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
, 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 , Japanese footballer , 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 , Japanese film director , Japanese dancer and actor , 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 , Japanese politician , Japanese water polo player , Japanese bobsledder , Japanese politician , 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