Career
He also helped translate Swimmy by Leo Lionni into Japanese. Among his contributions to less conventional art genres is his open video correspondence with Shūji Terayama (Video Letter, 1983). Tanikawa also co-wrote Kon Ichikawa"s Tokyo Olympiad and wrote the lyrics to the theme song of Howl"s Moving Castle.
Together with Jerome Rothenberg and Hiromi Itō, he has participated in collaborative renshi poetry, pioneered by Makoto Ōoka.
The philosopher Tetsuzō Tanikawa was his father.