Soichiro Tahara (田原 総一朗, Tahara Sōichirō, born 15 April 1934) is a Japanese political journalist, best known for hosting TV Asahi's Sunday Project program.

[2] He later moved to TV Tokyo where he made a series of groundbreaking television documentaries,[3] before turning freelance in 1976.

In 1971, he co-directed with Kunio Shimizu the fiction film Lost Lovers (Arakajime Ushinawareta Koibitotachi yo) for Art Theatre Guild, which starred Renji Ishibashi and Kaori Momoi.

)," which began in 1987, is a television program where experts engage in discussions from late at night until morning.

Tahara continues to serve as the host of this program to this day.