Toshiko Sato's mother

Toshiko Sato's mother, like her father, served in the RAF. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts) She suffered racial prejudice during World War II, possibly relating to Japan being one of Britain's enemies and stories of Japanese soldiers treating British POWs terribly. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness)

She gave birth to her daughter in London in 1975 but two years later, they moved to Osaka, Japan. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts) She also had a son, whose death Tosh felt some responsibility for. (AUDIO: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor)

Toshiko's mother enjoyed jazz music. This influenced her daughter into liking jazz music herself. (PROSE: SkyPoint)

She was kidnapped by Milton as a way for Milton to get Tosh to work on a sonic modulator. Milton tested the sonic modulator on Tosh's mother, aurally torturing her. (TV: Fragments)

After Tosh reversed the power of Object One, she received a happy phone call from her mother, which was an unusual occurrence. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)

A vision of her mother with blood running down one side of her face urged Tosh to turn against Jack with the rest of the team and open the Rift. (TV: End of Days)