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), the main villain of 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