page_title: Daichi Taniguchi
hierarchical_section_title: Daichi Taniguchi
caption_attribution_description: English: Daichi Taniguchi
context_page_description: Daichi Taniguchi is a Japanese professional basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League in Japan.He stood six feet, three inches tall as a 12-year-old boy. In 2009 Taniguchi won the "Slam Dunk Scholarship" funded by Takehiko Inoue, and played for the American colleges. He rejected the offers from the Kansai-area clubs and signed with the Akita Happinets in 2015. Due to the B.League's foreign player regulations, he receives significantly more playing time in 2016-17. He has been named the new Akita captain after Toshino's departure in November 2018.He is a Starbucks mug cup collector and a tropical fish addict. Use of the moai emoji is usually meant to imply strength or determination, and it's also used frequently in Taniguchi's posts. He signed with Hiroshima Dragonflies on June 24, 2019.
context_section_description: Daichi Taniguchi (born April 15, 1990) is a Japanese professional basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League in Japan.He stood six feet, three inches tall as a 12-year-old boy. In 2009 Taniguchi won the "Slam Dunk Scholarship" funded by Takehiko Inoue, and played for the American colleges. He rejected the offers from the Kansai-area clubs and signed with the Akita Happinets in 2015. Due to the B.League's foreign player regulations, he receives significantly more playing time in 2016-17. He has been named the new Akita captain after Toshino's departure in November 2018.He is a Starbucks mug cup collector and a tropical fish addict. Use of the moai emoji is usually meant to imply strength or determination, and it's also used frequently in Taniguchi's posts.  He signed with Hiroshima Dragonflies on June 24, 2019.
caption: At the pre-game show in 2016
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