Tōru (given name)

Tōru is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
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

 * Toru Abe (安部 徹), Japanese actor
 * Toru Arakawa (荒川 通), Japanese karateka
 * Toru Arase (荒瀬 徹), Japanese water polo player
 * Tōru Doi (土井 亨), Japanese politician
 * Tooru Fujisawa (藤沢 とおる), Japanese manga artist
 * Tōru Furusawa (古澤 徹), Japanese voice actor
 * Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
 * Tōru Hashimoto (橋下 徹), Governor of Osaka Prefecture
 * Toru Itabashi (板橋 亨), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Toru Iwatani (岩谷 徹), Japanese video game designer
 * Toru Iwaya (岩谷 徹), Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter
 * Tōru Kakizoe (垣添 徹), Japanese former sumo wrestler
 * Toru Kobayashi (小林 徹), Japanese astronomer
 * Tōru Matsumoto (松本徹) (born 1977), Japanese badminton player
 * Tōru Nara (奈良 徹), Japanese voice actor
 * Tōru Nimura (仁村 徹), Japanese baseball player
 * Tōru Ōhira (大平 透), Japanese voice actor and narrator
 * Toru Okajima (岡島 徹), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Tōru Ōkawa (大川 透), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
 * Tōru Shinohara (篠原 とおる), Japanese manga artist
 * Toru Takahashi (baseball) (高橋 徹), Japanese baseball player
 * Toru Takahashi (Internet) (高橋 徹), Japanese computer network researcher and businessman
 * Toru Takahashi (racing driver) (高橋 徹), Japanese racing driver
 * Toru Takasuka (高須賀 宣), Japanese software entrepreneur
 * Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹), Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory
 * Tōru Toida (戸井田 徹), Japanese politician
 * Toru Toyoda (豊田 亨), A perpetrator of the Tokyo subway sarin attack
 * Toru Yamashita (山下 亨), Japanese guitarist
 * Toru Yano (矢野 通), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Tooru Yonaha (與那覇 徹), Japanese folk singer
 * Toru Yonezawa (米沢 徹), Japanese tennis player
 * Toru Yoshida (吉田 暢), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Toru Tsuzaki (津﨑 徹), 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
 * 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 The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
 * Toru (透龍), the main antagonist of JoJolion (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
 * 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 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
 * 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.
 * 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
 * Toru Asakura (浅倉 透), in the game The Idolmaster Shiny Colors