Toshiya

Toshiya

Toshiya Okabe, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer
Pronunciation	toɕija (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tosiya (Kunrei-shiki) Tosiya (Nihon-shiki) Toshiya (Hepburn)

Toshiya is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Toshiya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 敏也, "agile, to be"
• 敏矢, "agile, arrow"
• 敏哉, "agile, how (interrogative particle)"
• 敏八, "agile, eight"
• 敏弥, "agile, more and more"
• 俊也, "talented, to be"
• 俊矢, "talented, arrow"
• 俊哉, "talented, how (interrogative particle)"
• 俊八, "talented, eight"
• 俊弥, "talented, more and more"
• 利也, "benefit, to be"
• 利矢, "benefit, arrow"
• 利哉, "benefit, how (interrogative particle)"
• 寿也, "long life, to be"
• 寿矢, "long life, arrow"
• 寿哉, "long life, how (interrogative particle)"
• 年也, "year, to be"
• 年矢, "year, arrow"
• 年哉, "year, divination"

The name can also be written in hiragana としや or katakana トシヤ.

Notable people with the name

• Toshiya Adachi (安達 俊也, born 1965), Japanese baseball player.
• Toshiya Fujita (藤田 俊哉, born 1971), Japanese professional footballer.
• Toshiya Fujita (director) (藤田 敏八, 1932–1997), Japanese actor, writer and director.
• Toshiya Imamura (今村 俊也, born 1966), professional Go player.
• Toshiya Okabe (岡部 俊哉, born 1959), Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer.
• Toshiya Onoda (小野田 稔也, born 1970), Japanese bobsledder.
• Toshiya Sueyoshi (末吉 隼也, born 1987), Japanese footballer.
• Toshiya Sugiuchi (杉内 俊哉, born 1980), Japanese baseball player.
• Toshiya Tojo (東城 利哉, born 1992), Japanese footballer.
• Toshiya Ueda (上田 敏也, 1933–2022), a Japanese voice actor.
• Toshiya (born 1977), bassist of the band Dir en Grey.

See also

• Tōshiya, a Japanese archery contest