Taguchi (written: lit. "rice field mouth") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: , Japanese speed skater , Japanese engineer and statistician , Japanese writer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and model , Japanese footballer , Japanese rally driver , Japanese handball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese actor Kumi Taguchi (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese swimmer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese swimmer Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (1902–1978), Japanese cardinal , Japanese boxer , Japanese professional wrestler Sherrie Gong Taguchi, American writer , Japanese basketball player , Japanese actor , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Takashi Taguchi (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese actor, film director and musician , Japanese historian and economist , Japanese woman kidnapped by North Korea , Japanese footballer and manager Fictional characters Ryō Taguchi in the Sweet Home film and video game Japanese-language surnames