Toshio

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Toshio


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caption= Toshio Masuda, a film director
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gender = Male
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
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origin = Japanese
related names =
footnotes = nihongo|Toshio |としお, トシオ is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Toshio can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*敏夫, "agile, man"
*敏男, "agile, man"
*敏雄, "agile, hero"
*俊夫, "sagacious, man"
*俊雄, "sagacious, hero"
*利生, "advantage, life"
*登志男, "ascend, intention, man"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

;with the given name Toshio
*Tosanoumi Toshio (敏生), a Japanese sumo wrestler
*Toshio Furukawa (登志夫), a Japanese voice actor
*Toshio Goto (俊夫), a Japanese film director
*Toshio Iwai (俊雄), a Japanese interactive media and installation artist
*Toshio Kakei (利夫), a Japanese actor
*Toshio Lee (闘士男), a Japanese film director
*Toshio Masuda (利雄), a Japanese film director
*Toshio Matsumoto (俊夫), a Japanese film director and video artist
*Toshio Nakanishi, a Japanese musician and an artist
*Toshio Shibata (敏雄), a Japanese photographer
*Toshio Shimao (敏雄), a Japanese novelist
*Toshio Suzuki (利男), a Japanese racing driver
*Toshio Suzuki (敏夫), the chief producer of the Japanese animation studio "Studio Ghibli"
*Toshio Yamane (敏郎), a Japanese photographer

Fictional characters

;with the given name Toshio
*Toshio Saeki (俊雄), a character from the Japanese horror series "Ju-on"
*Toshio Utsumi (俊夫), a character in the anime and manga series "Cat's Eye"