Shigehiro Taguchi Explained

Shigehiro Taguchi
Position:	Shooting guard
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	1
Weight Lb:	185
League:	B.League
Team:	Akita Northern Happinets
Number:	5
Nationality:	Japanese
Birth Date:	1990 3, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Kakunodate, Akita
Highschool:	Meio (Akita, Japan)
College:	Fuji University (2008–2012)
Career Start:	2012
Years1:	2012–2018
Team1:	Akita Northern Happinets
Years2:	2018–2021
Team2:	Chiba Jets Funabashi
Years3:	2021-present
Team3:	Akita Northern Happinets
Highlights:	B2 MVP (2018) B.League 3 Point Contest Winner (2017) 2× B.League All-Star (2016, 2018) bj league Best Five (2015) 4× bj league All-Star (2012–2016) 2× bj league 3 Point Contest Winner

Shigehiro Taguchi (田口成浩, born March 25, 1990), nicknamed Shige, is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League in Japan.^[1] He is a native of Akita prefecture and the most popular player in the "Republic of Pink".^{[2] [3]} He might be the B.League's best current 3-point shooter, and has won the 3 point contest three times.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} Taguchi was a new captain of Happinets in 2016.^[8]

Career statistics

Led the league

Regular season

|-| align="left" | bj League 2011-12| align="left" | Akita| 14 || 1 || 11.6 || 43.6 || 39.2 || 52.9 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0 || 5.5|-| align="left" | bj League 2012-13| align="left" | Akita| bgcolor="CFECEC"|52 || 25 || 25.3|| 40.2 || 36.6 || 73.2 || 3.1 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 10.3|-| align="left" | bj League 2013-14| align="left" | Akita|bgcolor="CFECEC"| 52 ||47 || 26.3 || 46.8 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"| 44.5 || 76.6 || 2.9 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 11.7|-| align="left" | bj League 2014-15| align="left" | Akita| bgcolor="CFECEC"|52 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"| 52 || 30.7 || 46.9 || 42.5 || 86.7 || 3.5 || 2.0 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 16.3|-| align="left" | bj League 2015-16| align="left" | Akita|bgcolor="CFECEC"| 52 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"| 52 || 31.1 || 43.7 || 37.3 || 90.1 || 4.4 ||2.9 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 14.6|-|style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | B League 2016-17| align="left" | Akita| bgcolor="CFECEC"|60 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"| 60 || 32.4 || 40.8 || 39.1 || 82.4 || 4.1 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 11.5|-| align="left" | B League 2017-18| align="left" | Akita|bgcolor="CFECEC"|60 || 40||25.5||44.8||42.7||bgcolor="CFECEC"|88.7||2.5||3.2||1.1||0.1||11.7|-| align="left" | 2018-19| align="left" | Chiba Jets|59|| 1||15.0||43.9||44.5||79.4||1.3||0.8||0.4||0.1||5.1|-| align="left" | 2019-20| align="left" | Chiba Jets|40|| 40||21.9||42.8||40.0||84.4||1.6||1.6||0.8||0.1||6.4|-| align="left" | 2020-21| align="left" | Chiba jets|56|| 2||9.4||29.4||25.9||76.2||0.64||0.64||0.32||0.05||2.30

Playoffs

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2013-14|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 6 || 6 || 32.00 || .425 || .450 || .833 || 3.5 || 0.0 || 1.17 || 0 ||8.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017-18|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 5 || 4 || 22.40 || .447 || .440 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 2.8 || 0.6 || 0.2 ||12.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2018-19|style="text-align:left;"|Chiba Jets| 5 || 0 || 20.45 || .552 || .583 || .909 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 ||11.2|-

Early cup games

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 2 || 1 || 21.32 || .533 || .500 || 1.000 || 3.5 || 3.0 || 2.0 || 0 || 11.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|2018|style="text-align:left;"|Chiba Jets|3 || 1 || 16.23 || .600 || .500 || .667 || 0.7 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0 || 5.7|-|style="text-align:left;"|2019|style="text-align:left;"|Chiba Jets|2 || 0 || 13.55 || .250 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0 || 1.0|-

William Jones Cup

|-| align="left" | 2016| align="left" | Japan|7|| ||5|| .063|| .000|| .000|| 0.7||0.3 || 0.0|| 0.0|| 0.3|-

East Asia Super League

|-| align="left" | 2018| align="left" | Chiba Jets|2|| ||12.2|| || || .500|| 2.0||0.5 || 0.0|| 0.0|| 5.5|-| align="left" | 2019| align="left" | Chiba Jets|2|| ||19.6|| || || .000|| 1.0||0.5 || 1.5|| 0.0|| 10.0|-

Trivia

• His trademark call "Oisa" comes from the festival shout of Kakunodate, Semboku.^[9]

Personal

His sister Kiwako Hashimoto also plays basketball.^[10]

External links

• B.League 3 Point Contest 2017
• Kanemaru vs Taguchi
• Advanced to Finals in Ariake

Notes and References

1. Web site: B. League teams to play 60 games in first season. Kaz. Nagatsuka. June 10, 2016. The Japan Times.
2. Web site: Asia-basket.com . Asia-Basket.com All-Japanese BJ League Awards 2016 . 25 May 2016 . 18 September 2016.
3. Web site: B.League . B.LEAGUE ALLSTAR GAME 2017 ファン投票 結果発表. 5 December 2016 . 7 December 2016.
4. Web site: Basket Count . 『3ポイントシュートコンテスト』2ndラウンド、金丸晃輔が驚異の追い上げを見せるも田口成浩が『お祭り男』の本領発揮！. 15 January 2017 . 16 January 2017.
5. Web site: Nikkan Sports . 秋田田口が３ポイント王「やったぞー」Ｂリーグ球宴 . 15 January 2017 . 16 January 2017.
6. Web site: Ariyoshi . Hiroki . 【Ｂリーグ】秋田・田口、３Ｐコンテストで"３連覇"も「試合で決められず悔しい」 . 15 January 2017 . 16 January 2017.
7. Web site: Odeven. Ed. First-ever B. League All-Star Game delivers high-octane thrills. 15 January 2017 . 16 January 2017.
8. Web site: 選手. 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ.
9. Web site: Basketball Spirits . TK bjリーグ オールスターゲームは楽しんだもの勝ち！ . 1 February 2015 . 23 September 2016.
10. Web site: ALL CLUB 2014 . 出場チーム Ｋ・Ｏ・Ｃ eco 秋田 . 21 March 2014 . 12 October 2016.