Toshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Forms in

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...

can include: *敏子 "agile/clever, child" *俊子 "genius, child" *淑子 "graceful/polite, child" *寿子 "longevity, child" *年子 "year/age, child" *歳子 "age/time, child" *稔子 "humble, child" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

(としこ) 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 ...

(トシコ).

People with the name

*, Japanese politician *, Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader) * Toshiko D'Elia (1930–2014), American Masters athletics long distance runner *, Japanese singer and songwriter *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese communist politician *

Toshiko Higashikuni , born , was the fourteenth child and ninth daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan, and the seventh child and fifth daughter of Sono Sachiko, the Emperor's fifth concubine. Biography Toshiko was born in Japan, the daughter of Emperor Meiji and Lad ...

(1896–1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese

Emperor Meiji , posthumously honored as , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the List of emperors of Japan, traditional order of succession, reigning from 1867 until his death in 1912. His reign is associated with the Meiji Restoration of 1868, which ...

*, writer (poet) *, name birth of Japanese actress *, aka Toshiko Nakajima, Japanese feminist, writer (under the pen-name Shōen) * Toshiko Kohno, principal flutist in the U.S.

National Symphony Orchestra The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930 by cellist Hans Kindler, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The NSO regularly ...

*, singer and member of Capsule *, athlete (table tennis

world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

, 1969) *, Japanese gymnast *

Toshiko Mori Toshiko Mori (born 1951) is a Japanese architect and the founder and principal of New York–based Toshiko Mori Architect, PLLC and Vision Arc. She is also the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard University ...

, Japanese-born American architect *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist *, Japanese textile artist *

Toshiko Takaezu Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist, painter, sculptor, and educator whose oeuvre spanned a wide range of mediums, including ceramics, weavings, bronzes, and paintings. She was noted for her pioneerin ...

(1922–2011), Japanese American ceramic artist *, Japanese novelist *

Toshiko Uchima Toshiko Uchima (Japanese 内間俊子) (26 October 1918 – 18 December 2000) was a Japanese-American artist. She worked in a variety of media, including collage, box assemblage, oil paintings, woodblock prints and drawings. Early life and car ...

(内間俊子) (October 26, 1918 - December 18, 2000), Japanese-American artist *

Toshiko Ueda was a Japanese manga artist. After apprenticing under the manga artist Katsuji Matsumoto at the age of seventeen, Ueda published her first manga in 1937. Like her mentor, she drew mainly humorous manga, both in '' shōjo'' (girls) magazines ...

(1917–2008), Japanese manga artist *, musician ( koto), Living National Treasure *, Japanese nuclear physicist

Fictional characters

* Toshiko Kasen, a character in the ''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' video game *

Toshiko Sato is a fictional character from the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-off '' Torchwood'', played by Naoko Mori. After a one-off appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' episode " Aliens of London" (2005), Toshiko is re-introduced as a serie ...

, a protagonist in the television series ''Torchwood'' and briefly appeared in ''Doctor Who'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names