# Taira (disambiguation)

The Taira clan was a major Japanese clan of samurai.
Taira may also refer to:

## People with the surname

* Afonso Taira, Portuguese footballer
* Airi Taira (平 愛梨, born 1984), Japanese actress
* Taira no Atsumori (平 敦盛, 1169–1184), Japanese samurai
* Akira Taira (born 1994), Argentine footballer who plays as a defender
* Taira no Chikazane (平 親真, 1178-1225), the last living member of the Taira clan
* Choji Taira (平良 朝治, born 1960), Japanese weightlifter
* Hibiki Taira (平 良響, born 2000), Japanese racing driver
* Taira no Kagekiyo (平 景清, died 1196), Japanese samurai of the Taira clan
* Kaima Taira (平良 海馬, born 1999), Japanese baseball player
* Taira no Kanemori (平 兼盛, ? –991), waka poet and Japanese nobleman
* Kentarō Taira (平良 拳太郎, born 1995), Japanese baseball player
* Taira no Kiyomori (平 清盛, 1118–1181), Japanese military leader and kugyō
* Kōichi Taira (平良 幸市, 1909–1982), Japanese politician
* Koji Taira (平 浩二, born 1983), Japanese rugby union player
* Taira no Koremori (平 維盛, 1158–1184), one of the Taira clan's commanders and military lord
* Linda Taira, American journalist and consultant from Hawai
* Masaaki Taira (平 将明, born 1967), Japanese politician
* Masaji Taira (平良 正次, born 1952), Gojū Ryū practitioner
* Taira no Masakado (平 将門, died 940), Heian period provincial magnate and samurai
* Taira no Munemori (平 宗盛, 1147–1185), Taira clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War
* Nancy Taira, Mexican actress
* Taira no Norimori (平 教盛, 1128–1185), Japanese commander during the Genpei War
* Taira no Noritsune (平 教経, 1160–1185), Japanese military leader of the late Heian period of Japan
* Robert Taira, (1923–2003) the founder of King's Hawaiian bakery
* Taira no Sadamori (平 貞盛, 10th century), Japanese samurai of the Taira clan
* Taira no Sadayoshi (平 貞能), Japanese governor and samurai commander
* Satoshi Taira (平 聡, born 1970), Japanese football player
* Taira no Shigehira (平 重盛, 1158–1185), the Taira Clan's chief commanders
* Taira no Shigemori (平 重衡, 1138–1179), the eldest regent of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori
* Taira Shinken (平 信賢, Taira Shinken, 1897–1970) was a Japanese martial artist
* Susumu Taira (平良進, 1934–2024), Japanese actor
* Taira no Tadamori (平 忠盛, 1096–1153), the head of the Taira clan
* Taira no Tadanori (平 忠度, 1144–1184), Japanese poet and military leader
* Taira no Tadatsune (平 忠常, 975?-1031), Japanese samurai lord and gōzoku
* Taira no Takakiyo (平 高清, 1173–1199), a member of the ruling Taira clan
* Taira no Takamochi (平 高望), a former member of the Imperial Family demoted to nobility of the Heian period
* Takunori Taira, Japanese engineer
* Tatsuro Taira (平良 達郎, born 2000), Japanese professional mixed martial artist
* Taira no Tokiko (平 時子, 1126–1185), Japanese aristocrat from the Heian period
* Taira no Tokuko (平 徳子, 1155–1214), Empress consort of Emperor Takakura
* Tomi Taira (平良 とみ, 1928–2015), Japanese actress
* Taira no Tomomori (平 知盛, 1152–1185), one of the Taira Clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War
* Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子, 1921–2022), Japanese textile artist
* Taira no Tsunemori (平 經盛, 1124–1185), the 3rd son of Taira no Tadamori and a younger half-brother of Taira no Kiyomori
* Yoshie Taira (平 淑恵, born 1954), Japanese actress
* Taira no Yoshifumi (平 良文), Japanese samurai and military lord
* Yoshihisa Taira, composer
* Yuna Taira (平 祐奈, born 1998), Japanese actress
* José Taira (born 1968), Portuguese former footballer

## People with the given name or nickname

* Taira Fujita (藤田 平, born 1947), Japanese former infielder
* Taira Hara (はら たいら, 1943–2006), Japanese manga artist and tarento
* Taira Honda (本田 平, 1932–1975), Japanese mathematician
* Taira Imata (井俣 太良, born 1975), Japanese actor
* Taira Inoue (平 井上, born 1983), Japanese footballer
* Taira Shige (茂 平, born 1993), Japanese football player
* Yuliia "Taira" Paievska (born 1968) Ukrainian medic
* Taira Uematsu (born 1983), Japanese coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball

## Places

* Taira, the center of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
* Taira Dam (平ダム) a dam in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan
* Taira Station (多比良駅) a passenger railway station
* Taira Ski Area (たいらスキー場) a skiing venue located in Nanto
* Taira, Toyama, a village in Toyama prefecture, Japan

## Other uses

* Taira (spider): a genus of spiders (family Amaurobiidae)
* Taira cangshan is a species of spider in the family Amaurobiidae
* Taira flavidorsalis is a spider species in the genus Taira
* Taira no Kiyomori (TV series) Japanese historical television series
* Tayra (Eira barbara), a neotropical Mustelidae