Taira (disambiguation) explained

The Taira clan was a major Japanese clan of samurai.

Taira may also refer to:

• Taira, Toyama, a village in Toyama prefecture, Japan
• Taira, the center of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
• Taira (spider)

a genus of spiders (family Amaurobiidae)

• Tayra (Eira barbara), a neotropical Mustelidae

People with the surname

• Afonso Taira, Portuguese footballer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Gojū Ryū practitioner
• Nancy Taira, Mexican actress
• , Japanese actor
• was a Japanese martial artist
• Takunori Taira, Japanese engineer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese textile artist
• Yoshihisa Taira, composer
• , Japanese actress

People with the given name or nickname

• , Japanese footballer
• Yuliia "Taira" Paievska
• Taira Uematsu (born 1983), Japanese coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball

See also

• Tiara (disambiguation)