Toshinobu

Toshinobu

Pronunciation	toɕinobɯ (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tosinobu (Kunrei-shiki) Tosinobu (Nihon-shiki) Toshinobu (Hepburn)

Toshinobu is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 敏信, "agile, to believe"
• 敏伸, "agile, to extend"
• 敏延, "agile, to extend"
• 俊信, "talented, to believe"
• 俊伸, "talented, to extend"
• 俊延, "talented, to extend"
• 寿信, "long life, to believe"
• 寿伸, "long life, to extend"
• 寿延, "long life, to extend"
• 利信, "benefit, to believe"
• 利伸, "benefit, to extend"
• 利延, "benefit, to extend"
• 年信, "year, to believe"
• 年伸, "year, to extend"
• 年延, "year, to extend"

The name can also be written in hiragana としのぶ or katakana トシノブ.

Notable people with the name

• Toshinobu Katsuya (勝矢 寿延, born 1961), Japanese footballer
• Toshinobu Kawai (河合 季信, born 1967), Japanese speed skater
• Toshinobu Kubota (久保田 利伸, born 1962), Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, music producer, and radio personality
• Toshinobu Nakasato (仲里 利信, born 1937), Japanese politician
• Toshinobu Okumura (奥村 利信, birth and death unknown), Japanese ukiyo-e artist
• Toshinobu Onosato (小野里 利信, 1912–1986), Japanese printmaker
• Toshinobu Yano (矢野 敏延), Japanese photographer