Toshio is a common 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 ...

Possible writings

Toshio can be written using different

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 and can mean: *敏夫, "agile, man" *敏男, "agile, man" *敏雄, "agile, male" *俊夫, "sagacious, man" *俊雄, "sagacious, male" *利生, "advantage, life" *寿雄, "long life, male" *登志男, "ascend, intention, man" 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 ...

としお 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 ...

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Notable people with the name

*, Japanese water polo player *

Toshio Furukawa is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actor Shino Kakinuma. Career He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (''Keroro Gunso''), Kai Shiden (''Mobile Suit Gun ...

(古川登志夫, born 1946), Japanese voice actor *

Toshio Gotō is a Japanese Film director, director. He had worked as an assistant director of Satsuo Yamamoto from 1962 to 1978. He directed his first film in 1978. His 2009 film ''Beauty (2009 film), Beauty'' was entered into the 31st Moscow International Fi ...

(後藤俊夫, born 1938), Japanese film director *

Toshio Iwai is a Japanese interactive media and Installation art, installation artist who has also created a number of commercial video games. In addition he has worked in television, music performance, museum design and digital musical instrument design. E ...

(岩井俊雄, born 1962), Japanese interactive media and installation artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese fencer *

Toshio Kakei (born 10 August 1962 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese actor. He had major roles in several TV drama series such as ''Bayside Shakedown''. Kakei graduated from Osaka University of Arts. Filmography Television * ''Bayside Shakedown'' (19 ...

(筧利夫, born 1962), Japanese actor * Toshio Kimura (木村俊夫, 1909–1983), Japanese politician *

Toshio Maeda is an erotic manga artist who was prolific in the 1980s and '90s. Several of Maeda's works have been used as a basis for original video animations (OVA) including ''La Blue Girl'', ''Adventure Kid'', '' Demon Beast Invasion'', ''Demon Warrior Ko ...

(前田俊夫, born 1953), Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

* Toshio Masuda (舛田利雄, born 1927), Japanese film director *, Japanese film director *, Japanese dancer and actor *, Japanese writer, publisher and businessman *

Toshio Nakanishi , also known by the pseudonyms Tycoon To$h or Typhoom Tosh, was a Japanese musician and graphic designer who was best known as the founding member of new wave band Plastics in 1976. He was initially a part of the technopop fever in Japan and la ...

, a Japanese musician and an artist *

Tosiwo Nakayama was the first President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). He served two terms from 1979 until 1987. Biography Nakayama was born on November 23, 1931, on Piserach Island, part of Nomwunweito Atoll in what is now Chuuk State. At the tim ...

(中山利雄, 1931–2003), first president of the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

Toshio Odate Toshio Odate (born 1930) is a Japanese-born American sculptor, woodworker, craftsmen, author, and educator. He specializes in Japanese woodworking and is a noted shoji maker. He is the author of, ''Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spi ...

(トシオ・オダテ, born 1930), Japanese-born American sculptor *

Toshio Ogawa is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Ogawa is a former Minister of Justice. A native of Nerima, Tokyo, and a graduate of Rikkyo University, he ...

(小川敏夫, born 1948), Japanese politician *

Toshio Shibata is a Japanese photographer known for his large-format photographs of large-scale works of civil engineering in unpopulated landscapes. Shibata was born in Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a B.A. in 1972 and an M.F.A. in ...

(柴田敏雄, born 1949), Japanese photographer *

Toshio Shimao was a Japanese novelist. He has been called a "writer's writer", which is used as both a compliment and criticism. Biography Shimao was born in Yokohama, but his family moved to Kobe when he was eight. His mother died when he was seventeen and s ...

(島尾敏雄, 1917–1986), Japanese novelist *

Toshio Suzuki (driver) is a former racing driver from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Racing career As a youth, Suzuki won the All-Japan Kart Championships in 1975 and 1976. In 1979, he took the title of the first All-Japan Formula Three Championship. In 1992, he won the ...

(鈴木利男, born 1955), Japanese racing driver *

Toshio Suzuki (producer) is a Japanese film producer of anime and a long-time colleague of Hayao Miyazaki, as well as a co-founder and the former president of Studio Ghibli. Suzuki is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers after the enormous box office su ...

(鈴木敏夫, born 1948), chief producer of the Japanese animation studio ''

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'' * Toshio Tosanoumi (土佐ノ海敏生, born 1972), Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese water polo player *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *

Toshio Yamane __NOTOC__ is a Japanese people, Japanese photographer known for his depictions of the juxtaposition of man-made structures on natural topography. Yamane was born on 29 June 1953 in what is now Iwaki, Fukushima, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan ...

(山根敏郎, born 1953), Japanese photographer *

Toshio Narahashi Toshio Narahashi (January 30, 1927 – April 21, 2013) was an internationally known pharmacologist. He was the John Evans Professor of Pharmacology and former chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Northwestern University Feinberg School o ...

(トシオ・ナラハシ, 1927–2013), Japanese-born American pharmacologist

Fictional characters

*Toshio Ozaki (尾崎敏夫), a protagonist in the horror novel/manga/anime series '' Shiki''. * Toshio Saeki (Ju-on) (佐伯俊雄), a main antagonist in the Japanese horror series '' ''Ju-on'''' *Toshio Utsumi (内海俊夫), a character in the anime and manga series '' Cat's Eye'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names