Satoru

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Field	Value
name	Satoru
gender	Male
meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
origin	Japanese
related names	Satoshi
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Satoru 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.

Written forms

Satoru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 悟る, "be spiritually awakened" or "attain higher perception" ;as a given name

• 悟, "enlightenment"

• 聡, "smart"

• 智, "wisdom"

• 知, "knowledge"

• 了, "understanding"

• 哲, "philosophy"

• 聖, "virtuous"

• 暁, "daybreak" The name can also be written in hiragana

People with the name

• Satoru Abe (1926–2025), American painter and sculptor
• Satoru Akahori, Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author
• Satoru Asako Japanese professional wrestler
• Satoru Higashi, Japanese boxer
• Satoru Ienishi, Japanese politician
• Satoru Inoue, Japanese sprinter
• Satoru Iwata, fourth president and CEO of Nintendo
• Satoru Kawahara, Japanese table tennis player
• Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Satoru Komiyama, Japanese professional baseball player
• Satoru Kōsaki, Japanese music composer
• Satoru Matsuhashi, Japanese ski jumper
• Satoru Misawa, Japanese ice hockey player
• Satoru Miyano, Japanese bioinformatician
• Satoru Miyoshi, Japanese rower
• Satoru Mizushima, Japanese film maker
• Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
• Satoru Nakano, Japanese swimmer
• Satoru Noda (artist), Japanese manga artist
• Satoru Noda (footballer), Japanese footballer
• Satoru Nomura, Japanese Yakuza leader
• Satoru Okada, general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
• Satoru Otomo, a Japanese astronomer
• Satoru Sakaguchi, Japanese shogi player
• Satoru Sasaki, Japanese long-distance runner
• Satoru Sayama, Japanese professional wrestler
• Satoru Shibata, president of Nintendo of Europe
• Satoru Tanigawa, Japanese hurdler
• Satoru Terao, Japanese speed skater
• Satoru Yamagishi, Japanese football player
• Satoru Yamamoto, Grand Chamberlain of Japan
• Satoru Yoshida, Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Satoru Gojo (五条 悟), one of the protagonists in Jujutsu Kaisen
• 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, 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, the main character in the manga, anime, and film Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
• Satoru Furuya, a character in the manga and anime series Ace of Diamond
• Satoru Hani, 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, 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, a character in the Japanese drama Atashinchi no Danshi
• Satoru Tojo, a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Satoru Toyama, a character in the anime series Wonderful PreCure!
• Satoru Tsukada (悟る 塚田), a character in the web comics Randal's Friends
• Satoru Yotsumura (四ツ村 暁), a character in the manga series Sakamoto Days

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