# Toshiko

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'''Toshiko''' is a feminine Japanese given name. 

== Written forms ==
Forms in [kanji](/source/kanji) 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](/source/hiragana) (としこ) or [katakana](/source/katakana) (トシコ).

== People with the name ==
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Abe](/source/Toshiko_Abe)|阿部 俊子||born 1959}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Akiyoshi](/source/Toshiko_Akiyoshi)|龝吉 敏子||born 1929}}, Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader)
*[Toshiko D'Elia](/source/Toshiko_D'Elia) (1930–2014), American Masters athletics long-distance runner
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Ezaki](/source/Toshiko_Ezaki)|江崎 とし子}}, Japanese singer and songwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Fujita](/source/Toshiko_Fujita)|藤田 淑子||1950–2018}}, Japanese voice actress
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Hamayotsu](/source/Toshiko_Hamayotsu)|浜四津 敏子||born 1945–2020}}, Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Haruoka](/source/Toshiko_Haruoka)|春岡 淑子||born 1959}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Hayashi](/source/Toshiko_Hayashi)|林 紀子||1940–2020}}, Japanese communist politician
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Higashikuni](/source/Toshiko_Higashikuni)|東久邇 聡子||1896–1978}}, aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese [Emperor Meiji](/source/Emperor_Meiji) 
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Hirata](/source/%3Aja%3A%E5%B9%B3%E7%94%B0%E4%BF%8A%E5%AD%90)|平田 俊子||born 1955}}, Japanese writer (poet) 
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Ishihara](/source/Nana_Ozaki_(actress))|石原 利子||born 1948}}, known as '''Nana Ozaki''' Japanese actress
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Karasawa](/source/Toshiko_Karasawa)|柄沢 とし子||1911–2013}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Kishida](/source/Toshiko_Kishida)|岸田 俊子||1863-1901}}, aka Toshiko Nakajima, Japanese feminist, writer (under the pen-name Shōen)
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Kobayashi](/source/Toshiko_Kobayashi)|小林 トシ子||1932–2016}}, Japanese actress
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Kobayashi](/source/Toshiko_Kobayashi)|小林 トシ子||1932–2016}}, Japanese actress
*[Toshiko Kohno](/source/Toshiko_Kohno) (born 1953 or 1954), Japanese flautist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Koshijima](/source/Toshiko_Koshijima)|こしじま としこ||born 1980}}, Japanese singer and member of [Capsule](/source/Capsule_(band))
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Kowada](/source/Toshiko_Kowada)|小和田 敏子||born 1949}}, Japanese athlete (table tennis [world champion](/source/List_of_World_Table_Tennis_Champions), 1969) 
*[Toshiko MacAdam](/source/Toshiko_MacAdam) (born 1940), Japanese textile artist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Matsuo](/source/Toshiko_Matsuo)|松尾 トシ子||1907–1993}}, Japanese politician
*[Toshiko Mayeda](/source/Toshiko_Mayeda) (1923–2004) Japanese American chemist 
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Miyamoto](/source/Toshiko_Miyamoto)|宮本 敏子||born 1954}}, Japanese gymnast
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Mori](/source/Toshiko_Mori)|森 俊子||born 1951}}, Japanese-born American architect
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Okanoue](/source/Toshiko_Okanoue)|岡上 淑子||born 1928}}, Japanese artist 
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Ono](/source/Toshiko_Ono)|小野 登志子||born 1944}}, Japanese Politician
*[Toshiko Sade](/source/Toshiko_Sade) (born 1947), Japanese former professional tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Sawada](/source/Toshiko_Sawada)|沢田 敏子||born 1936}}, Japanese voice actress
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Sekiya](/source/Toshiko_Sekiya)|関屋 敏子||1904–1941}}, Japanese singer and composer
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara](/source/Toshiko_Shirasu-Aihara)|白須-相原 俊子||born 1939}}, Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Taira](/source/Toshiko_Taira)|平良 敏子||1921–2022}}, Japanese textile artist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Takaezu](/source/Toshiko_Takaezu)|トシコ タカエズ||1922–2011}}, Japanese American ceramic artist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Takeya](/source/Toshiko_Takeya)|竹谷 とし子||born 1969}}, Japanese Senator 
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Tamura](/source/Toshiko_Tamura)|田村 俊子||1884–1945}}, Japanese novelist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Uchima](/source/Toshiko_Uchima)|内間 俊子||1918-2000}}, Japanese-American artist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Ueda](/source/Toshiko_Ueda)|上田 トシコ||1917–2008}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Yonekawa](/source/%3Aja%3A%E7%B1%B3%E5%B7%9D%E6%95%8F%E5%AD%90)|米川 敏子||born 1955}}, Japanese musician ([koto](/source/koto_(musical_instrument))), [Living National Treasure](/source/Living_National_Treasure_(Japan))
*{{Nihongo|[Toshiko Yuasa](/source/Toshiko_Yuasa)|湯浅 年子||1909–1980}}, Japanese nuclear physicist

== Fictional characters ==
*[Toshiko Kasen](/source/Toshiko_Kasen), a character in the ''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' video game
*[Toshiko Sato](/source/Toshiko_Sato), a protagonist in the television series ''Torchwood'' and briefly appeared in ''Doctor Who''

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Category:Japanese feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names

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