| Momoha Tabata | |
| Birth Date: | 8 August 2002 |
| Curling Club: | Hokkaido Bank, Sapporo |
| Skip: | Miku Nihira |
| Fourth: | Momoha Tabata |
| Second: | Sae Yamamoto |
| Lead: | Mikoto Nakajima |
| Alternate: | Ayami Ito |
is a Japanese curler. She currently throws fourth stones on the Hokkaido Bank curling team. At the international level, Tabata medaled silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics as the third on the Japanese mixed team.
Tabata was born in Ebetsu, Hokkaido. She attended .[1] In sixth grade, she applied for and was accepted to the Hokkaido Talent Athlete Discovery and Development Project at the recommendation of her parents.[2] Alongside curling, Tabata did track and field during middle and high school.[3]
In the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Tabata medaled silver as the third on the Japanese team in the mixed team event.[4] She was also the captain of the Japanese national team.[5] Tabata also skipped for the Sapporo Association team at the where she medaled gold.[6]
In April 2021, Tabata joined the Hokkaido Bank Fortius team, led by Sayaka Yoshimura, as an alternate.[7]
Tabata participated in the opening ceremony for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the flagbearers of the Japanese flag alongside Yoshinobu Miyake and Naoko Takahashi among others.[8]
In December 2021, she left Fortius to become a founding member of the Hokkaido Bank Women's Curling Club after Team Yoshimura left Hokkaido Bank following the expiration of their contract.[9]
At the 2022 Japan Curling Championships, Tabata's team finished the round robin in second place, qualifying them for the 1 vs. 2 playoff game against Loco Solare, which they lost. After losing in the semifinal to Chubu Electric Power, they medaled bronze.
At the 2023 Japan Curling Championships, Tabata's team ranked fifth in the round robin and thus overall.[10]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Momoha Tabata | Yui Ozeki | ||||
| 2018–19 | Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Mikoto Nakajima | Yui Ozeki | ||
| 2019–20 | Momoha Tabata | Mikoto Nakajima | ||||
| 2020–21 | Momoha Tabata | Mina Kobayashi | Mikoto Nakajima | Miku Nihira | ||
| 2021–22 | Momoha Tabata | |||||
| Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Mikoto Nakajima | ||||
| 2022–23 | Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Mikoto Nakajima | Ayami Ito | ||
| 2023–24 | Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Sae Yamamoto | Mikoto Nakajima | Ayami Ito | |
| 2024–25 | Momoha Tabata (Fourth) | Miku Nihira (Skip) | Sae Yamamoto | Mikoto Nakajima | Ayami Ito |