Bansen Tanaka

Japanese aikidoka

田中万川

Born

21 March 1912, Osaka Prefecture

Died

1988

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

aikido

Occupation

aikidoka

Bansen Tanaka (田中 万川, Tanaka Bansen; 21 March 1912, Osaka – December 1988) was a Japanese aikido teacher and a pre-war and post-war disciple of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q4857120 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.