Toshiko Sato, Torchwood

Toshiko Sato (Naoko Mori)

In the British fantasy sci-fi Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, Toshiko was introduced as a scientist and the technical expert at Torchwood, a covert agency dedicated to investigating extraterrestrial events and collecting alien technology. In one episode, Tosh had a very brief affair with a female Alien, Mary. However, it turned out Mary was only using Tosh to get access to her technology which Torchwood had confiscated earlier. Mary had Tosh at knife-point but Tosh’s boss Jack managed to kill her by transporting her to the center of the sun. Toshiko’s sexuality was not explored or mentioned beyond this one episode.

Later in the series, Tosh asked her co-worker Owen out on a date after having nursed a crush on him since the series start. However, she was immediately shot and killed trying to save Owen and prevent a nuclear meltdown.

Appearances:

• 26 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Mary 💀 (Daniela Denby-Ashe, guest, 1 episode)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Owen Harper (Burn Gorman, main cast)
• Adam Smith (Bryan Dick guest, 1 episode)
• Tommy Brockless (Anthony Lewis guest, 1 episode)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? Yes

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.