Toshiko

Updated on Dec 13, 2024

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Gender Female Alternative spelling 敏子，俊子、淑子、寿子、稔子、年子、歳子		Language(s) Japanese

Toshiko, (としこ or トシコ), is a very common Japanese feminine given name. The name meanings are:

• 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 spelled using Hiragana or Katakana.

• としこ

• トシコ

Notable people

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 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 Mori, Japanese-born American architect

Toshiko Sawada (born 1936), Japanese voice actress

Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara (born 1939), Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist

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

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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