Toru (given name)

Toru

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)

Toru is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Toru 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

See also

• Toru (disambiguation)
• Japanese name