Taniguchi is the 92nd most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Akemi Taniguchi , Japanese Nordic combined skier Gorō Taniguchi , Japanese anime director Hiromi Taniguchi , Japanese long-distance runner Hiroyuki Taniguchi , Japanese footballer Itaru Taniguchi , Japanese rugby union player Jiro Taniguchi , Japanese manga artist Kei Taniguchi , Japanese footballer Kotaro Taniguchi , Japanese sprinter Makoto Taniguchi , Japanese diplomat and academic Masaharu Taniguchi , Japanese New Thought leader Masami Taniguchi , Japanese volleyball player Masatomo Taniguchi , Japanese basketball player Naomi Taniguchi , Japanese motorcycle racer Nobuteru Taniguchi , Japanese racing driver Noriko Taniguchi , Japanese rugby sevens player Norio Taniguchi , Japanese scientist Senkichi Taniguchi , Japanese film director and screenwriter Shinya Taniguchi , Japanese swimmer Shogo Taniguchi , Japanese footballer Shuhei Taniguchi , better known as Maybach Taniguchi, Japanese professional wrestler Sumiteru Taniguchi , Japanese atomic bomb survivor and anti-nuclear activist Tadatsugu Taniguchi , Japanese immunologist Toru Taniguchi , Japanese golfer Yoshio Taniguchi , Japanese architect Yoshirō Taniguchi , Japanese architect Yuki Taniguchi , Japanese shogi player Yukinori Taniguchi , Japanese racing driver, founder of Yuke's Yuya Taniguchi , Japanese baseball player
