Tomoaki Taniguchi

Tomoaki Taniguchi
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1982-08-26) August 26, 1982
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb; 19.7 st)
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Toyota Verblitz
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–08	Japan	12	(10)

Tomoaki Taniguchi (谷口　智昭　Taniguchi Tomoaki born August 26, 1982, in Hyogo prefecture) is a Japanese rugby player who plays at lock for Toyota Verblitz and Japan. He scored two tries after coming on in the second half for Japan against Australia A on June 8, 2008 (2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup Round One). He graduated from Ritsumeikan University

External links

Tomoaki Taniguchi on Toyota Verblitz website
ESPN Scrum Profile

Toyota Verblitz squad

Forwards	Taiyo Ando Tatsuya Araki Kohei Asahori Dominic Day Ryo Fujii Yoshikatsu Hirosaka Yoto Ioki Tomoharu Kawanishi Toshizumi Kitakawa Kota Makihara Daijiro Nakamura Yoshiki Nakamura Taufua Olive Wycliff Palu Fetsuani Rautaimi Joji Satu Ruan Smith Koichi Sugimoto Yōsuke Takahashi Tomoaki Taniguchi Yuki Uchida Ryuta Ueno Kohei Yoshida Kojiro Yoshida

Backs	Yuta Haruyama Koki Hirano Masakatsu Hirosaka Kota Iwamura Ryota Kabashima Yuki Kido Seiyu Kohara Ben Lucas Taiki Masuda Kaoru Matsushita Hiroki Mizuno Takaya Monji Takehito Namekawa Dai Ozawa Robbie Robinson Yoshizumi Takeda Yoshu Takeda Silivenusi Taumoepeau Koji Wada Takayuki Yamauchi Steven Yates Kohei Yuasa

Coach	Hiroshi Sugawara

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