Tanabe may refer to:

People

* Chikara Tanabe, 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 is a Japanese footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules footba ...

, Japanese footballer * David Tanabe (born 1980), American professional ice hockey player *

Harumichi Tanabe was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan. Biography Tanabe was born in what is now Kōshū, Yamanashi as the younger son of a local '' sake '' brewer. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 190 ...

, bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan * Hi69, Tanabe Hiroki, Japanese professional wrestler * Hajime Tanabe, 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 is a Japanese footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules foot ...

, 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) Kiyoshi "Kiyo" Tanabe (born 22 April 1948) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tanabe represented Japan in four Davis Cup ties during the 1970s. Tanabe, who played collegiate tennis for Oral Roberts Unive ...

, Japanese professional tennis player *

Luke Tanabe People * Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known ...

, 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, Mayor of Hiroshima in 1917-1921 *

Makoto Tanabe (February 25, 1922 – July 2, 2015) was the chairman of the former Japan Socialist Party, now known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan. He was elected to the position in 1991. Tanabe was from the right wing of the party and was a reformer. ...

, 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 is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the X ...

, Japanese fencer *

Norio Tanabe was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants. In 1986, Tanabe was one of several Lions players who played on loan for the San Jose Bees. He led the club in hits, home runs, and runs batte ...

, Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager * Ryota Tanabe, 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 is a Japanese footballer who plays for Avispa Fukuoka as a right winger. Career statistics Club :''Last updated in the end of 2018 season'' 1 Includes Emperor's Cup and Copa del Rey. 2Includes J.League Cup. 3Includes AFC Champions League. ...

, Japanese footballer * Seiko Tanabe, Japanese author * Seiichi Tanabe, 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 * Ryota Tanabe, 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 Toma Tanabe (born 27 October 2002), better known as Toma (斗麗), is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the featherweight division of K-1. He is a one-time Krush Featherweight title challenger. As of July 2021, he was the #7 ranked S ...

, Japanese kickboxer *

Tanabe no Sakimaro Tanabe no Sakimaro (田辺福麻呂; dates unknown) was a Japanese '' waka'' poet of the Nara period. Biography The year of Tanabe no Sakimaro's birth is unknown. His '' kabane'' was Fuhito (史). He may have acted as a court poet to the imper ...

, 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 *

, Japanese footballer *

Yoko Tanabe is a retired Japanese judoka. She won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight (-72 kg) division, in 1992 and 1996. She won the All-Japan judo championships is a judo tournament held every year in Japan. The men's tournament ...

, Japanese judoka *

Yuki Tanabe is a Japanese handballer for Hokkoku Bank Handball Team, Hokkoku Bank and the Japan women's national handball team, Japanese national team. She represented her country at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia. References Ext ...

, Japanese handball player *

Yasunori Tanabe Yasunori Tanabe ( ja, 田邉保典; born 3 March 1967) is a Japanese rower. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad ...

, Japanese rower

Places

* Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan * Tanabe, Kyoto, Japan

Railway stations

* Kii-Tanabe Station, 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 is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwes ...

, 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, 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 The was established in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1979. Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake and with a total floor area of 854 sqm, it houses a collection of tea ceremony implements and other treasures acquired by the local Tanabe clan. ...

(''Tanabe Bijutsukan''), in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan * Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma SC, 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 of ...

, a battle in 1600 in Japan *

Ai Tanabe This is a list of fictional characters from the manga and anime series ''Planetes''. Toy Box Crew ; : :Hachirota Hoshino is the protagonist of the series. Everyone simply calls him "Hachi" (Japanese for "eight" or "eighth") or , "headband", b ...

, 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