Toshiko

Toshiko, (としこ or トシコ), is a very common Japanese feminine given name. The name meanings are:

• 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

The name can also be spelled using Hiragana or Katakana.

• としこ

• トシコ

Notable people with this name include:

• Toshiko Abe (born 1959), Japanese politician
• Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929), Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader)
• Toshiko D'Elia (born 1930), American Masters athletics long distance runner
• Toshiko Ezaki, Japanese singer and songwriter
• Toshiko Fujita (born 1950), Japanese voice actress
• Toshiko Hamayotsu (born 1945), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
• Toshiko Higashikuni (1896-1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese Emperor Meiji
• Toshiko Hirata, writer (poet)
• Nana Ozaki (born Toshiko Ishihara 1948), Japanese actress
• Toshiko Kishida (1863-1901), aka Toshiko Nakajima, Japanese feminist, writer (under the pen-name Shōen)
• Toshiko Kohno, principal flutist in the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra
• Toshiko Koshijima (born 1980), singer and member of Capsule
• Toshiko Kowada (born 1949), athlete (table tennis world champion, 1969)
• Toshiko Mori, Japanese-born American architect
• Toshiko Sawada (born 1936), Japanese voice actress
• Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara (born 1939), Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist
• Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011), Japanese American ceramic artist
• Toshiko Tamura (1884–1945), Japanese novelist
• Toshiko Ueda (1917–2008), Japanese manga artist
• Toshiko Yonekawa (born 1913), musician (koto), Living National Treasure

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