{{Infobox given name | name = Toshio | image = Toshio Ogawa 201201.jpg | image_size = | caption = Toshio Ogawa. Vice President of the House of Councillors of Japan. | pronunciation = toɕio (IPA) | gender = Male | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used | region = Japan | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = Tosio (Kunrei-shiki) Tosio (Nihon-shiki) Toshio (Hepburn) | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = | wikt = }} '''Toshio''' is a common masculine Japanese given name.
== Written forms == Toshio can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*敏夫, "agile, man" *敏男, "agile, man" *敏雄, "agile, male" *俊夫, "sagacious, man" *俊雄, "sagacious, male" *利生, "advantage, life" *寿雄, "long life, male" *登志男, "ascend, intention, man"
The name can also be written in hiragana としお or katakana トシオ.
==Notable people with the name==
*{{Nihongo|Toshio Fukumoto|福元 寿夫||born 1960}}, Japanese water polo player *Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, born 1946), Japanese voice actor *Toshio Gotō (後藤 俊夫, born 1938), Japanese film director *Toshio Iwai (岩井 俊雄, born 1962), Japanese interactive media and installation artist *{{Nihongo|Toshio Iwatani|岩谷 俊夫||1925–1970}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Toshio Jingu|神宮 敏男||born 1948}}, Japanese fencer *Toshio Kakei (筧 利夫, born 1962), Japanese actor *Toshio Kimura (木村 俊夫, 1909–1983), Japanese politician *Toshio Maeda (前田 俊夫, born 1953), Japanese manga artist *Toshio Masuda (舛田 利雄, born 1927), Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Toshio Matsumoto|松本 俊夫||1932–2017}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Toshio Matsumoto (dancer)|松本 利夫||born 1975}}, Japanese dancer and actor *{{Nihongo|Toshio Motoya|元谷 外志雄||born 1943}}, Japanese writer, publisher and businessman *Toshio Nakanishi, a Japanese musician and an artist *Tosiwo Nakayama (中山 利雄, 1931–2003), first president of the Federated States of Micronesia *Toshio Odate (トシオ・オダテ, born 1930), Japanese-born American sculptor *Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫, born 1948), Japanese politician *Toshio Shibata (柴田 敏雄, born 1949), Japanese photographer *Toshio Shimao (島尾 敏雄, 1917–1986), Japanese novelist *Toshio Suzuki (driver) (鈴木 利男, born 1955), Japanese racing driver *Toshio Suzuki (producer) (鈴木 敏夫, born 1948), chief producer of the Japanese animation studio ''Studio Ghibli'' *Toshio Tamogami (田母神 俊雄, born 1948), Japanese Air Self-Defense Force career military officer *Toshio Tosanoumi (土佐ノ海 敏生, born 1972), Japanese sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Toshio Ukishima|浮島 敏男||born 1949}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Toshio Takahashi|高橋 敏夫||born 1949}}, Japanese water polo player *{{Nihongo|Toshio Wakita|脇田 寿雄||born 1965}}, Japanese bobsledder *{{Nihongo|Toshio Yamada|山田 俊男||born 1946}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Toshio Yamaguchi|山口 敏夫||born 1940}}, Japanese politician *Toshio Yamane (山根 敏郎, born 1953), Japanese photographer *Toshio Narahashi (トシオ・ナラハシ, 1927–2013), Japanese-born American pharmacologist
==Fictional characters== *Toshio Ozaki (尾崎 敏夫), a protagonist in the horror novel/manga/anime series ''Shiki''. *Toshio Saeki (Ju-on) (佐伯 俊雄), a main antagonist in the Japanese horror series ''''Ju-on'''' *Toshio Utsumi (内海 俊夫), a character in the anime and manga series ''Cat's Eye''
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