(born October 12, 1954, in Obihiro, Hokkaido) is a Japanese actress. She graduated from St. Margaret's Junior College in Suginami, Tokyo.
From 1985 to 1999, she was a costar in the TBS prime-time television series à Âoka Echizen in the role of Yukie, the wife of à Âoka Tadasuke. She has also appeared in many other jidaigeki, including Gokenin Zankurà Â, Mito Kà Âmon, and Abarenbà  Shà Âgun. Stage roles have included Akai Tsuki, Nemuri Hime, Koi Yamabiko, Benkei, Shishi o Kau â Rikyà « to Hideyoshi, Zenigata Heiji, Kawaite Sà Ârà  and many others. As a voice actress, she dubbed the mother in Doogie Howser, M.D., Amy Hasting in an episode of The New Perry Mason, and Abigail Bartlet in The West Wing. Taira has also appeared in films, and in television commercials for Yà Âmeishu and Kao.
She is married to filmmaker Rintaro Mayuzumi (m. 1989), the son of composer Toshiro Mayuzumi and actress YÃ Âko Katsuragi.