, also known as , was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared in many jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest.日本タレント名鑑'82 VIPタイムズ社、1981 P.113 He is also known as voice actor. Taguchi graduated from University of Tokyo.His career as a screen actor started in 1955.北斗七星プロジェクトによる公式プロフィール（2010.5.11archive） His first film appearance was in the 1955 film Aisureba Koso directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
His son Kazuki Iwata is also actor. Taguchi died on 27 January 2026, at the age of 93.
Filmography
Films An Actress (1956) Lucky Dragon No. 5 (film) (1959) Akitsu Springs (1962) King Kong Escapes (1967) Soshiki Bōryoku Kyodaijingi (1969) Tokyo Blackout (1987)
Television drama Akō Rōshi (1964) Hissatsu Shiokinin (1972) episode 18 Guest starring The Water Margin (1973), Mito Kōmon (1973~2011) 29 appearances as a Guest Taiyō ni Hoero! (1973~1984) episode 108,279,357,592 Guest starring G-Men '75 (1978–81) episode 137,179,275,315,341 Guest starring Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) episode 8 Guest starring Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) episode 11 Guest starring Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhiyakkei Koroshitabi (1978)) episode 12 Guest starring Abarenbō Shōgun (1978–2000) 32 appearances as a Guest
Voice acting
Anime Super Jetter, Jaguar
Dubbing Nixon, Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1985 Nippon TV edition), René Belloq (Paul Freeman)
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