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 is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

(としこ) or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...

(トシコ).

People with the name

Toshiko Abe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Miyagi Prefecture, she attended Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College and Mitsui Memorial Hospit ...

(born 1959), Japanese politician *

Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in '' Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...

(born 1929), Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader) * Toshiko D'Elia (born 1930), American Masters athletics long distance runner *

Toshiko Ezaki is a Japanese musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer from Kyoto, Japan. While she recently released her 5th CD (album), CD, ''Arbol Grande'', she is better known for having written and sung songs for ''Pokémon: Advanced Generatio ...

, Japanese singer and songwriter *

Toshiko Fujita was a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator. She was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of her death. Biography Since the age of 8 in 1958, Fujita worked in radio and television as an actress, singer and comedian. In ...

(born 1950, dead 2018), Japanese voice actress *

Toshiko Hamayotsu (January 6, 1945 - November 29, 2020) was a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party who served as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature) from 1992 to 2010. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan (then ...

(born 1945), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party *, Japanese swimmer *

Toshiko Hayashi was a member of the Japanese Communist Party and former member of the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors. She was educated at Gunma University. In 1989, she was elected to the House of Councillors, and she took office in 1990. H ...

(born 1940), Japanese communist politician *

Toshiko Higashikuni , born , was the fourteenth child and ninth daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan, and the seventh child and fifth daughter of Sono Sachiko, the Emperor's fifth concubine. Biography Toshiko was born in Japan, the daughter of Emperor Meiji and Lady ...

(1896-1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese Emperor Meiji *

Toshiko Hirata 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, ch ...

, writer (poet) *

Nana Ozaki Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name * Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname * Nana ...

(born Toshiko Ishihara 1948), Japanese actress *

Toshiko Kishida , afterwards , was one of the first Japanese Feminism, feminists. She wrote under the name . Early life and education Kishida Toshiko was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, in 1863. Kishida grew up in a merchant class family. Her father was Kish ...

(1863-1901), aka Toshiko Nakajima, Japanese feminist, writer (under the pen-name Shōen) *

Toshiko Kohno 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, ch ...

, principal flutist in the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra *

Toshiko Koshijima is a Japanese singer. Along with composer, record producer and DJ Yasutaka Nakata, she is the lead vocalist of the electronica band Capsule, which she formed in 1997 with Nakata when they were both 17. Their formal debut came in 2001 with the ...

(born 1980), singer and member of Capsule *

Toshiko Kowada Toshiko Kowada (小和田敏子, ''Kowada Toshiko''; born 1949) is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1968 to 1971 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Te ...

(born 1949), athlete (table tennis

world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, 1969) *, Japanese gymnast *

Toshiko Mori Toshiko Mori (born 1951) is a Japanese architect and the founder and principal of New York-based Toshiko Mori Architect, PLLC and Vision Arc. She is also the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard University Gra ...

, Japanese-born American architect *

Toshiko Sawada is a Japanese voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Filmography Anime *'' Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.'' (Narration) *'' Appleseed'' (Athena) *'' Berserk'' (Queen) *'' Cinderella Monogatari'' (Cinderella's stepmother) *''Go! Prin ...

(born 1936), Japanese voice actress *

Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara is a retired Japanese gymnast. She competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964. Her best individual achievements were fourth places on the vault and uneven bars in 1964. Born Toshi ...

(born 1939), Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist *, Japanese textile artist *

Toshiko Takaezu Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist, painter, sculptor, and educator who was known for her rounded, closed forms that viewed ceramics as a fine art and more than a functional vessel. She is of Japan ...

(1922–2011), Japanese American ceramic artist *

Toshiko Tamura was the pen-name of an early modern feminist novelist in Shōwa period Japan. Her birth name was . Biography Tamura was born in the plebeian Asakusa district of Tokyo,Esashi, p.37 where her father was a rice broker. At the age of seventeen ...

(1884–1945), Japanese novelist *

Toshiko Ueda was a Japanese manga artist. After apprenticing under the manga artist Katsuji Matsumoto at the age of seventeen, Ueda published her first manga in 1937. Like her mentor, she drew mainly humorous manga, both in '' shōjo'' (girls) magazines a ...

(1917–2008), Japanese manga artist *

Toshiko Yonekawa 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, ch ...

(born 1913), musician (

koto Koto may refer to: * Koto (band), an Italian synth pop group * Koto (instrument), a Japanese musical instrument * Koto (kana), a ligature of two Japanese katakana * Koto (traditional clothing), a traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women * K ...

), Living National Treasure

Fictional characters

* Toshiko Kasen, a character in the ''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' video game *

Toshiko Sato is a fictional character from the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Torchwood'', played by Naoko Mori. After a one-off appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Aliens of London" (2005), Toshiko is re-introdu ...

, a protagonist in the television series ''Torchwood'' and briefly appeared in ''Doctor Who'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names