title: Tanikawa
text: # Tanikawa
  
  Tanikawa (written: 谷川, "valley river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Harue Tanikawa (谷川 治恵, born 1954), Japanese shogi player
  * Kanako Tanikawa (谷川 可奈子, born 1970), Japanese cyclist
  * Sadaharu Tanikawa (谷川 貞治, born 1961), Japanese combat sports promoter
  * Shuntarō Tanikawa (谷川 俊太郎, born 1931), Japanese poet and translator
  * Teijiro Tanikawa (谷川 禎次郎, born 1932), Japanese swimmer
  * Tetsuzō Tanikawa (谷川 徹三, 1895–1989), Japanese philosopher
  * Tsuyoshi Tanikawa (谷川 烈, born 1980), Japanese footballer
  