Tōru (given name)

Tōru
Pronunciation	tooɾɯ (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Toru (Kunrei-shiki) Toru (Nihon-shiki) Tōru, Toru, Tooru, Tohru (Hepburn)

Tōru is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Tōru can be expressed with several kanji. Some examples:

徹, "penetrate"
透, "transparent"
享, "enjoy"
亨, "smoothly"
暢, "freely"

The name can also be written in hiragana とおる or katakana トオル.

Notable people with the name

Toru Abe
(安部徹, 1917–1993), Japanese actor
Toru Arakawa
(荒川通, 1932–2015), Japanese karateka
Toru Arase
(荒瀬徹, born 1935), Japanese water polo player
Tōru Doi (土井亨, born 1958), Japanese politician
Tooru Fujisawa
(藤沢とおる, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
Tōru Furusawa (古澤徹, born 1962), Japanese voice actor
Tōru Furuya (古谷徹, born 1953), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
Tōru Hashimoto (橋下徹, born 1969), Governor of Osaka Prefecture
Toru Itabashi
(板橋亨, born 1946), Japanese ice hockey player
Toru Iwatani
(岩谷徹, born 1955), Japanese video game designer
Toru Iwaya (岩谷徹, born 1936), Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter
Tōru Kakizoe (垣添徹, born 1978), Japanese former sumo wrestler
Toru Kobayashi (小林徹), Japanese astronomer
Tōru Matsumoto (松本徹) (born 1977), Japanese badminton player
Tōru Nara (奈良徹), Japanese voice actor
Tōru Nimura (仁村徹, born 1961), Japanese baseball player
Tōru Ōhira (大平透, 1929–2016), Japanese voice actor and narrator
Toru Okajima (岡島徹, born 1943), Japanese ice hockey player
Tōru Ōkawa (大川透, born 1960), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
Tōru Shinohara (篠原とおる, born 1936), Japanese manga artist
Toru Takahashi (baseball) (高橋徹, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
Toru Takahashi (Internet) (高橋徹, born 1941), Japanese computer network researcher and businessman
Toru Takahashi (racing driver) (高橋徹, 1960–1983), Japanese racing driver
Toru Takasuka (高須賀宣, born 1966), Japanese software entrepreneur
Tōru Takemitsu (武満徹, 1930–1996), Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory
Tōru Toida (戸井田徹, born 1951), Japanese politician
Toru Toyoda (豊田亨, 1968–2018), A perpetrator of the Tokyo subway sarin attack

Toru Yamashita (山下亨, born 1988), Japanese guitarist
Toru Yano (矢野通, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
Tooru Yonaha (與那覇徹, born 1976), Japanese folk singer
Toru Yonezawa (米沢徹, born 1958), Japanese tennis player
Toru Yoshida (吉田暢, born 1965), Japanese footballer and manager
Toru Tsuzaki (津﨑徹, born 1979), Japanese Researcher

Fictional characters

Tohru (トオル), in Jackie Chan Adventures
Tohru (トオル), a character in Kare First Love
Toru (トオル), also known as
Todd Snap, in the Pokémon anime

Toru, in Chris Bradford's Young Samurai
Tohru Adachi (足立透), from the game Persona 4
Tooru Amami (天美透), in The World God Only Knows
Toru Asakura (浅倉透), in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
Toru (透龍), the main antagonist of JoJolion (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Toru Egawa, in Business as Usual, a
Finder Series
fanfiction by Kadzuki_Fuchoin
Tōru Hagakure (葉隠透), in My Hero Academia
Tōru Hikawa (氷川透), Tory Froid, in MegaMan NT Warrior
Tohru Honda (本田透), in Fruits Basket
Tōru Ichii (一井透), in A Channel
Toru Kazama (風間トオル), in Crayon Shin-chan
Tohru Kobayashi (小林トール), the titular draconian servant in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Toru Kouno (河野亨), in Princess Princess
Tohru Mutou (武藤徹), in Shiki
Tōru Mutsuki (六月透), in Tokyo Ghoul
Toru Narita (成田徹), in Hot Gimmick
Tooru Oikawa (及川徹), in Haikyū!!
with the position of captain and setter from Aoba Johsai High
Toru Okada (岡田亨), in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Toru Oshikiri (押切トオル), in the series of the same name by Junji Ito
Tōru Rikiishi (力石徹), in Ashita no Joe
Toru Sato (トオル・サトウ), in the game Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Tohru Suidohbashi (水道橋徹), of Machine Robo Rescue.
Toru Tokugawa, in The Grimnoire Chronicles, by Larry Correia
Tōru Watanabe (ワタナベトオル), in Norwegian Wood
Tōru Yasunaga (安永透), in The Decay of the Angel
Toru Asakura (浅倉透), in the game The Idolmaster Shiny Colors

Possible writings

Notable people with the name

Fictional characters

See also