Surname

Taguchi

Taguchi (田口) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice field + mouth, and Wikidata lists 148 notable people with this family name.

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Written田口たぐちrice field + mouth

What Taguchi means

田
rice field
口
mouth

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Taguchi describes a place. Its kanji point to a rice field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Taguchi

Taishi Taguchi 田口 泰士Japanese association football player
Mitsuhisa Taguchi 田口 光久Japanese association football player (1955–2019)
Yoshinori Taguchi 田口 禎則Japanese association football player
Nobutaka Taguchi 田口 信教Japanese swimmer
Genichi Taguchi 田口 玄一Japanese engineer and statistician
Masaharu Taguchi 田口 正治swimmer (1916–1982)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji