Taira (disambiguation)
# 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, born 1999), Japanese baseball player
* Masaji Taira (平良 正次, born 1952), Gojū Ryū practitioner
* Nancy Taira, Mexican actress
* Taira Shinken (平 信賢, Taira Shinken, 1897–1970) was a Japanese martial artist
* Takunori Taira, Japanese engineer
* Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子, 1921–2022), Japanese textile artist
* Yoshihisa Taira, composer
* Yuna Taira (平 祐奈, born 1998), Japanese actress

## People with the given name or nickname

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