Tatsuya Tanimoto

Tatsuya Tanimoto
谷本 龍哉
Official portrait, 2008
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
25 June 2000 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byKeisuke Nakanishi
Succeeded byShūhei Kishimoto
ConstituencyWakayama 1st
Member of the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly
In office
1999–2000
ConstituencyWakayama City
Personal details
Born (1966-10-26) 26 October 1966 (age 59)
Wakayama, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Tatsuya Tanimoto (谷本 龍哉, Tanimoto Tatsuya; born October 26, 1966) is a former Japanese member of the House of Representatives of the Diet. He served as a representative of Wakayama 1st district, first as an independent politician, but after 2003 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Wakayama City and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2000 after working as a bartender and an aide to Representative Toshihiro Nikai, and serving in the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly.

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