Tōru is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

  • , 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
  • , 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
  • Toru (透龍), a character in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, part 8: JoJolion
  • Toru, in Chris Bradford's Young Samurai
  • Tooru Amami (天美 透), in The World God Only Knows
  • Tohru Adachi, in Persona 4
  • 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
  • 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

See also

  • Toru (disambiguation)
  • Japanese name