Shigehiro Taguchi

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. He is a native of Akita prefecture and the most popular player in the "Republic of Pink". He might be the B.League's best current 3-point shooter, and has won the 3 point contest three times. Taguchi was a new captain of Happinets in 2016.



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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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.

Personal
His sister Kiwako Hashimoto also plays basketball.