Toshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Forms in
kanji can include:
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敏子 "agile/clever, child"
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俊子 "genius, child"
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淑子 "graceful/polite, child"
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寿子 "longevity, child"
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年子 "year/age, child"
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歳子 "age/time, child"
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稔子 "humble, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana (としこ) or katakana (トシコ).
People with the name
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born 1959, Japanese politician
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born 1929, Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader)
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Toshiko D'Elia (1930–2014), American Masters athletics long distance runner
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江崎 とし子, Japanese singer and songwriter
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1950–2018, Japanese voice actress
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born 1945–2020, Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
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born 1959, Japanese swimmer
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1940–2020, Japanese communist politician
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Toshiko Higashikuni (1896–1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese Emperor Meiji
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born 1955, writer (poet)
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石原 利子, name birth of born 1948Japanese actress
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1863-1901, aka Toshiko Nakajima, Japanese feminist, writer (under the pen-name Shōen)
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Toshiko Kohno, principal flutist in the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra
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born 1980, singer and member of Capsule
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born 1949, athlete (table tennis world champion, 1969)
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born 1954, Japanese gymnast
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Toshiko Mori, Japanese-born American architect
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born 1936, Japanese voice actress
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born 1939, Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist
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1921–2022, Japanese textile artist
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Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), Japanese American ceramic artist
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1884–1945, Japanese novelist
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Toshiko Uchima (内間俊子) (October 26, 1918 - December 18, 2000), Japanese-American artist
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Toshiko Ueda (1917–2008), Japanese manga artist
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1913–2005, musician (koto), Living National Treasure
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1909– 1980, Japanese nuclear physicist
Fictional characters
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Toshiko Kasen, a character in the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories video game
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Toshiko Sato, a protagonist in the television series Torchwood and briefly appeared in Doctor Who