Toyo Shibata was born on June 26, 1911 in Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan. She was a writer, known for Kujikenaide (2013), 99-sai no shijin: Kokoro o sukuu kotoba (2010) and Kono Nihonjin ga sugoi rashii. Brand New Japan (2010). She died on January 20, 2013 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi.