Daichi Taniguchi

Daichi Taniguchi (born April 15, 1990) is a Japanese professional basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League in Japan.[3]He stood six feet, three inches tall as a 12-year-old boy.[4] In 2009 Taniguchi won the "Slam Dunk Scholarship" funded by Takehiko Inoue, and played for the American colleges.[5][6][7] 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.[8]He is a Starbucks mug cup collector and a tropical fish addict.[9] Use of the moai emoji is usually meant to imply strength or determination, and it's also used frequently in Taniguchi's posts.[10][11] He signed with Hiroshima Dragonflies on June 24, 2019.[12][13]

Daichi Taniguchi
谷口大智

At the pre-game show in 2016
No. 55 – Hiroshima Dragonflies
Position	Center / Forward
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1990-04-15) April 15, 1990 Tawaramoto, Nara[1]
Nationality	Japanese
Listed height	6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight	231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school	Rakunan (Kyoto, Japan) South Kent School (South Kent, Connecticut)
College	Arizona Western College (2010–2012) Southeastern Oklahoma State (2013–2015)
NBA draft	2015 / Undrafted
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015–2019	Akita Northern Happinets
2019-	Hiroshima Dragonflies
Career highlights and awards
3× Japanese High School Champions[2] Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Champion (2012)