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(born 1 October 1984 in Ibaraki, Japan) is a Japanese
rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player. Taniguchi has played ten international matches for the
Japan national rugby union team The Japan national rugby union team, also known as the Cherry Blossoms, the Brave Blossoms (), or simply Sakura, represents Japan in men's international rugby union. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia and has enjoyed ...
. Taniguchi was a member of the Japan team at the
2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup, was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The World Rugby, International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japa ...
where he played three matches for the Brave Blossoms. Taniguchi currently plays for
Top League Japan Rugby League One (), formerly known as the Top League (), is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by ...
team
Kobelco Steelers The Kobelco Kobe Steelers are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-2004 season. The team rebranded as Kobelco Kobe Steelers ahead of ...
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Living people 1984 births Japanese rugby union players Japan international rugby union players Kobelco Kobe Steelers players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi players 2011 Rugby World Cup players Japan international rugby sevens players Japanese rugby sevens players University of Tsukuba alumni Rugby union players from Ibaraki Prefecture 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{japan-rugbyunion-bio-stub