His father was Shinnosuke TANABE who served as the master of Kaisei Junior and Senior High School in Tokyo and established Zushi Kaisei Junior and Senior High School and Kamakura Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School.
父は、東京の開成中学校・高等学校の校長を務め、逗子開成中学校・高等学校や鎌倉女学院を設立した田辺新之助。