List of Famous people named Taira

Similar names: Thayer, Tairrie, Thaira. Here are some famous Tairas:

Taira no Kiyomori

First Name Taira

Last Name Kiyomori

Born on February 10, 1118

Died on March 20, 1181 (aged 63)

Born in Japan, Kyoto Prefecture

Taira no Kiyomori was a military leader of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan.

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Taira no Masakado

First Name Taira

Last Name Masakado

Born on November 30, 0894

Died on March 25, 0940 (aged 45)

Born in Japan, Akita Prefecture

Taira no Masakado was a Heian period provincial magnate (gōzoku) and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyoto.

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Taira Hara

First Name Taira

Last Name Hara

Born on March 8, 1943

Died on November 10, 2006 (aged 63)

Taira Hara was a Japanese manga artist and tarento born in Tosayamada, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. He was a long-time resident of Koishikawa, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. He made his professional manga debut in 1963 with his story Shinjuku BB , published in Weekly Manga Times.

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Taira Shinken

First Name Taira

Last Name Shinken

Born on June 12, 1898

Shinken Taira was a Japanese martial artist, born as Shinken Maezato in 1897 on Kume island in the Ryūkyū archipelago.

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Taira no Kagekiyo

First Name Taira

Last Name Kagekiyo

Born on November 30, 1149

Died on January 1, 1196 (aged 46)

Taira no Kagekiyo, also known as Kazusa no Shichirō, was a samurai of the Taira clan who took part in the Genpei War of Japan, against the Minamoto clan.

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Taira Fujita

First Name Taira

Last Name Fujita

Born on October 19, 1947 (age 78)

Born in Japan, Wakayama Prefecture

Taira Fujita is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

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Taira no Sadamori

First Name Taira

Last Name Sadamori

Died on November 16, 0989

Taira no Sadamori (10th century) was a samurai of the Taira clan who was involved in suppressing the revolt of Taira no Masakado in the 930s-940. He was the son of Taira no Kunika and grandson of Taira no Takamochi, the founder of the Kammu Heishi line. Sadamori was an ancestor of the Hōjō clan which wielded considerable political power several centuries later, during the Kamakura period; his fourth son, Taira no Korehira, was the progenitor of the Ise Taira branch family.

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Taira no Tomomori

First Name Taira

Last Name Tomomori

Born on November 30, 1151

Died on January 1, 1185 (aged 33)

Taira no Tomomori (1152–1185) was the son of Taira no Kiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history.

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Taira Uematsu

First Name Taira

Last Name Uematsu

Born on September 26, 1983 (age 42)

Born in Japan, Chiba Prefecture

Taira Uematsu is a Japanese professional baseball coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the first full-time Japanese coach in MLB history.

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Taira Morimoto

First Name Taira

Last Name Morimoto

Born on November 22, 1964 (age 61)

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