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 Mangaka, manga artist *Toshio Masuda (director), 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 *Tosanoumi Toshio, 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 pharmacologistFictional characters
*Toshio Ozaki (尾崎 敏夫), a protagonist in the horror novel/manga/anime series ''Shiki (novel series), Shiki''. *Toshio Saeki (Ju-on) (佐伯 俊雄), a main antagonist in the Japanese horror series ''Ju-on (franchise), ''Ju-on'''' *Toshio Utsumi (内海 俊夫), a character in the anime and manga series ''Cat's Eye (manga), Cat's Eye'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names