Tokio (given name)

Tokio is a masculine Japanese given name.

Tokio

Tokio Kano (1935–2017), Japanese politician
Pronunciation	tokʲio (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Written forms

Tokio can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 時雄, "hour, masculine"
• 時男, "hour, man"
• 時夫, "hour, husband"
• 刻雄, "engrave, masculine"
• 刻男, "engrave, man"
• 刻夫, "engrave, husband"
• 晨雄, "morning, masculine"
• 期雄, "period, masculine"
• 登喜夫, "climb up, rejoice, husband"
• 登紀夫, "climb up, chronicle, husband"

The name can also be written in hiragana ときお or katakana トキオ.

Notable people with the name

• Tokio Fukuda (福田 時雄; 1915–2001), Japanese hurdler
• Tokio Hatamoto (畑本 時央; born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Tokio Kano (加納 時男; 1935–2017), Japanese politician
• Tokio Sato (佐藤 常貴雄; born 1942), Japanese cross-country skier
• Tokio Seki (関 時男; born 1944), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Tokio Takeuchi (竹内 時男; 1894–1944), Japanese physicist
• Tokio Tasaka (田阪 登紀夫; born 1947), Japanese table tennis player