title: Taniguchi
text: # Taniguchi
  
  Taniguchi (written: 谷口 lit. "valley mouth") is the 92nd most common Japanese surname. 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
  