# Taniguchi

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

- [Akemi Taniguchi](/source/Akemi_Taniguchi) (谷口 明見, born 1937), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- [Brian Taniguchi](/source/Brian_Taniguchi) (born 1951), American politician
- [Gorō Taniguchi](/source/Gor%C5%8D_Taniguchi) (谷口 悟朗, born 1966), Japanese anime director
- [Hiromi Taniguchi](/source/Hiromi_Taniguchi) (谷口 浩美, born 1960), Japanese long-distance runner
- [Hiroyuki Taniguchi](/source/Hiroyuki_Taniguchi) (谷口 博之, born 1985), Japanese footballer
- [Itaru Taniguchi](/source/Itaru_Taniguchi) (谷口 到, born 1984), Japanese rugby union player
- [Jiro Taniguchi](/source/Jiro_Taniguchi) (谷口 ジロー, 1947–2017), Japanese manga artist
- [Kotaro Taniguchi](/source/Kotaro_Taniguchi) (谷口 耕太郎, born 1994), Japanese sprinter
- [Makoto Taniguchi](/source/Makoto_Taniguchi) (谷口 誠, born 1930), Japanese diplomat and academic
- [Masaharu Taniguchi](/source/Masaharu_Taniguchi) (谷口 雅春, 1893–1985), Japanese New Thought leader
- [Masami Taniguchi](/source/Masami_Taniguchi) (谷口雅美, born 1976), Japanese volleyball player
- [Masatomo Taniguchi](/source/Masatomo_Taniguchi) (谷口 正朋, born 1946), Japanese basketball player
- [Naomi Taniguchi](/source/Naomi_Taniguchi) (谷口 尚己), Japanese motorcycle racer
- [Nobuteru Taniguchi](/source/Nobuteru_Taniguchi) (谷口 信輝, born 1971), Japanese racing driver
- [Noriko Taniguchi](/source/Noriko_Taniguchi) (谷口 令子, born 1992), Japanese rugby sevens player
- [Norio Taniguchi](/source/Norio_Taniguchi) (谷口 紀男, 1912–1999), Japanese scientist
- [Senkichi Taniguchi](/source/Senkichi_Taniguchi) (谷口 千吉, 1912–2007), Japanese film director and screenwriter
- [Shinya Taniguchi](/source/Shinya_Taniguchi) (谷口 晋矢, 1981–2013), Japanese swimmer
- [Shogo Taniguchi](/source/Shogo_Taniguchi) (谷口 彰悟, born 1991), Japanese footballer
- [Shuhei Taniguchi](/source/Shuhei_Taniguchi) (谷口 周平, born 1976), better known as Maybach Taniguchi, Japanese professional wrestler
- [Sumiteru Taniguchi](/source/Sumiteru_Taniguchi) (谷口 稜曄, 1929–2017), Japanese atomic bomb survivor and anti-nuclear activist
- [Tadatsugu Taniguchi](/source/Tadatsugu_Taniguchi) (谷口 維紹, born 1948), Japanese immunologist
- [Toru Taniguchi](/source/Toru_Taniguchi) (谷口 徹, born 1968), Japanese golfer
- [Yoshio Taniguchi](/source/Yoshio_Taniguchi) (谷口 吉生, 1937–2024), Japanese architect
- [Yoshirō Taniguchi](/source/Yoshir%C5%8D_Taniguchi) (谷口 吉郎, 1904–1979), Japanese architect
- [Yuki Taniguchi](/source/Yuki_Taniguchi) (谷口 由紀, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
- [Yukinori Taniguchi](/source/Yukinori_Taniguchi) (谷口 行規, born 1968), Japanese racing driver, founder of Yuke's
- [Yuya Taniguchi](/source/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](/source/Citrus_(manga))*
- Suzu Taniguchi (谷口鈴), Taniguchi Suzu, a character in the Light Novel Series [Arifureta](/source/Arifureta)

## See also

- [8571 Taniguchi](/source/8571_Taniguchi), a main-belt asteroid

## References

1. ["明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 \[*Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation*\]"](http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf). [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company](/source/Meiji_Yasuda_Life). 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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