Satoru

Satoru (さとる, サトル) is a Japanese verb meaning "to know" or "understand". It is a common masculine Japanese given name. Satoru is the root of the Zen Buddhist word Satori (悟り).

Possible writings
Satoru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
 * 悟る, "be spiritually awakened" or "attain higher perception"
 * as a given name

The name can also be written in hiragana
 * 悟, "enlightenment"
 * 聡, "smart"
 * 智, "wisdom"
 * 知, "knowledge"
 * 了, "understanding"
 * 哲, "philosophy"
 * 聖, "virtuous"
 * 暁, "daybreak"

People with the name

 * Satoru Abe (born 1926), American painter and sculptor
 * Satoru Akahori (あかほり さとる), Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author
 * Satoru Asako (浅子 覚) Japanese professional wrestler
 * Satoru Hayashi (林 慧), Japanese footballer
 * Satoru Higashi (東 悟), Japanese boxer
 * Satoru Ienishi (家西 悟), Japanese politician
 * Satoru Inoue (井上 悟), Japanese sprinter
 * Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡), fourth president and CEO of Nintendo
 * Satoru Kawahara (河原 智), Japanese table tennis player
 * Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Satoru Komiyama (小宮山 悟), Japanese professional baseball player
 * Satoru Kōsaki (神前 暁), Japanese music composer
 * Satoru Matsuhashi (松橋 暁), Japanese ski jumper
 * Satoru Misawa (三沢 悟), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Satoru Miyano (宮野 悟), Japanese bioinformatician
 * Satoru Miyoshi (三好 悟), Japanese rower
 * Satoru Mizushima (水島 総), Japanese film maker
 * Satoru Nakajima (中嶋 悟), Japanese racing driver
 * Satoru Nakano (中野 悟), Japanese swimmer
 * Satoru Noda (artist) (野田 サトル), Japanese manga artist
 * Satoru Noda (footballer) (野田 知), Japanese footballer
 * Satoru Nomura (野村 悟), Japanese Yakuza leader
 * Satoru Okada (岡田 智), general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
 * Satoru Otomo (大友 哲), a Japanese astronomer
 * Satoru Sakaguchi (阪口 悟), Japanese shogi player
 * Satoru Sasaki (佐々木 悟), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Satoru Sayama (佐山 聡), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Satoru Shibata (柴田 聡), president of Nintendo of Europe
 * Satoru Tanigawa (谷川 聡), Japanese hurdler
 * Satoru Terao (寺尾 悟), Japanese speed skater
 * Satoru Yamagishi (山岸 智), Japanese football player
 * Satoru Yamamoto (山本 悟), Grand Chamberlain of Japan
 * Satoru Yoshida (吉田 悟), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

 * Satoru (サトル), a side character in the manga and anime series One Punch Man
 * Satoru Akefu (明負 悟), a major antagonist in the eighth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series JoJolion
 * Satoru Akashi (明石 暁), the main hero of the tokusatsu series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
 * Satoru Arihara (在原 暁), the main character in the visual novel RIDDLE JOKER
 * Satoru Fujinuma (藤沼 悟), the main character in the manga, anime, and film Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
 * Satoru Furuya (降谷 暁), a character in the manga and anime series Ace of Diamond
 * Satoru Gojo (五条 悟), one of the protagonists in Jujutsu Kaisen
 * Satoru Hani (羽仁 悟), a character in the manga and anime series Shion no Ō
 * Satoru Ikaruga (悟), the main character in the manga series D-Live!!
 * Satoru Kamio (神尾 悟), a character in the manga and anime series Gingitsune
 * Satoru Kanzaki (悟), a character in the manga and anime series Area 88
 * Satoru Mikami (三上 悟), a character and Rimuru Tempest's previous self in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
 * Satoru Ohkura (大蔵 智), a character in the Japanese drama Atashinchi no Danshi
 * Satoru Toyama (兎山悟), a character in the anime series Wonderful PreCure!
 * Satoru Tsukada (悟る 塚田), a character in the web comics Randal's Friends