Tōru is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Tōru can be expressed with several

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

. Some examples: * 徹, "penetrate" * 透, "transparent" * 享, "enjoy" * 亨, "smoothly" * 暢, "freely" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

とおる or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

トオル.

Notable people with the name

* , Japanese actor * , Japanese karateka * , Japanese water polo player * , Japanese politician * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator * , Governor of Osaka Prefecture * , American electrochemist * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese video game designer * , Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter * , Japanese former sumo wrestler * , Japanese astronomer * (born 1977), Japanese badminton player * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese voice actor and narrator * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator * Toru "Tiger" Okoshi, Japanese-American trumpet player * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese computer network researcher and businessman * , Japanese racing driver * , Japanese software entrepreneur * , Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory * , Japanese long-distance runner * , Japanese politician * , A perpetrator of the Tokyo subway sarin attack * , Japanese guitarist * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese folk singer * , Japanese tennis player * , Japanese footballer and manager * , 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 is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

* Toru, in Chris Bradford's '' Young Samurai'' * Tooru Amami (天美透), in '' The World God Only Knows'' * Toru Asakura (浅倉透), in '' The Idolmaster Shiny Colors'' * 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 Ishikawa in '' Horimiya'' * Toru Kazama (風間トオル), in ''

Crayon Shin-chan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui. ''Crayon Shin-chan'' made its first appearance in 1990 in a Japanese weekly magazine called ''Weekly Manga Action'', which was published by Futabasha. Due to the death of ...

'' * 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'' * Tōru Miyamae (宮前透), in '' Seiren'' * 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''. * Tōru Watanabe (ワタナベトオル), in '' Norwegian Wood'' * Tōru Yasunaga (安永透), in '' The Decay of the Angel''

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Notable people with the name

Fictional characters

See also