Tani

Tani may refer to:

• Abotani (forefather of all Tani clans such as Galo, Nyishi, Apatani, Adi, Hill Miris, Tagin and others) a tribal group in Arunachal Pradesh, India
• The Tani languages
• Tani is a district in Khost Province, Afghanistan
• Tani, Afghanistan
• Tani is a word in the Hindi language which means "water", synonymous with pani (another Hindi word for water)
• Tani, Prasat a sub-district of Prasat District in Surin Province, North-Eastern Thailand
• Tani Cohen-Mintz, Israeli basketball player

Japanese family name

Also, Tani (谷 which means "valley") is a Japanese family name. It can refer to a number of people, including:

• Hayato Tani, Japanese TV actor
• Ikuko Tani, Japanese actress, seiyū and narrator from Tōkyō
• Kei Tani, Japanese comedian, actor, musician
• Koichi Tani, a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Ryoko Tani, Japanese Judo Medalist (Wife of Yoshitomo Tani)
• Tateki Tani, Lieutenant General in Meiji Period Japan
• Yoshitomo Tani Japanese Olympian and professional baseball player

Mythology and fiction

• Nang Tani (นางตาน), the female Thai ghost of a banana tree (of the Kluey Tani variety)
• In the PC MMORPG Ragnarok Online, Nang Tani is best known as the MVP boss character of the Ayothaya Dungeon, where she is named "Lady Tani"
• Akiko Tani, a minor character of Case Closed (Detective Conan)

See also

• Tanni Grey-Thompson, a British athlete