Tanpopo (disambiguation)

Tanpopo (kanji: 蒲公英, hiragana: たんぽぽ, katakana: タンポポ), also transliterated as Tampopo, is the Japanese word for dandelion.

Tanpopo or Tampopo may refer to:

Books

• Tanpopo (novel), final novel of Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, 1964
• Tanpopo, heroine of Yu Watase's manga Imadoki!

Film

• Tanpopo (film), more often transliterated as Tampopo, 1985 Japanese film
• Tanpopo (ja), a Japanese TV drama series written by Sugako Hashida (1973–1978)

Music

Bands

• Tanpopo (band), a Hello! Project idol group

Songs

• "Tanpopo", classical children's song by Nagayo Motoori to a poem by Shigeru Kuzuhara
• "Tanpopo", classical song by Yoshinao Nakada to a poem of Tatsuji Miyoshi
• "Tanpopo" (ja), choral composition by Ko Matsushita to lyrics by (ja) Hourai Taizou
• "Tanpopo" (ja), song by Hiromi Ota 1975, chart #33
• "Tanpopo" (ja), song by 19 (band) 2002, chart #2
• Tanpopo (song), song by Hello!, chart #10
• "Tanpopo", theme song by Ayano Tsuji for Tensaikun
• "Tanpopo", song by Spitz (band), from the debut album "Spitz".
• "Tanpopo", song by Yusuke Kamiji 2009, chart #17
• "Tanpopo", song by Garo (band) 1971
• "Tanpopo", song by comedy duo Brief & Trunks
• "Tanpopo", song by Rie Tanaka 2008

Other uses

• Tanpopo (mission), orbital mission on the International Space Station
• Tanpopo Prize (ja), horse racing prize