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Teru (woreda) Teru is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or ''woredas'', in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Teru is bordered on the south by Aura, on the southwest by Gulina, on the west by Yalo, and on the north and east by the ...

, a district of Afar Region, Ethiopia * ''

Ampelocissus abyssinica ''Ampelocissus abyssinica'' is a large climbing vine native to southeast Ethiopia, where it is known in the Afaan Oromo language by the name teru (also the name for a part of that country), and is used as a herbal treatment for the medical con ...

'' or Teru, an Ethiopian climbing vine

People with the name

;Mononym * Mika Saiki or Teru, beach volleyball player * Teru (singer), vocalist of GLAY * Teru (guitarist), guitarist for Versailles and Jupiter ;Personal name *

Teru Fukui is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overviews A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, ...

, politician, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party *

Teru Hasegawa (7 March 1912 – 14 January 1947) was a Japanese Esperantist, also known by her Esperanto pen name Verda Majo (green May). Life Teru Hasegawa was born in 1912 as the second of three children. In 1929 she enrolled at the Women's College of Edu ...

, Japanese Esperantist, * Teru Hayashi, Japanese-American cell biologist *

Teru Miyamoto is a Japanese author. Biography Miyamoto was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan and graduated from the faculty of letters at Otemon Gakuin University after which he became a copywriter. In 1970, he began to write his first novel and quit his ...

, Japanese author *

Teru Shimada Teru Shimada (島田輝 ''Shimada Teru'', born Akira Shimada (島田明 ''Shimada Akira''); November 17, 1905 – June 19, 1988) was a Japanese-American actor. A '' Nikkeijin'' (first-generation Japanese-American), Shimada emigrated to the Unit ...

, Japanese-American actor *

Takakura Teru ; April 14, 1891 – April 2, 1986 was a Japanese novelist, playwright, politician and central committee member of the Japanese Communist Party from 1950 to 1951. Takakura graduated from Kyoto Imperial University and was a left-wing thinker of ...

, Japanese novelist *

Matsudaira Teru Matsudaira Teru (松平照), or Teruhime (, "Princess Teru"), (February 2, 1833 − February 28, 1884) was an aristocrat in Japan during the late Edo period, Edo and early Meiji periods. She participated in the siege of Aizuwakamatsu Castle (Ts ...

, 19th-century aristocrat *

Kushihashi Teru Teruhime or Kushihashi Teru (櫛橋光, 1553 – October 5, 1627) was a Japanese noble lady and Aristocracy (class), aristocrat from the Sengoku period, Sengoku period. She was Kuroda Yoshitaka's only wife. Daughter of Kushihashi Koresada and th ...

, Japanese noble lady ;Surname *

Misuzu Kaneko was a Japanese poet, known for her poetry for children. She was born in the fishing village of Senzaki, now part of Nagato, Yamaguchi prefecture. Motifs of fishing and the sea often make appearances in her poems. Celebrated during her lifetime ...

or Kaneko Teru, poet

Fictional

* Teru Mikami, a character in ''Death Note'' * Teru Kurebayashi, the main character in '' Dengeki Daisy'' * Teru Minamoto, an exorcist high-school student and supporting character in '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''

People with the name

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