Toshimasa is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
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Written forms
Toshimasa can be written using many different combinations of
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
characters. Some examples:
*敏正, "agile, righteous"
*敏雅, "agile, elegant"
*敏昌, "agile, clear"
*敏政, "agile, politics"
*敏将, "agile, commander"
*敏真, "agile, reality"
*敏匡, "agile, reform"
*俊正, "talented, righteous"
*俊雅, "talented, elegant"
*俊昌, "talented, clear"
*俊政, "talented, politics"
*俊将, "talented, commander"
*俊真, "talented, reality"
*俊匡, "talented, reform"
*利正, "benefit, righteous"
*利雅, "benefit, elegant"
*利昌, "benefit, clear"
*利政, "benefit, politics"
*利将, "benefit, commander"
*利真, "benefit, reality"
*年正, "year, righteous"
*年昌, "year, clear"
*寿正, "long life, righteous"
*寿真, "long life, reality"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
としまさ or
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
トシマサ.
Notable people with the name
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Toshimasa Furuta
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, i ...
(古田 俊正), Japanese astronomer.
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Toshimasa Maeda (前田 利昌, ????–1560), Japanese samurai.
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Toshimasa Nanbu (南部 利正, 1751–1784), Japanese samurai and ''daimyō''.
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Toshimasa Ota (太田 敏正, born 1973), Japanese journalist.
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Toshimasa Shimamura (島村 利正, 1912–1981), Japanese writer.
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Toshimasa Toba (鳥羽 俊正, born 1975), Japanese footballer.
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Toshimasa Zaonishiki (蔵玉錦 敏正, 1952–2020), real name Toshimasa Adachi (安達 敏正), Japanese sumo wrestler.
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