Taira (disambiguation)

Taira called:

A town in Fukushima Prefecture Taira ( Iwaki ) (now Iwaki )
A fief based in this: Iwaki - Taira
A Japanese noble family: Taira
The family name of the following persons: Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), general in the late Heian period in Japan
Taira no Shigehira (1158-1185), supreme commander of the Taira clan in Japan
Taira no Tadanori (1144-1184), General in the Genpei War in Japan
Taira no Tomomori (1152-1185), commander of the Taira clan leaders and in the Genpei War in Japan
Taira Shinken (1898-1970), a Japanese master of kobudo
Tadahiko Taira ( born 1956 ), Japanese motorcycle racer
Tomoyuki Taira ( born 1959 ), Japanese politician
Yoshihisa Taira (1937-2005), Japanese - French composer