13F-HR 1 submission033113.txt 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, 2013 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Tanaka Capital Management, Inc. Address: 369 Lexington Avenue 20th Floor New York, NY 10017 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 submission. 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 April 26, 2013 Report Type (check only one.): [x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. [ ] 13F NOTICE. [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 FORM 13F Information Table Entry: 38 FORM 13F Information Table Value Total: $27,193,000 List of Other Included Managers: No. 13F File Number Name 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 ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- AFLAC Inc. COM 001055102 1145 22019 SH SOLE 22019 ASML Holding N V ADR COM N07059111 889 13071 SH SOLE 13071 Altria Group, Inc. COM 718154107 599 17416 SH SOLE 17416 Anadarko Petroleum COM 032511107 924 10562 SH SOLE 10562 Apple Computing COM 037833100 2649 5985 SH SOLE 5985 Bio Reference Lab COM 09057G602 638 24556 SH SOLE 24556 Blue Earth Refineries COM G11999102 0 89114 SH SOLE 89114 Catalyst Pharmaceuticals COM 14888U101 59 119732 SH SOLE 119732 China XD Plastics COM 16948F107 401 100240 SH SOLE 100240 Fuelnation, Inc. COM 359528205 0 496780 SH SOLE 496780 Harvest Natural Resourses COM 41754V103 256 73055 SH SOLE 73055 Helen of Troy Limited COM G4388N106 304 7925 SH SOLE 7925 IBM COM 459200101 894 4189 SH SOLE 4189 Intel Corp. COM 458140100 905 41461 SH SOLE 41461 Invensense COM 461851107 227 21235 SH SOLE 21235 J.C. Penney COM 708160106 521 34475 SH SOLE 34475 KHD Humboldt Wedag COM D4024H102 174 30669 SH SOLE 30669 MFC Industrial COM 55278T105 3905 431043 SH SOLE 431043 Mattson Technology COM 577223100 550 398851 SH SOLE 398851 Motor Car Parts COM 620071100 478 77950 SH SOLE 77950 Multiband COM 62544X209 307 125468 SH SOLE 125468 Mymetics Corp COM 62856A102 6 184348 SH SOLE 184348 Nanometrics COM 630077105 776 53810 SH SOLE 53810 Neonode, Inc. COM 64051m402 350 60585 SH SOLE 60585 Nu Skin COM 67018T105 507 11470 SH SOLE 11470 PepsiCo, Inc. COM 713448108 261 3304 SH SOLE 3304 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 516 5561 SH SOLE 5561 QUALCOMM COM 747525103 1274 19038 SH SOLE 19038 Rudolph Technologies COM 781270103 630 53450 SH SOLE 53450 Sandridge Energy COM 80007P307 784 148832 SH SOLE 148832 Stifel Financial Corp. COM 860630102 298 8585 SH SOLE 8585 Symantec Corp COM 871503108 668 27085 SH SOLE 27085 Synaptics COM 87157d109 840 20655 SH SOLE 20655 Valeant Pharmaceuticals COM 91911K102 1410 18799 SH SOLE 18799 Walgreens COM 931422109 360 7545 SH SOLE 7545 Yahoo COM 984332106 668 28410 SH SOLE 28410 Yum Brands, Inc COM 988498101 592 8228 SH SOLE 8228 Zoltek COM 98975W104 1426 119365 SH SOLE 119365