little Search Mission
So, I kept hearing the name Mamiko Tanaka pop up, especially with all the buzz around Shohei Ohtani. Naturally, my curiosity got the better of me. I started wondering about the basic stuff, you know, like how tall she is. Seemed like a straightforward question.
First thing I did was just a quick search online. I typed “Mamiko Tanaka height” into my usual search engine. Got a bunch of results back, mostly news articles and discussions.
Initial Hurdles
Right away, I noticed it wasn’t like looking up a super famous movie star where the height is listed everywhere. Since she was primarily known as a basketball player in Japan before stepping out of the spotlight for a bit, the info wasn’t always front and center in the English-language results.
- I sifted through several news pieces first. They talked a lot about her background, her basketball career, but specific stats? Not always mentioned.
- Then I tried looking specifically for her basketball team profiles or league information from her time playing. That seemed like a good bet.
- I tweaked my search terms a bit, adding things like “basketball player” or “profile”.
Getting Closer
Eventually, digging into resources related to the Women’s Japan Basketball League (WJBL) and her former team, the Fujitsu Red Wave, started yielding better results. Official player profiles or stats pages are usually the most reliable source for this kind of thing.
After looking through a few different sources, including some older player rosters and basketball reference sites (though I had to be careful, some fan sites can be iffy), a consistent number started appearing.
The Finding
The figure that kept showing up on what looked like more official or well-researched sports sites was 180 cm. Sometimes you see slight variations online with these things, maybe due to conversions or older data, but 180 centimeters seemed to be the most commonly cited measurement from her active playing days.
So, yeah, that was my little journey. Started with simple curiosity, did some basic searching, hit a few pages that weren’t helpful, refined the search to focus on her basketball career specifics, and finally landed on a consistent number from sports-related sources. Took a bit more clicking around than I first expected! It’s always interesting what you find, and sometimes how you have to find it.
