Toshio is a common masculine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toshio can be written using different
kanji 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 としお or
katakana トシオ.
Notable people with the name
*, Japanese water polo player
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Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, born 1946), Japanese voice actor
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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
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Toshio Iwai (岩井 俊雄, born 1962), Japanese interactive media and installation artist
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese fencer
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Toshio Kakei (筧 利夫, born 1962), Japanese actor
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Toshio Kimura
was a Japanese politician who served as foreign minister for six months in 1974.
Early life
Kimura was born into a politically active family on 15 January 1909. His father and grandfather were both lawmakers.
Career
Kimura was elected to the ...
(木村 俊夫, 1909–1983), Japanese politician
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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 ...
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Toshio Masuda (舛田 利雄, born 1927), Japanese film director
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese dancer and actor
*, Japanese writer, publisher and businessman
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Toshio Nakanishi, a Japanese musician and an artist
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Tosiwo Nakayama (中山 利雄, 1931–2003), first president of the
Federated States of Micronesia
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Toshio Odate (トシオ・オダテ, born 1930), Japanese-born American sculptor
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Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫, born 1948), Japanese politician
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Toshio Shibata (柴田 敏雄, born 1949), Japanese photographer
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Toshio Shimao (島尾 敏雄, 1917–1986), Japanese novelist
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Toshio Suzuki (driver) (鈴木 利男, born 1955), Japanese racing driver
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Toshio Suzuki (producer) (鈴木 敏夫, born 1948), chief producer of the Japanese animation studio ''
Studio Ghibli''
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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
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Toshio Yamane (山根 敏郎, born 1953), Japanese photographer
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Toshio Narahashi (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''.
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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''
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Japanese masculine given names