Taira (disambiguation)

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
 * Kaima Taira (平良 海馬), Japanese baseball player
 * Masaji Taira (平良 正次), Gojū Ryū practitioner
 * Nancy Taira, Mexican actress
 * Susumu Taira (平良進), Japanese actor
 * Taira Shinken (平 信賢) was a Japanese martial artist
 * Takunori Taira, Japanese engineer
 * Tomi Taira (平良 とみ), Japanese actress
 * Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子), Japanese textile artist
 * Yoshihisa Taira, composer
 * Yuna Taira (平 祐奈), Japanese actress

People with the given name or nickname

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