Toshimasa is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
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Possible writings
Toshimasa can be written using many different combinations of
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters. Some examples:
*敏正, "agile, righteous"
*敏雅, "agile, elegant"
*敏昌, "agile, clear"
*敏政, "agile, politics"
*敏将, "agile, commander"
*敏真, "agile, reality"
*敏匡, "agile, reform"
*俊正, "talented, righteous"
*俊雅, "talented, elegant"
*俊昌, "talented, clear"
*俊政, "talented, politics"
*俊将, "talented, commander"
*俊真, "talented, reality"
*俊匡, "talented, reform"
*利正, "benefit, righteous"
*利雅, "benefit, elegant"
*利昌, "benefit, clear"
*利政, "benefit, politics"
*利将, "benefit, commander"
*利真, "benefit, reality"
*年正, "year, righteous"
*年昌, "year, clear"
*寿正, "long life, righteous"
*寿真, "long life, reality"
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 ...
としまさ 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 ...
トシマサ.
Notable people with the name
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Toshimasa Furuta
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in ...
(古田 俊正), Japanese astronomer.
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Toshimasa Maeda (前田 利昌, ????–1560), Japanese samurai.
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Toshimasa Nanbu (南部 利正, 1751–1784), Japanese samurai and ''daimyō''.
Toshimasa Ota(太田 敏正, born 1973), Japanese journalist.
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Toshimasa Shimamura was a noted Japanese author of fiction.
Shimamura was born in Nagano Prefecture, and in 1931 graduated from college with an English degree. His first book was published in 1941, and in 1943 his book 暁雲 became the first of his several candidate ...
(島村 利正, 1912–1981), Japanese writer.
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Toshimasa Toba
is a former Japanese Association football, football player.
Playing career
Toba was born in Aichi Prefecture on July 16, 1975. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Japan Football League (1992–98), Japan Football League club Mit ...
(鳥羽 俊正, born 1975), Japanese footballer.
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Toshimasa Zaonishiki (蔵玉錦 敏正, 1952–2020), real name Toshimasa Adachi (安達 敏正), Japanese sumo wrestler.
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Japanese masculine given names