Taniguchi

Taniguchi (written: 谷口 lit. "valley mouth") is the 92nd most common Japanese surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Akemi Taniguchi (谷口 明見, born 1937), Japanese Nordic combined skier
  • Brian Taniguchi (born 1951), American politician
  • Gorō Taniguchi (谷口 悟朗, born 1966), Japanese anime director
  • Hiromi Taniguchi (谷口 浩美, born 1960), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Hiroyuki Taniguchi (谷口 博之, born 1985), Japanese footballer
  • Itaru Taniguchi (谷口 到, born 1984), Japanese rugby union player
  • Jiro Taniguchi (谷口 ジロー, 1947–2017), Japanese manga artist
  • Kei Taniguchi (谷口 圭, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  • Kotaro Taniguchi (谷口 耕太郎, born 1994), Japanese sprinter
  • Makoto Taniguchi (谷口 誠, born 1930), Japanese diplomat and academic
  • Masaharu Taniguchi (谷口 雅春, 1893–1985), Japanese New Thought leader
  • Masami Taniguchi (谷口雅美, born 1976), Japanese volleyball player
  • Masatomo Taniguchi (谷口 正朋, born 1946), Japanese basketball player
  • Naomi Taniguchi (谷口 尚己), Japanese motorcycle racer
  • Nobuteru Taniguchi (谷口 信輝, born 1971), Japanese racing driver
  • Noriko Taniguchi (谷口 令子, born 1992), Japanese rugby sevens player
  • Norio Taniguchi (谷口 紀男, 1912–1999), Japanese scientist
  • Senkichi Taniguchi (谷口 千吉, 1912–2007), Japanese film director and screenwriter
  • Shinya Taniguchi (谷口 晋矢, 1981–2013), Japanese swimmer
  • Shogo Taniguchi (谷口 彰悟, born 1991), Japanese footballer
  • Shuhei Taniguchi (谷口 周平, born 1976), better known as Maybach Taniguchi, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Sumiteru Taniguchi (谷口 稜曄, 1929–2017), Japanese atomic bomb survivor and anti-nuclear activist
  • Tadatsugu Taniguchi (谷口 維紹, born 1948), Japanese immunologist
  • Toru Taniguchi (谷口 徹, born 1968), Japanese golfer
  • Yoshio Taniguchi (谷口 吉生, born 1937), Japanese architect
  • Yoshirō Taniguchi (谷口 吉郎, 1904–1979), Japanese architect
  • Yuki Taniguchi (谷口 由紀, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
  • Yukinori Taniguchi (谷口 行規, born 1968), Japanese racing driver, founder of Yuke's
  • Yuya Taniguchi (谷口 雄也, born 1992), Japanese baseball player

Fictional characters

  • Harumi Taniguchi (谷口 はるみ), a character in the manga series Citrus

See also

References

  1. ^ "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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