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. A Japanese international, he spent his entire career with
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on February 14, 1955. After graduating from high school, he joined
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and
Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, J ...
. In 1975, he debuted as a starting goalkeeper for Japan national team, replacing established starter
Kenzo Yokoyama is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for, and then managed, the Japanese national team. Club career Yokoyama was born in Saitama on January 21, 1943. After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he ...
. In 1978, he was part of one of the club's most successful seasons, winning the Japanese
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Japan Soccer League , or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional ...
,
JSL Cup was the original league cup for clubs in the top levels of Japanese soccer before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but did not become an annual tournament until 1976. The JSL/JFL Cup included clubs fro ...
and
Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, J ...
. The club also won
1980 Emperor's Cup Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1980 season. Overview It was contested by 30 teams, and Mitsubishi Motors won the championship. Results 1st round *Kyushu Sangyo University 2–3 Teijin *Fujitsu 2–2 (PK 8–9) Osaka University of Economics ...
,
1981 JSL Cup Statistics of JSL Cup in the 1981 season. Overview It was contested by 20 teams, and Toshiba and Mitsubishi Motors won the championship. Results 1st Round *Honda 3-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals *Toshiba 2-1 Sumitomo Metals * Yomiuri 1-2 Nippon Kok ...
and
1982 Japan Soccer League 1982 was the 18th season of the Japan Soccer League. First Division Mitsubishi tied Yanmar's four championships with its own run. NKK could not adjust to the top flight for this season and was relegated instantly. Honda saved itself by defeatin ...
. He retired in 1984. He played 161 games in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 8 times included for 7 years in a row (
1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
).


National team career

On September 8, 1975, Taguchi debuted for Japan national team against
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. In 1977, he became a regular goalkeeper and played at
1978 World Cup qualification Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
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1978 Asian Games The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...
and 1980 Summer Olympics qualification. From 1982, he became a captain and played at
1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...
and 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 59 games for Japan until 1984.Japan National Football Team Database
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Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing career, Taguchi worked as a coach for several high school teams, including those at and . On November 12, 2019, Taguchi died of
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in
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at the age of 64.sanspo.com
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1955 births 2019 deaths Association football people from Akita Prefecture People from Akita (city) Japanese footballers Japan international footballers Japan Soccer League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Association football goalkeepers Asian Games competitors for Japan {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub