Editing Tōru (given name)

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| name          = Tōru
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| caption       = [[Toru Abe]] (1917–1993), Japanese actor
| pronunciation = tooɾɯ ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]])
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = Different meanings depending on the [[kanji]] used
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| origin        = Japanese
| alternative spelling = Toru ([[Kunrei-shiki romanization|Kunrei-shiki]])
Toru ([[Nihon-shiki romanization|Nihon-shiki]])
Tōru, Toru, Tooru, Tohru ([[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]])
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'''Tōru''' is a masculine [[Japanese name|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==
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Abe]]|安部 徹||1917–1993}}, Japanese actor
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Arakawa]]|荒川 通||1932–2015}}, Japanese karateka
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Arase]]|荒瀬 徹||born 1935}}, Japanese water polo player
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Doi]]|土井 亨||born 1958}}, Japanese politician
* {{Nihongo|[[Tooru Fujisawa]]|藤沢 とおる||born 1967}}, Japanese manga artist
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Furusawa]]|古澤 徹||born 1962}}, Japanese voice actor
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Furuya]]|古谷 徹||born 1953}}, Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Hashimoto]]|橋下 徹||born 1969}}, Governor of Osaka Prefecture
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Hatsukade]]|徹 廿日出||born 1969}}, American electrochemist
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Itabashi]]|板橋 亨||born 1946}}, Japanese ice hockey player
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Iwatani]]|岩谷 徹||born 1955}}, Japanese video game designer
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Iwaya]]|岩谷 徹||born 1936}}, Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter
* {{Nihongo|[[Kakizoe Tōru|Tōru Kakizoe]]|垣添 徹||born 1978}}, Japanese former sumo wrestler
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Kobayashi]]|小林 徹|}}, Japanese astronomer
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Matsumoto]]|松本徹|}} (born 1977), Japanese badminton player
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Nara]]|奈良 徹|}}, Japanese voice actor
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Nimura]]|仁村 徹||born 1961}}, Japanese baseball player
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Ōhira]]|大平 透||1929–2016}}, Japanese voice actor and narrator
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Okajima]]|岡島 徹||born 1943}}, Japanese ice hockey player
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Ōkawa]]|大川 透||born 1960}}, Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
* [[Tiger Okoshi|Toru "Tiger" Okoshi]], Japanese-American trumpet player
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Shinohara]]|篠原 とおる||born 1936}}, Japanese manga artist
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Takahashi (baseball)]]|高橋 徹||born 1987}}, Japanese baseball player
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Takahashi (Internet)]]|高橋 徹||born 1941}}, Japanese computer network researcher and businessman
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Takahashi (racing driver)]]|高橋 徹||1960–1983}}, Japanese racing driver
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Takasuka]]|高須賀 宣||born 1966}}, Japanese software entrepreneur
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Takemitsu]]|武満 徹||1930–1996}}, Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Terasawa]]|寺沢 徹||1935–2025}}, Japanese long-distance runner
* {{Nihongo|[[Tōru Toida]]|戸井田 徹||born 1951}}, Japanese politician
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Toyoda]]|豊田 亨||1968–2018}}, A perpetrator of the [[Tokyo subway sarin attack]]
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Yamashita]]|山下 亨||born 1988}}, Japanese guitarist
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Yano]]|矢野 通||born 1978}}, Japanese professional wrestler
* {{Nihongo|[[:ja:%E3%82%88%E3%81%AA%E3%81%AF%E5%BE%B9|Tooru Yonaha]]|與那覇 徹||born 1976}}, Japanese folk singer
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Yonezawa]]|米沢 徹||born 1958}}, Japanese tennis player
* {{Nihongo|[[Toru Yoshida]]|吉田 暢||born 1965}}, Japanese footballer and manager
* {{Nihongo|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]]''
* 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 (manga)|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 (manga)|Princess Princess]]''
* Tōru Miyamae (宮前 透), in ''[[Seiren]]''
* Tohru Mutou (武藤 徹), in ''[[Shiki (novel)|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 (2005 video 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 (novel)|Norwegian Wood]]''
* Tōru Yasunaga (安永 透), in ''[[The Decay of the Angel]]''

==See also==
* [[Toru (disambiguation)]]
* [[Japanese name]]

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[[Category:Japanese masculine given names]]
[[Category:Masculine given names]]
[[Category:Japanese unisex given names]]