About Masami Tanabu
Lived 1934 – 2025 (aged 90). Masami Tanabu was a Japanese ice hockey player and politician.
(7 December 1934 – 26 March 2025) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the Aomori Prefectural Assembly for two terms and then in the House of Representatives for six terms.
Tanabu was a past head coach of the Japan national ice hockey team. He also competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Tanabu died due to septic shock in hospital in Hachinohe, on 26 March 2025, at the age of 90.
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Who was Masami Tanabu?
Japanese politician
When was Masami Tanabu born?
Masami Tanabu was born on 7 December 1934 in Hachinohe.
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Masami Tanabu died on 26 March 2025 in Hachinohe City Hospital.
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Masami Tanabu was an ice hockey player and politician.
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Masami Tanabu was Japanese.
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