Austin Tanaka

* Greek Islands
* The Bahamas

**Austin Kazuto Tanaka** is a contestant from *Zovivor: The Bahamas* and *Zovivor: Greek Islands*.

A perpetual underdog in Zovivor: The Bahamas, Austin stayed loyal to Abaco's minority alliance, the Nerd Herd, leaving himself on the outs in the early game until his number one ally Umar Ebeid negotiated a guys' alliance with Brad Lurman to keep the two safe. Austin was able to recover, and despite several attempts to get him out of the game, he made it to the merge. He was blindsided when Umar was voted out at the final 7, and although back-to-back immunity wins got him to the final 4, he was voted out when he lost the challenge, becoming the highest placing member of the Abaco tribe.

At the reunion, Austin was awarded Fan Favorite over Umar and Treasure Jackson, becoming the first recipient of the Fan Favorite award in Zovivor history.

Returning in Zovivor: Greek Islands, Austin was never quite able to find his footing. He worked with the "Eurydice" alliance of Orpheus women to eliminate Steven Venkman, but was never officially in the majority. After the tribe swap, he was eliminated to prevent him from reconnecting with Bahamas ride-or-die Umar Ebeid at the merge.

## Profile

**Pronouns**: He/Him
**Age**: 24
**Location**: Seattle, WA
**Occupation**: Software Developer
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**What are three words to describe you?** ---
**What is one accomplishment you're most proud of?** ---
**Why will you be the Sole Survivor?** ---

## Survivor

Lydia started the game on the Yaxhá tribe. When Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard were revealed to be playing a second time, she was delighted that Stephenie would be on her tribe. Lydia lagged behind during the eleven mile hike, costing them the better of the two camps and flint. However, the tribe's spirit was not deterred and Yaxhá won immunity. Yaxhá and Nakúm proved to be relatively equal in challenges. Yaxhá lost the next Reward Challenge, costing them fishing gear. The food situation was grim, but Lydia proved herself to be a hard worker and used a system to catch the tribe ten minnows. Yaxhá lost the Immunity Challenge and Lydia was targeted as a liability in challenges. Lydia pleaded to Gary Hogeboom and Brian Corridan to spare her as she was a hard worker. Brian noted that the tribe hasn't lost challenges because of Lydia. Although she preferred Brianna Varela to be eliminated for physical weakness, Brian and Gary targeted Morgan McDevitt for her lack of work ethic. At Tribal Council, Morgan was unanimously voted off. Lydia and Brianna's personalities made it awkward to around each other, although the women didn't had any conflicts. Yaxhá lost the next challenges, and Brianna was eliminated despite her lobbying for Lydia's ouster.

On Day 9, Jeff asked a series of questions about the tribes. When he asked who had the most tribe spirit, Yaxhá said Brian while Nakúm said Cindy Hall. Jeff then announced tribe switch and that Brian and Cindy are the only two staying on their respective tribes. Lydia was transferred to the Nakúm along with Stephenie, Rafe Judkins, and Jamie Newton. Brooke Struck stayed on the Nakúm because she drew a gold buff, along with Judd Sergeant and Margaret Bobonich as they were on a picnic. The new Nakúm lost the immunity and Lydia was on the chopping block for the third time. She was saved when Judd decided it was in his best interest to be with the former Yaxhás. The new tribe bonded with the exception of Margaret, who was angry with Judd for betraying the former Nakúm. Nakúm won all of the remaining Immunity Challenges, although they had to vote off Margaret because of twist sending both tribes to Tribal Council.

On Night 18 while sleeping, the former Yaxhá woke them up to tell that the tribes had merged and they gotten buffs. While getting to each other, Lydia designed the merged tribe flag which she named the tribe Xhakúm. At first individual challenge, Lydia sat out for a feast and grew annoyed with Jamie's talking. Despite that, the former Nakúms aligned themselves and voted out Brandon Bellinger and Bobby Jon. Eventually, Jamie got so paranoid, he was blindsided as it was becoming intolerable.

Lydia started resenting Stephenie as she was going on many food rewards and was the biggest threat. Lydia became isolated and Gary tried to convince her to flip. Lydia wondered if it was the best option for herself. Lydia decided to remain loyal to the alliance and voted out Gary. After a Survivor Auction, Lydia, Rafe, and Danni were sent to the former Yaxhá camp while Judd, Stephenie, and Cindy spent a day with their love ones. Danni made social connections with the two. Danni Boatwright won immunity meaning that the alliance had to turn on one of its own. Danni had successfully lobbied for Judd's elimination for being untrustworthy and Rafe successfully campaigned for Cindy's elimination for her apparent selfishness. At the final four Immunity Challenge, Lydia wasn't able to keep up. Danni pleaded with Rafe saying that she will keep her word to take him the Final Two and saying that Lydia is too likable. Lydia tried to save herself saying that she cannot win the Final Immunity Challenge. However, Danni won and Lydia was unanimously voted out.

At Final Tribal Council, Lydia noted that she was always loyal to Stephenie, while Stephenie did not reciprocate. Stephenie thanked her for her loyalty. She explained that it would have been smarter for her to take Lydia to the end, but it would not have satisfied her competitive nature. Lydia gave her jury vote to Danni to win the game.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

## Trivia

* Austin is the first contestant from Washington.