Tanabe may refer to:

People

Chikara Tanabe is a Japanese wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 55 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. Awards *''Tokyo Sports is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960. See also * Tokyo Sports Film Award ...

, Japanese Olympic wrestler *

Chie Tanabe is a Japanese stuntwoman and "suit actor" (an actor in a full-body rubber suit). She was formerly associated with Japan Enterprise Action. Biography Tanabe's married name is . In 1998, she became the first woman to complete Stage 1 of '' Sasuke ...

, Japanese stuntwoman * Daichi Tanabe, Japanese footballer *

David Tanabe David Michael Tanabe (born July 19, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Tanabe was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. After being forced into early retirem ...

(born 1980), American professional ice hockey player * Harumichi Tanabe, bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan *

Hi69 is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hi69 (pronounced as Hiroki). He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. Since debuting in 2000, Tanabe has frequently worked for Kaientai Dojo, Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Apache P ...

, Tanabe Hiroki, Japanese professional wrestler *

Hajime Tanabe was a Japanese philosopher of science, particularly of mathematics and physics. In 1947 he became a member of the Japan Academy, and in 1950 he received the Order of Cultural Merit. Tanabe was a key member of what has become known in the Wes ...

, Japanese philosopher of the Kyoto School *

Hisao Tanabe was a Japanese musicologist responsible for initiating the study of Asian music in Japan. Career Heisao was learning the principles of musicology from a French missionary when he began his studies in 1920, researching the musical traditions of ...

, Japanese musicologist *

Jūji Tanabe Jūji Tanabe (田部重治 ''Tanabe Jūji''; August 4, 1884 – September 22, 1972) was a Japanese literature scholar, teacher, and mountain climber.Kensuke Tanabe is a Japanese video game producer and designer working for Nintendo, where he currently is Senior Officer at Nintendo EPD. After he had graduated from the Visual Concept Planning Department of Osaka University of Arts, he decided to enter the ...

, Japanese video game designer, producer and director * Kazuhiko Tanabe, Japanese football player * Karin Tanabe, American historical fiction novelist * Keisuke Tanabe, Japanese footballer *

Kiyoshi Tanabe Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺清, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics. Biography As an amateur Tanabe won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win an Ol ...

, Japanese Olympic boxer * Kiyoshi Tanabe (tennis), Japanese professional tennis player * Luke Tanabe, Canadian fashion designer *

Masato Tanabe Masato "Mas" Tanabe was a drug researcher at SRI International, where he spent 45 years studying steroid hormones, which are instrumental in combatting breast cancer and prostate cancer. Education Tanabe graduated from the University of San Franc ...

, American scientist *

Moritake Tanabe was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, commanding the IJA 25th Army from April 1943 until the surrender of Japan. He was the brother-in-law of General Hitoshi Imamura. After the war, Tanabe was charged with war crimes ...

, Japanese general during World War II *

Mataemon Tanabe was a Japanese jujutsu practitioner and master of the Fusen-ryū school. He became famous for defeating multiple members of the Kodokan in challenge matches, and came to be considered one of the greatest modern jujutsuka. Biography Early yea ...

, Japanese martial artist *

Miku Tanabe is a Japanese idol who is a former member of AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's produce ...

, Japanese idol *

Masatake Tanabe Masatake Tanabe (田部正壮 Tanabe Masatake, 21 December 1849 - 21 September 1939) was the Mayor of Hiroshima from 1917 to 1921. {{Authority control Mayors of Hiroshima 1849 births 1939 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death mi ...

, Mayor of Hiroshima in 1917-1921 * Makoto Tanabe, Japanese politician *

Nobuhiro Tanabe is a Japanese politician. He entered politics in 1991, and served as a member of the City Council for Shizuoka from 1995 to 2003. He is serving his second term as mayor of Shizuoka City. References 1961 births Living peo ...

, Japanese politician * Norikazu Tanabe, Japanese fencer * Norio Tanabe, Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager *

Ryota Tanabe Ryota Tanabe (田鍋陵太, born 10 April 1993) is a Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form ...

