Toshiko Explained

Toshiko
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Origin:	Japanese

Toshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

• 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 (としこ) or katakana (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 (1896–1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese Emperor Meiji, 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, singer and member of Capsule
• , athlete (table tennis world champion, 1969)
• , Japanese gymnast
• Toshiko Mori, Japanese-born American architect
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist
• , Japanese textile artist
• Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), Japanese American ceramic artist
• , Japanese novelist
• Toshiko Uchima (内間俊子) (October 26, 1918 - December 18, 2000), Japanese-American artist
• Toshiko Ueda (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, a protagonist in the television series Torchwood and briefly appeared in Doctor Who