Toshiko
# Toshiko

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

* Toshiko Abe (阿部 俊子, born 1959), Japanese politician
* Toshiko Akiyoshi (龝吉 敏子, born 1929), Japanese musician (jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader)
* Toshiko D'Elia (1930–2014), American Masters athletics long distance runner
* Toshiko Ezaki (江崎 とし子), Japanese singer and songwriter
* Toshiko Fujita (藤田 淑子, 1950–2018), Japanese voice actress
* Toshiko Hamayotsu (浜四津 敏子, born 1945–2020), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
* Toshiko Haruoka (春岡 淑子, born 1959), Japanese swimmer
* Toshiko Hayashi (林 紀子, 1940–2020), Japanese communist politician
* Toshiko Higashikuni (1896–1978), aka Princess Yasu aka Princess Toshiko, 9th daughter of the Japanese Emperor Meiji
* Toshiko Hirata (平田 俊子, born 1955), writer (poet)
* Toshiko Ishihara (石原 利子), name birth of Nana Ozaki (尾崎 奈々, born 1948)Japanese actress
* Toshiko Kishida (岸田 俊子, 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 (こしじま としこ, born 1980), singer and member of Capsule
* Toshiko Kowada (小和田 敏子, born 1949), athlete (table tennis world champion, 1969)
* Toshiko Miyamoto (宮本 敏子, born 1954), Japanese gymnast
* Toshiko Mori, Japanese-born American architect
* Toshiko Sawada (沢田 敏子, born 1936), Japanese voice actress
* Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara (白須-相原 俊子, born 1939), Japanese gymnast and 1964 Olympic medalist
* Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子, 1921–2022), Japanese textile artist
* Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), Japanese American ceramic artist
* Toshiko Tamura (田村 俊子, 1884–1945), Japanese novelist
* Toshiko Uchima (内間俊子) (October 26, 1918 - December 18, 2000), Japanese-American artist
* Toshiko Ueda (1917–2008), Japanese manga artist
* Toshiko Yonekawa (米川 敏子, 1913–2005), musician (koto), Living National Treasure
* Toshiko Yuasa (湯浅 年子, 1909– 1980), 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
