YOU SAID:
I've already heard Toshi's.
INTO JAPANESE
私はすでにトシのを聞いたことがあります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've already heard of Toshi.
INTO JAPANESE
私はすでにトシのことを聞いたことがあります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've already heard of Toshi.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.