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 fr ...

(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 Toshiko D'Elia (''née'' Kishimoto) (January 2, 1930 – February 19, 2014) was an American Masters athletics long distance running legend. She was a member of the 1996 inaugural class of the Masters division of the USATF National Track and Field ...

(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 (national legislature) from 1992 to 2010. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan (then under Japanese ...

(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. She was educated at Gunma University. In 1989, she was elected to the House of Councillors, and she took office in 1990. Hayashi died on 25 January 2022 ...

(born 1940), Japanese communist politician * Toshiko Higashikuni (1896-1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese

Emperor Meiji , also called or , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Reigning from 13 February 1867 to his death, he was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. He was the figur ...

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 The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It also performs for the annual National Mem ...

* Toshiko Koshijima (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! Princ ...

(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 an ...

(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), Living National Treasure

Fictional characters

Toshiko Kasen ''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' is an action-adventure game developed in a collaboration between Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games. The ninth installment in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, it was i ...

, 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'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names