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Toshio Kashio (樫尾 俊雄); (January 1, 1925 – May 15, 2012) was a Japanese engineer and businessman. He was the second of the "four Kashio brothers" who founded Casio Computer Co., Ltd.. The four brothers were responsible for development, contributing to the development of numerous hit products such as the Casio Mini. Kashio served as Casio's head of computing equipment.

Career/Person
Born in Kyobashi Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo (currently Chuo Ward, Tokyo). He was inspired to become an inventor after reading Thomas Edison's biography as a child. He was one of the great inventors of the Shōwa era, and during his lifetime obtained 313 patents, including those under joint names.

In 1940, he graduated with an electrical engineering degree from Tokyo Denki University and joined the Ministry of Communications. He had been devoted to research ever since he was a teenager, devoting his youth to studying the transmission of Morse code. In 1946, he retired from the Ministry of Communications and joined his older brother Tadao Kashio's Kashio Seisakusho. In 1957, when Casio Computer Co., Ltd. was established, he became a founding member along with his brother, and served as director and technical manager. He served as Chairman starting in 1988 and Honorary Chairman beginning in 2011.

At Casio Computer, he was deeply involved in the development of the Casio Mini, the world's first personal calculator that made Casio famous, the G-SHOCK digital wristwatch, and the QV-10, which popularized digital cameras.

In 1984, he received the Medal with Blue Ribbon. In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Tokyo Denki University.

After his death, in 2013, the Toshio Kashio Invention Memorial Museum was opened to commemorate Kashio's achievements, using part of his home in Seijo, Tokyo. A portion of his garden is also open to the public as the ``Seijo 4-chome Invention Forest.''

Relatives
Shigeru Kashio (1898-1986), the president of Casio Computer Co., Ltd. when it was founded, was his father. Tadao Kashio, Kazuo Kashio , and Yukio Kashio are brothers. The four brothers were very close, and were nicknamed the Four Kashio Brothers, the Four Casio Brothers, and the Four Calculator Brothers. In later years, Yukio published a book called ``The Four Calculator Brothers''.

Kazuhiro Kashio, who has served as president of Casio Computer since 2015, Akira Kashio, who has served as chairman of the board of directors of the Casio Science Foundation and senior managing executive officer of Casio Computer, director of Casio Techno and councilor of the Casio Science Foundation, and a member of the Casio Science Foundation. Tetsuo Kashio, who served as computer executive officer and senior executive officer and head of the CS division, is his nephew.

His son is Takashi Kashio, who served as chairman of the Casio Science Foundation, executive officer of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., senior executive officer, general manager of the Legal and Intellectual Property Section, general manager of the Corporate Communications Section, and deputy general manager of the Domestic Sales Section of the Sales Division.