is a Japanese badminton player who competes in women's doubles. She is affiliated with the San-in Godo Bank badminton team. Partnering with Kaho Osawa, Tanabe was a runner-up at four Super 300 tournaments, the 2025 Canada Open, the 2025 Macau Open, the 2025 Syed Modi International, and the 2026 Canada Open. She has also won five titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit.

Career In 2023, Tanabe won her first international title at the Mauritius International, partnering with Natsumi Takasaki. The pair were also runners-up at the Réunion Open that same year.

She formed a new partnership with Kaho Osawa in 2024, and together they won three BWF International Challenge/Series titles: the Kazakhstan International, the Réunion Open, and the Mauritius International.

Tanabe and Osawa secured their first title of the 2025 season at the Mexican International. On the BWF World Tour, they were runners-up at two Super 300 tournaments: the Canada Open and the Macau Open. The pair also made their Super 750 debut at the Japan Open, where they were eliminated in the second round by the former world No. 1 pair of Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee.

Tanabe and Osawa began the 2026 season at the Malaysia Open, making their Super 1000 debut. The pair reached the quarterfinals after defeating the third-seeded Korean duo, Kim Hye-jeong and Kong Hee-yong. The pair later advanced to the semifinals of the Thailand Masters and the U.S. Open. In July, they reached their fourth Super 300 final at the Canada Open, finishing as runners-up to compatriots Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita.

In August 2026, Tanabe and Osawa qualified to compete in the World Championships in India. This marked the first time since the club's founding in 1993 that the San-in Godo Bank ("Gogin") Badminton Team was represented at the tournament. Additionally, Tanabe became the first player from Shimane Prefecture to compete in the event. She then teamed up with the 2023 Asian Junior champion, Mei Sudo, to compete in the India International in October 2026.

Achievements BWF World Tour (4 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Canada Open Super 300 Kaho Osawa Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard 12–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2025 Macau Open Super 300 Kaho Osawa Hsieh Pei-shan Hung En-tzu 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Syed Modi International Super 300 Kaho Osawa Gayatri Gopichand Treesa Jolly 21–17, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Canada Open Super 300 Kaho Osawa Hinata Suzuki Nao Yamakita 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Mauritius International Natsumi Takasaki Srivedya Gurazada Ishika Jaiswal 21–4, 21–14 Winner 2023 Réunion Open Natsumi Takasaki Margot Lambert Anne Tran 21–14, 14–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2024 Kazakhstan International Kaho Osawa Polina Buhrova Yevheniia Kantemyr Walkover Winner 2024 Réunion Open Kaho Osawa Julia Meyer Leona Michalski 21–8, 21–8 Winner 2024 Mauritius International Kaho Osawa Hina Shiwa Chisa Yamafuji 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2025 Mexican International Kaho Osawa Mao Hatasue Miku Sugiyama 15–11, 15–8 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Individual competitions Senior level Women's doubles Events 2026 Ref World Championships 2R

Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref 2024 2025 2026 Malaysia Open A QF QF ('26) Indonesia Masters A 2R 2R ('26) Thailand Masters A SF SF ('26) German Open A QF QF ('26) All England Open A 2R 2R ('26) Ruichang China Masters A 1R A 1R ('25) Thailand Open A 1R 1R ('26) Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R ('26) Singapore Open A 1R 1R ('26) Indonesia Open A 1R 1R ('26) Macau Open A F A F ('25) U.S. Open A SF SF ('26) Canada Open A F F F ('25, '26) Japan Open A 2R 1R 2R ('25) China Open A 1R 1R ('26) China Masters A 1R 1R 1R ('25, '26) Arctic Open A 2R A 2R ('25) Denmark Open A 1R A 1R ('25) French Open A 1R A 1R ('25) Japan Masters 2R 1R A 2R ('24) Syed Modi International A F F ('25) Year-end ranking 101 28 28 Tournament 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref

Wins over top-10 ranked pairs Wins over pairs who were ranked in the world's top 10 at the time the match was played. # Partner Opponent Tournament Score 1 Kaho Osawa Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong 3 2026 Malaysia Open 2R 23–21, 17–21, 21–19 28

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 2 September 2026.

Kaho Osawa Players Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan 1 0 1 –1 Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand 1 0 1 –1 Yuki Fukushima & Mayu Matsumoto 2 0 2 –2 Baek Ha-na & Lee So-hee 2 0 2 –2 Benyapa Aimsaard & Nuntakarn Aimsaard 2 0 2 –2

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