Tsutomu

Tsutomu is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Tsutomu' can be written using different kanji characters. Here are some examples:


 * 勉, "make effort"
 * 務, "affairs"
 * 勤, "diligence"
 * 努, "strive"
 * 力, "power"

The name can also be written in hiragana つとむ or katakana ツトム.

Notable people with the name

 * Tsutomu Adachi (あだち 勉),Japanese manga artist
 * Tsutomu Akinaga (秋永 力), Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Tsutomu Aragaki (新垣 勉), Japanese tenor
 * Tsutomu Chida (千田 務), former Japanese shihan
 * Tsutomu Fujihara (藤原 務), Japanese football player
 * Tsutomu Fujimura (藤村 勉), Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Tsutomu Hanabusa (英 勉), Japanese film director
 * Tsutomu Hanahara (花原 勉), Japanese wrestler
 * Tsutomu Hanzawa (榛沢 務), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Tsutomu Hata (羽田 孜), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Tsutomu Hirose (広瀬 務), Japanese rugby union player
 * Tsutomu Irie (入江 勉), Japanese professional golfer
 * Tsutomu Isa (伊佐 勉), Japanese head coach of the Sun Rockers Shibuya
 * Tsutomu Isobe (磯部 勉), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Tsutomu Itō (伊東 勤), Japanese former manager
 * Tsutomu Iwamoto (岩本 勉), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
 * Tsutomu Kashiwakura (カシワクラ ツトム), Japanese voice actor
 * Tsutomu Kawabuchi (河渕 務), Japanese ice hockey player, coach and administrator
 * Tsutomu Kawasaki (川崎 努), Japanese short track speed skater
 * Tsutomu Katsuki (香月 勗), Japanese organic chemist
 * Tsutomu Kitade (北出 勉), Japanese football player
 * Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多川 務), Japanese actor and stuntman
 * Tsutomu Kouno (河野 力), Japanese game designer
 * Tsutomu Koyama (小山 勉), Japanese volleyball player
 * Tsutomu Minakami (水上 勉), Japanese writer
 * Tsutomu Miura (三浦 つとむ), Japanese linguist
 * Tsutomu Miyasaka (宮坂 力), Japanese engineer
 * Tsutomu Miyazaki (宮﨑 勤), Japanese cannibalistic serial killer and necrophile
 * Tsutomu Mitsudome (満留 勉), Japanese rower
 * Tsutomu Mizushima (水島 努), Japanese animation and sound director
 * Tsutomu Nakano (中野 勉), Japanese freestyle swimmer
 * Tsutomu Nagata (永田 務), Japanese Paralympic athlete
 * Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉), Japanese manga artist
 * Tsutomu Nishino (西野 努), Japanese football player
 * Tsutomu Nishioka (西岡 力), Japanese professor of International Christian Studies
 * Tsutomu Ogura (小倉 勉), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Tsutomu Ohshima (大島 劼), Japanese master of Shotokan karate
 * Tsutomu Oosugi (大杉 勉), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Tsutomu Okabori (岡堀 勉), Japanese former cyclist
 * Tsutomu Okubo (大久保 勉), Japanese politician
 * Tsutomu Sakamoto (坂本 勉), Japanese racing cyclist
 * Tsutomu Sakuma (佐久間 勉), Japanese career naval officer
 * Tsutomu Sato (politician) (佐藤 勉), Japanese politician
 * Tsutomu Sato (ophthalmologist) (1902–1960), Japanese ophthalmologist
 * Tsutomu Sato (windsurfer) (佐藤 務), Japanese windsurfer
 * Tsutomu Seki (関 勉), Japanese astronomer
 * Tsutomu Sekido (関戸 力), Japanese alpine
 * Tsutomu Sekine (関根 勤), Japanese comedian and television presenter
 * Tsutomu Shibayama (芝山 努), Japanese anime director
 * Tsutomu Shimomura (下村 努), Japanese-born American physicist and computer security expert
 * Tsutomu Sonobe (園部 勉), Japanese football player
 * Tsutomu Takahashi (高橋 ツトム), Japanese manga artist
 * Tsutomu Takahata (高畠 勉), Japanese former football
 * Tsutomu Takebe (武部 勤), Japanese secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party
 * Tsutomu Tanaka (田中 勉), Japanese baseball player
 * Tsutomu Tomioka (冨岡 勉), Japanese doctor and politician
 * Tsutomu Tomita (冨田 務), Japanese president of Fuji Speedway
 * Tsutomu Wakamatsu (若松 勉), Japanese former baseball player, coach, and manager
 * Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊), Japanese marine engineer
 * Tsutomu Yamazaki (山崎 努), Japanese actor
 * Tsutomu Yanagida (柳田 勉), Japanese physicist
 * Tsutomu Yukawa (湯川 勉), Japanese aikidoka
 * Tsutomu Ōhashi (大橋 力), Japanese artist and scientist
 * Tsutomu Ōyokota (大横田 勉), Japanese freestyle swimmer

Fictional characters

 * Tsutomu Goshiki (五色 工), a character from the manga and anime Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Shiratorizawa Academy
 * Tsutomu Ryuuzaki (竜崎 勤), a character from Tenjo Tenge