Toshimasa

Toshimasa

Toshimasa Ota, Japanese journalist
Pronunciation	toɕimasa (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tosimasa (Kunrei-shiki) Tosimasa (Nihon-shiki) Toshimasa (Hepburn)

Toshimasa is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Toshimasa can be written using many different combinations of kanji 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 としまさ or katakana トシマサ.

Notable people with the name

• Toshimasa Furuta (古田 俊正), Japanese astronomer.
• Toshimasa Maeda (前田 利昌, ????–1560), Japanese samurai.
• Toshimasa Nanbu (南部 利正, 1751–1784), Japanese samurai and daimyō.
• Toshimasa Ota (太田 敏正, born 1973), Japanese journalist.
• Toshimasa Shimamura (島村 利正, 1912–1981), Japanese writer.
• Toshimasa Toba (鳥羽 俊正, born 1975), Japanese footballer.
• Toshimasa Zaonishiki (蔵玉錦 敏正, 1952–2020), real name Toshimasa Adachi (安達 敏正), Japanese sumo wrestler.