Toru is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Toru 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 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 *, 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 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

*Tōru Ichii (一井透), in '' A Channel'' *Tohru (トオル), in '' Jackie Chan Adventures'' *Tohru (トオル), a character in ''

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'' *Tohru Kobayashi (小林トール), the titular draconian servant in '' Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid'' *Toru (トオル), also known as

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, in the ''

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'' anime *Toru, in Chris Bradford's ''

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'' *Tohru Adachi (足立透), from the game ''Persona 4'' *Tooru Amami (天美透), in '' The World God Only Knows'' *Toru Asakura (浅倉透), in ''

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'' *Toru (透龍), the main antagonist of ''

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'' *Toru Egawa, in Business as Usual, a

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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'' *Toru Kazama (風間トオル), in '' Crayon Shin-chan'' *Toru Kouno (河野亨), in '' Princess Princess'' *Tohru Mutou (武藤徹), in '' Shiki'' *Tōru Mutsuki (六月透), in '' Tokyo Ghoul'' *Toru Narita (成田徹), in ''

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'' *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''. *Toru Tokugawa, in The Grimnoire Chronicles, by Larry Correia *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

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