*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:54, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
In 2023, Tanikawa played in Fukushima for the U18 team in the JFA Academy, the youth program of the Japan Football Association. On 11 January 2024 her signing was made public on the Bayern Munich website. For the season beginning on 12 April 2024, she was loaned to Swedish first division club FC Rosengård.
Tanikawa scored 10 goals in her first nine league games for the club.
International career
Youth
Tanikawa made her international debut in 2022. She made her debut for the U17 national team on 3 October in a 2-1 friendly loss against the United States U17 national team. With the youth national team of this age group, she also took part in the World Cup held in India from 11 to 30 October 2022, playing in all Group D matches and scoring a goal in each game. She also scored a goal in the 2-1 quarter-final loss to the U17 national team of Spain.
With the U19 national team, she took part in the Sud Ladies Cup competition as part of the Toulon Tournament from 16 to 21 May 2023, scoring four goals in three matches.
Senior
She made her senior national team debut on 14 July 2023 in a 5-0 friendly win against the Panama national team.
Tanikawa went on to win the 2022 Asian Games women's football tournament in Hangzhou, China in October 2023, scoring in a 4-1 final win over North Korea.
