Provided are an array antenna capable of miniaturizing an array antenna while reducing side lobes, a tag communication device and tag communication system provided with the array antenna, and a beam control method for the array antenna. When XY coordinates and a feeding phase of each antenna element (21a to 21d) are defined as the antenna element (21a) (0, Y1)·φ1, the antenna element (21b) (−X1, 0)·φ2, the antenna element (21c) (X2, 0)·φ3, the antenna element (21d) (0, −Y2)·φ4, wavelengths of λ, and directivity directions of θ, each of the feeding phases is set so that the following conditional equations φ1=φ4, φ2=2π·X1·sin(θ)/λ+φ1, φ3=φ1−2π·X2·sin(θ)/λ are all satisfied.