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, enlightenment).

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, as さとる.

People with the name

• Satoru Abe (1926–2025), American painter and sculptor
• Satoru Akahori (あかほり さとる; born 1965), Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author
• Satoru Anabuki (穴吹 智; 1921–2005) Japanese flying ace
• Satoru Arai (荒井 理; born 1947) Japanese luger
• Satoru Asako (浅子 覚; born 1971) Japanese professional wrestler
• Satoru Asari (浅利 悟; born 1974) Japanese former football player
• Satoru Furuta (古田 悟; born 1971) Japanese former basketball player
• Satoru Higashi (東 悟; born 1963), Japanese boxer
• Satoru Hirota (広田 悟; born 1973), Japanese professional golfer
• Satoru Hoshino (星野 悟; born 1989), Japanese football player
• Satoru Ienishi (家西 悟; born 1960), Japanese politician
• Satoru Inoue (井上 悟; born 1971), Japanese sprinter
• Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡; 1959-2015), fourth president and CEO of Nintendo
• Satoru Kamada (鎌田 悟; born 1984), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Satoru Kanemura (金村 曉; born 1976), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
• Satoru Kawaguchi (川口 覚; born 1982), Japanese actor
• Satoru Kawahara (河原 智), Japanese table tennis player
• Satoru Kitaoka (北岡 悟; born 1980), Japanese shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Satoru Kobayashi (director) (小林 悟; 1930–2001), Japanese film director
• Satoru Kobayashi (footballer) (小林 悟; born 1973), Japanese former football player
• Satoru Kobayashi (Go player) (小林 覚; born 1959), Japanese professional Go player
• Satoru Komiyama (小宮山 悟; born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player
• Satoru Kōsaki (神前 暁; born 1974), Japanese music composer
• Satoru Maruoka (丸岡 悟; born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Satoru Matsuhashi (松橋 暁; born 1961), Japanese ski jumper
• Satoru Matsuo (松尾 諭; born 1975), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Satoru Misawa (三沢 悟; born 1943), Japanese ice hockey player
• Satoru Miyano (宮野 悟; born 1954), Japanese bioinformatician
• Satoru Miyoshi (三好 悟; born 1963), Japanese rower
• Satoru Mizushima (水島 総; born 1949), Japanese film maker
• Satoru Mochizuki (望月 聡; born 1964), Japanese football manager and former football player
• Satoru Nakajima (中嶋 悟; born 1953), Japanese racing driver
• Satoru Nakamura (Scouting) (中村 知; 1893–1972), Japanese educator and Scouting leader
• Satoru Nakamura (中村 覚; 1854–1925), Japanese career soldier
• Satoru Nakamura (Japanese journalist) (仲村 覚; born 1964), Japanese journalist
• Satoru Nakano (中野 悟; born 1947), Japanese swimmer
• Satoru Nishita (サトル ニシタ; 1927–2013), Japanese landscape architect
• Satoru Nishizono (西園 悟; born 1962), Japanese anime and tokusatsu screenwriter
• Satoru Noda (artist) (野田 サトル), Japanese manga artist
• Satoru Noda (footballer) (野田 知; born 1969), Japanese footballer
• Satoru Nomura (野村 悟; born 1946), Japanese Yakuza leader
• Satoru Okada (岡田 智), general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
• Satoru Oki (大木 暁}; born 1992), Japanese football player
• Satoru Ono (小野 了; 1915–2001), Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot
• Satoru Otomo (大友 哲; born 1957), a Japanese astronomer
• Satoru Ozawa (小沢 さとる; born 1937), Japanese manga artist
• Satoru Sakaguchi (阪口 悟; born 1978), Japanese shogi player
• Satoru Sakuma (佐久間 悟; born 1963), Japanese former football player and manager
• Satoru Sasaki (佐々木 悟; born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
• Satoru Sayama (佐山 聡; born 1957), Japanese professional wrestler
• Satoru Shibata (柴田 聡; born 1962), president of Nintendo of Europe
• Satoru Someya (染谷 悟; 1965–2003), Japanese freelance journalist
• Satoru Sudo (須藤 悟; born 1970), Japanese ice sledge hockey player
• Satoru Suzuki (鈴木 悟; born 1975), Japanese former football player
• Satoru Tanigawa (谷川 聡; born 1972), Japanese hurdler
• Satoru Terao (寺尾 悟; born 1975), Japanese speed skater
• Satoru Uyama (宇山 賢; born 1991), Japanese right-handed épée fencer
• Satoru Yamagishi (山岸 智; born 1983), Japanese football player
• Satoru Yamamoto (山本 悟; 1925–2006), Grand Chamberlain of Japan
• Satoru Yamamoto (sailor) (山本 悟; born 1963), Japanese sailor
• Satoru Yasuda (安田 覚; born 1975), Japanese pole vaulter
• Satoru Yoneoka (米岡 聡; born 1985), Japanese PTVI Paratriathlete
• Satoru Yoshida (吉田 悟; born 1970), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Satoru Gojo (五条 悟), one of the protagonists in Jujutsu Kaisen ‘The strongest’
• 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 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 Kakuta (角田 悟), the main character in the manga, anime, and film Slam Dunk
• 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 Shido (獅堂 覚), a character in the anime series Magic Knight Rayearth
• Satoru Tojo (東條 悟), a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki
• 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
• Satoru Yotsumura (四ツ村 暁), a character in the manga series Sakamoto Days

See also

• 8485 Satoru, a main-belt asteroid

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