Masami Taniguchi
{{short description|Japanese volleyball player}}
{{no footnotes|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name = Masami Taniguchi
| fullname = Masami Taniguchi
| nickname = Natsu (from the Miyazaki citrus, Hyuganatsu)
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1976|09|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Miyazaki city, Miyazaki, Japan
| death_date =
| hometown =
| spike = 302cm
| block = 292cm
| height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| position = Wing Spiker
| currentclub = JT Marvelous
| currentnumber= 2
| nationalteam = {{JPN}} (1999, 2009)
}}
Masami Taniguchi (谷口雅美 Taniguchi Masami, born September 17, 1976) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.
Profiles
- She became a volleyball player at 10 years old.
- She served as the captain until 2006.
- In JT Marvelous, her nickname is "The Taicho" which means the commander.
Clubs
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyazaki Nichidai High School
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Odakyu(1995–1999)
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Hitachi (1999–2001)
- {{flagicon|JPN}} JT Marvelous (2001-)
Awards
= Individual =
- 2003 52nd Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship : Best 6
- 2004 53rd Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship : Excellent player award, Best 6
- 2007 2006-07 V.Premier League : Best 6
- 2008 57th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament : Excellent player award, Best 6
= Team =
- 2003 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - 16px Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous.
- 2004 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - 16px Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous.
- 2006-2007 V.Premier League - 16px Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous.
- 2007 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - 16px Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous.
- 2009-2010 V.Premier League - 16px Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous.
- 2010 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - 16px Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous.
- 2010-11 V.Premier League - 16px Champion, with JT Marvelous.
- 2011 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - 16px Champion, with JT Marvelous.
= National team =
== Senior team ==
- {{JPN}} National team (1999 and 2009)
== Junior team ==
- {{JPN}} Youth national team (1992)
- {{JPN}} Junior national team (1994-5)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080901041452/http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI/volleyball/women/index.html JT Marvelous Official Website]
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Category:Japanese women's volleyball players