At the international level, Tabata medaled silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics as the third on the Japanese mixed team.

[1] In sixth grade, she applied for and was accepted to the Hokkaido Talent Athlete Discovery and Development Project at the recommendation of her parents.

[5] Tabata also skipped for the Sapporo Association team at the Japan Junior Curling Championship [ja] where she medaled gold.

[7] Tabata participated in the opening ceremony for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the flagbearers of the Japanese flag alongside Yoshinobu Miyake and Naoko Takahashi among others.

[9] At the 2022 Japan Curling Championships, Tabata's team finished the round robin in second place, qualifying them for the 1 vs. 2 playoff game against Loco Solare, which they lost.