| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Country: | Japan |
| Weight Class: | –72 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 2 |
| Worlds Year: | 1989 |
| Worlds Year2: | 1991 |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 1990 |
| Regionals Year2: | 1991 |
| Olympics Rank: | 2 |
| Olympics Year: | 1992 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 72 kg |
| Olympics Year2: | 1996 |
| Olympics Weight2: | Women's 72 kg |
| Updated: | 4 June 2023 |
is a Japanese retired judoka.
Tanabe won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight (72 kg) division, in 1992 and 1996. She also won a bronze medal in the 72 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where women's judo was held as a demonstration sport.[1]