Tanabe may refer to:
People
- , Japanese stuntwoman
- , Japanese Olympic wrestler
- , Japanese footballer
- Daisuke Tanabe, Japanese electronic musician and music producer
- David Tanabe (born 1980), American professional ice hockey player
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese philosopher of the Kyoto School
- , bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan
- Hi69, , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese musicologist
- , Japanese literature scholar, teacher, and mountain climber
- Karin Tanabe, American historical fiction novelist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese video game designer, producer and director
- , Japanese Olympic boxer
- Kiyoshi Tanabe (tennis), Japanese professional tennis player
- Luke Tanabe, Canadian fashion designer
- , Japanese politician
- , Mayor of Hiroshima in 1917–1921
- Masato Tanabe, American scientist
- , Japanese martial artist
- , Japanese idol
- , Japanese general during World War II
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese fencer
- , Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager
- , Japanese voice actress.
- , Japanese football player
- , Japanese waka poet of the Nara period
- , Japanese civil engineer
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese author
- , Japanese footballer
- Sonny Tanabe (born 1932), American Olympic competition swimmer
- , Japanese footballer
- Takao Tanabe CM OBC RCA (born 1926), Canadian artist
- Tanabe Tomoji (1895–2009), Japanese supercentenarian
- , Japanese kickboxer
- , Japanese rower
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese judoka
- , Japanese handball player
Places
- Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
- Tanabe, Kyoto, Japan
Railway stations
- Kii-Tanabe Station, a railway station in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
- Kita-Tanabe Station, 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, a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Tanabe Station, 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, a Japanese football club based in Osaka
- Siege of Tanabe, a battle in 1600 in Japan
- Ai Tanabe, a fictional character in the manga and anime series Planetes
- Tanabe Hisao Prize, for Asian musicology research
- 6738 Tanabe, a minor planet