Tabata (surname)
Tabata is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Akihiro Tabata, Japanese footballer
- Bruno Tabata, Brazilian footballer
- Hajime Tabata, Japanese video game director
- Izumi Tabata, Japanese academic
- Kazumi Tabata, Japanese karate grand master
- Kazuya Tabata, Japanese baseball player
- Kenji Tabata, Japanese sprinter
- Maki Tabata, Japanese speed skater and cycle racer
- Masahiro Tabata, Japanese politician
- Nobushige Tabata, Japanese footballer
- Rodrigo Tabata, Japanese-Brazilian footballer
- Seiji Tabata, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee
- Teruki Tabata, Japanese footballer
- Tomoko Tabata, Japanese actress
- Wakako Tabata, Japanese sports sailor
- Yoshio Tabata, Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist
