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Toshiko Gender Female Word/name Japanese Meaning Different meanings depending on the
kanji used
Toshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
敏子 "agile/clever, child"
俊子 "genius, child"
淑子 "graceful/polite, child"
寿子 "longevity, child"
年子 "year/age, child"
歳子 "age/time, child"
稔子 "humble, child"
The name can also be written in
hiragana (としこ) or
katakana (トシコ).
People with the name
Toshiko Abe (阿部 俊子 , born 1959) , Japanese politician
Toshiko Akiyoshi (龝吉 敏子 , born 1929) , Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader)
Toshiko D'Elia (1930–2014), American Masters athletics long distance runner
Toshiko Ezaki (江崎 とし子 ) , Japanese singer and songwriter
Toshiko Fujita (藤田 淑子 , 1950–2018) , Japanese voice actress
Toshiko Hamayotsu (浜四津 敏子 , born 1945–2020) , Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
Toshiko Haruoka (春岡 淑子 , born 1959) , Japanese swimmer
Toshiko Hayashi (林 紀子 , 1940–2020) , Japanese communist politician
Toshiko Higashikuni (1896–1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese
Emperor Meiji
Toshiko Hirata (
平田 俊子 , born 1955) , writer (poet)
Toshiko Ishihara (石原 利子 ) , name birth of
Nana Ozaki (尾崎 奈々 , born 1948) Japanese actress
Toshiko Kishida (岸田 俊子 , 1863-1901) , aka Toshiko Nakajima, Japanese feminist, writer (under the pen-name Shōen)
Toshiko Kohno , principal flutist in the U.S.
National Symphony Orchestra
Toshiko Koshijima (こしじま としこ , born 1980) , singer and member of
Capsule
Toshiko Kowada (小和田 敏子 , born 1949) , athlete (table tennis
world champion , 1969)
Toshiko Miyamoto (宮本 敏子 , born 1954) , Japanese gymnast
Toshiko Mori , Japanese-born American architect
Toshiko Sawada (沢田 敏子 , born 1936) , Japanese voice actress
Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara (白須-相原 俊子 , born 1939) , Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist
Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子 , 1921–2022) , Japanese textile artist
Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), Japanese American ceramic artist
Toshiko Tamura (田村 俊子 , 1884–1945) , Japanese novelist
Toshiko Uchima (内間俊子) (October 26, 1918 - December 18, 2000), Japanese-American artist
Toshiko Ueda (1917–2008), Japanese manga artist
Toshiko Yonekawa (
米川 敏子 , 1913–2005) , musician (
koto ),
Living National Treasure
Toshiko Yuasa (湯浅 年子 , 1909– 1980) , Japanese nuclear physicist
Fictional characters
Toshiko Kasen , a character in the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories video game
Toshiko Sato , a protagonist in the television series Torchwood and briefly appeared in Doctor Who