What is "toshi"

Toshi may refer to:

• TOSHI, a fourth-generation cross-platform game engine
• Toshi (given name), people with the given name Toshi
• Toshi (musician) (Toshimitsu Deyama, born 1965), a Japanese singer and musician
• Toshi Sabri, an Indian singer
• Toshi (American Dad), a recurring character in the show American Dad!

, known exclusively by his stage name Toshi, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist and a co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan, which disbanded in 1997. Toshi then went on to have an extensive solo career. In 2007, X Japan reunited and began an ongoing world tour in 2010. His distinctive, impassioned tenor vocals have been compared to those of Steve Perry.

Toshi is generally a male Japanese given name. It is often a nickname or shortening of a longer name.

Like many Japanese names, Toshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 慧 - Bright, intelligent