Tabata (surname)

Tabata (written: 田畑, 田端 or 田畠) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akihiro Tabata (田畑 昭宏), Japanese footballer
 * Bruno Tabata (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
 * Hajime Tabata (田畑 端), Japanese video game director
 * Izumi Tabata (田畑 泉), Japanese academic
 * Kazumi Tabata (田畑 和美), Japanese karate grand master
 * Kazuya Tabata (田畑 一也), Japanese baseball player
 * Kenji Tabata (田端 健児), Japanese sprinter
 * Maki Tabata (田畑 真紀), Japanese speed skater and cycle racer
 * Masahiro Tabata (田端 正広), Japanese politician
 * Momoha Tabata (田畑 百葉), Japanese curler
 * Nobushige Tabata (田端 信成), Japanese footballer
 * Rodrigo Tabata, Japanese-Brazilian footballer
 * Seiji Tabata (田畑 政治), President of the Japanese Olympic Committee
 * Teruki Tabata (田畑 輝樹), Japanese footballer
 * Tomoko Tabata (田畑 智子), Japanese actress
 * Wakako Tabata (田畑 和歌子), Japanese sports sailor
 * Yoshio Tabata (田端 義夫), Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist
 * Yūki Tabata (田畠裕基), Japanese manga artist