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 Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Verblitz is a portmanteau of ''verde'' (Spanish and Portuguese for 'green') and ''blitz'' (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation and is ...

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 The 2008 Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union tournament held between six national sides on the Pacific Rim: Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand Māori (just for this year). The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This ...

Round One). He graduated from

Ritsumeikan University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. With the Kinugasa Campus (KIC) in Kyoto, and Kyoto Prefecture, the university also has a satellite called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) and Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC). Tod ...

External links

Tomoaki Taniguchi
on Toyota Verblitz website

1982 births Living people Japanese rugby union players Rugby union locks Japan international rugby union players Toyota Verblitz players Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture {{Japan-rugbyunion-bio-stub