Toranosuke

Toranosuke is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Toranosuke can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:


 * 虎之介, "tiger, of, mediate"
 * 虎之助, "tiger, of, help"
 * 虎之輔, "tiger, of, help"
 * 虎之丞, "tiger, of, help"
 * 寅之介, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, mediate"
 * 寅之助, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, help"
 * 寅之輔, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, help"
 * 寅之丞, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, help"

The name can also be written in hiragana とらのすけ or katakana トラノスケ.

Notable people with the name

 * Toranosuke Katayama (片山 虎之助), Japanese politician.
 * Toranosuke Murata (村田 虎之助), Japanese politician.
 * Toranosuke Nakagawa (中川 虎之助), childhood name of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyō.
 * Toranosuke Shimada (島田 虎之助), Japanese samurai.
 * Toranosuke Sugi (杉 寅之助), childhood name of Yoshida Shōin, Japanese scholar.
 * Toranosuke Takagi (高木 虎之介), Japanese racing driver.
 * Toranosuke Takeshita (竹下 虎之助), Japanese politician.

Fictional characters

 * Toranosuke Taiga (大河 虎之介), a character in the tokusatsu series Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger