Toshiya is a masculine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toshiya can be written using 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. Here are some examples:
*敏也, "agile, to be"
*敏矢, "agile, arrow"
*敏哉, "agile, how (interrogative particle)"
*敏八, "agile, eight"
*敏弥, "agile, more and more"
*俊也, "talented, to be"
*俊矢, "talented, arrow"
*俊哉, "talented, how (interrogative particle)"
*俊八, "talented, eight"
*俊弥, "talented, more and more"
*利也, "benefit, to be"
*利矢, "benefit, arrow"
*利哉, "benefit, how (interrogative particle)"
*寿也, "long life, to be"
*寿矢, "long life, arrow"
*寿哉, "long life, how (interrogative particle)"
*年也, "year, to be"
*年矢, "year, arrow"
*年哉, "year, divination"
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 ...
としや 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 ...
トシヤ.
Notable people with the name
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Toshiya Adachi (安達 俊也, born 1965), Japanese baseball player.
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Toshiya Fujita (藤田 俊哉, born 1971), Japanese professional footballer.
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Toshiya Fujita (director) (藤田 敏八, 1932–1997), Japanese actor, writer and director.
Toshiya Imamura(今村 俊也, born 1966), professional Go player.
Toshiya Okabe(岡部 俊哉, born 1959), Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer.
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Toshiya Onoda
is a Japanese bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from ...
(小野田 稔也, born 1970), Japanese bobsledder.
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Toshiya Sueyoshi
is a former Japanese former football player.
Career
Signed by Avispa Fukuoka after playing as a student at Fukuoka University
Fukuoka University is a private research university located in Fukuoka, Japan.
The university has nine faculties ...
(末吉 隼也, born 1987), Japanese footballer.
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Toshiya Sugiuchi (杉内 俊哉, born 1980), Japanese baseball player.
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Toshiya Tojo
, commonly known as Toshi, is a Japanese professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Ca ...
(東城 利哉, born 1992), Japanese footballer.
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Toshiya Ueda (上田 敏也, 1933–2022), a Japanese voice actor.
Toshiya(born 1977), bassist of the band ''
Dir en Grey''.
See also
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Tōshiya
The or ''the arrows which hit the target'', was an archery exhibition contest held on the west veranda of Sanjūsangen-dō temple in Kyoto, Japan.
History of the contest
The contest originated in the late 16th century dating back to 1606 when a ...
, a Japanese archery contest
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Japanese masculine given names