, Japanese football player *

Takao Tanabe Takao Tanabe, (born 16 September 1926) is a Canadian artist who painted abstractly for decades, but over time, his paintings became nature-based. Biography Born Takao Izumi in Seal Cove, today part of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the son o ...

CM OBC RCA (born 1926), Canadian artist * Sotan Tanabe, Japanese footballer *

Seiko Tanabe was a Japanese author. She graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature of Shōin Joshi Senmon Gakkō (now Osaka Shoin Women's University). Author of numerous novels, she won the Akutagawa Prize, Yomiuri Prize, and Asahi Prize, and rece ...

, Japanese author *

Seiichi Tanabe is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Hush!'' and at the 27th Hochi Film Award for ''Hush!'' and ''Harmful Insect''. Filmography Film * ''Atashi wa juice'' (1996) * ''April Story'' (1998) ...

, Japanese actor *

Sonny Tanabe Richard Tsugio Tanabe Jr. (born December 14, 1932) is a former American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He swam for the silver medal-winning U.S. team in the prelimina ...

, American Olympic competition swimmer *

, Japanese footballer *

Tanabe Sakuro was a Japanese civil engineer and early pioneer in the development of hydro electric power. Tanabe’s most famous achievement was the Lake Biwa Canal that runs from Lake Biwa to Kyoto city. For his work as Chief Engineer directing the proje ...

, Japanese civil engineer * Toma Tanabe, Japanese kickboxer * Tanabe no Sakimaro, Japanese waka poet of the Nara period * Tanabe Tomoji, Japanese supercentenarian *

Yellow Tanabe is a Japanese manga artist. She was an assistant for Mitsuru Adachi and Makoto Raiku and made her debut in 2002 with the short story ''Lost Princess''. She is best known for the manga series '' Kekkaishi'', which has been adapted as an anime t ...

, Japanese manga artist * Daichi Tanabe, Japanese footballer * Yoko Tanabe, Japanese judoka * Yuki Tanabe, Japanese handball player * Yasunori Tanabe, Japanese rower

Places

Tanabe, Wakayama is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 70,972 in 35076 households and a population density of 69 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Tanabe is the second largest city in Wakayama ...

, Japan * Tanabe, Kyoto, Japan

Railway stations

Kii-Tanabe Station 270px, Kii-Tanabe Station on opening in 1932 is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Kii-Tanabe Station is served by the Kisei Main ...

, a railway station in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan *

Kita-Tanabe Station is a railway station in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on the Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line. Layout Kita-Tanabe Station has two side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face plat ...

, a railway station in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan * Minami-Tanabe Station, a railway station on the West Japan Railway * Nishi-Tanabe Station or Nishitanabe Station, a subway station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line *

Shin-Tanabe Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Japan, operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway. It is station number B18. Lines Shin-Tanabe Station is served by the Kyoto Line, and is located 1 ...

, a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan *

Tanabe Station is a train station on the Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line located in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. Layout There is an island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a singl ...

, a railway station on the Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan

Others

* Tanabe Art Museum (''Tanabe Bijutsukan''), in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan *

Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma SC Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharmaceutical Soccer Club was a Japanese football club based in Osaka that belonged to Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma. The club played in Japan Soccer League (Japanese former top division) for one season in 1973. It last played in the ...

, a Japanese football club based in Osaka *

Siege of Tanabe The 1600 Siege of Tanabe was one of a number of battles which took place in parallel to the more influential series of battles known as the Sekigahara Campaign which led to the unification of Japan under Tokugawa Ieyasu. History The command o ...

, a battle in 1600 in Japan * Ai Tanabe, a fictional character in the manga and anime series ''Planetes'' *

Tanabe Hisao Prize Tanabe Hisao Prize ( ja, 田辺尚雄音楽賞 or 田辺尚雄賞) (often known more simply as the "Tanabe Prize") was created in 1983 by the Tōyō Ongaku Gakkai ( ja, 東洋音楽学会, "Society for Research in Asiatic Music"), the oldest musicol ...

, for Asian musicology research * 6738 Tanabe, a minor planet {{disambig Japanese-language surnames