Toshio is a common masculine
Japanese given name.
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 ...
トシオ.
Notable people with the name
*, Japanese water polo player
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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
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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 (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
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 ...
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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)
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 ''
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
__NOTOC__ is a 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 Prefecture, Japan. He studied German literature at ...
(山根 敏郎, born 1953), Japanese photographer
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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''.
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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