Nobutaka Taguchi

Nobutaka Taguchi is a competitive swimmer from Saijo, Ehime — that quiet corner of western Japan hugging the Seto Inland Sea — and honestly, growing up that close to the water and deciding to spend your life racing through it feels less like a career choice and more like inevitability. Born in 1951, he belongs to that postwar generation of Japanese athletes who were grinding through pools before the country had even fully found its footing again, which gives his whole story a kind of quiet toughness I find genuinely compelling. He stuck with competitive swimming all the way through Hiroshima Shudo University, so this wasn't a casual hobby — the guy committed. Details on his competitive record are thin, but the era alone tells you something: swimming in Japan in the 1960s and 70s was serious, disciplined, unglamorous work, and people who did it loved the sport for its own sake. That tracks for me.

Nobutaka Taguchi is a Japanese competitive swimmer born on June 18, 1951, in Saijo, Ehime Prefecture. He continued his swimming career through university, attending Hiroshima Shudo University. Details of his active period, agency affiliation, and personal life are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Nobutaka Taguchi

Name (Japanese)

田口信教

Reading

たぐち のぶたか

Born

June 18, 1951 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit (卯)

Origin

Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Height

173cm

Occupation

Competitive swimmer

University

Hiroshima Shudo University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E5%8F%A3%E4%BF%A1%E6%95%99

Tags

• From Ehime Prefecture
• Competitive swimmer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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