Toshiko
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| 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
The name can also be written in hiragana (としこ) or katakana (トシコ).
People with the name
- Toshiko Abe (born 1959), Japanese politician
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929), Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader)
- Toshiko D'Elia (born 1930), American Masters athletics long distance runner
- Toshiko Ezaki, Japanese singer and songwriter
- Toshiko Fujita (born 1950), Japanese voice actress
- Toshiko Hamayotsu (born 1945), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
- Toshiko Haruoka (春岡 淑子, born 1959), Japanese swimmer
- Toshiko Hayashi (born 1940), Japanese communist politician
- Toshiko Higashikuni (1896-1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese Emperor Meiji
- Toshiko Hirata, writer (poet)
- Nana Ozaki (born Toshiko Ishihara 1948), Japanese actress
- Toshiko Kishida (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 (born 1980), singer and member of Capsule
- Toshiko Kowada (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 (born 1936), Japanese voice actress
- Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara (born 1939), Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist
- Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子, born 1921), Japanese textile artist
- Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011), Japanese American ceramic artist
- Toshiko Tamura (1884–1945), Japanese novelist
- Toshiko Ueda (1917–2008), Japanese manga artist
- Toshiko Yonekawa (born 1913), musician (koto), Living National Treasure
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
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