Tōru is a male Japanese given name. There are some females with the name, and it can be expressed with several kanji. Notable people with the name include:Toru Abe , Japanese actor Toru Arakawa , Japanese karateka Toru Arase , Japanese water polo player Tōru Doi , Japanese politician Tooru Fujisawa , Japanese manga artist Tōru Furusawa , Japanese voice actor Tōru Furuya , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator Tōru Hashimoto , Governor of Osaka Prefecture Toru Itabashi , Japanese ice hockey player Toru Iwatani , Japanese video game designer Kakizoe Tōru , Japanese former sumo wrestler Toru Kobayashi , Japanese astronomer Tōru Matsumoto (松本徹), Japanese badminton player Tōru Nara , Japanese voice actor Tōru Nimura , Japanese baseball player Tōru Ōhira , Japanese voice actor and narrator Toru Okajima , Japanese ice hockey player Tōru Ōkawa , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator Tōru Shinohara , Japanese manga artist Toru Takahashi (baseball) , Japanese baseball player Toru Takahashi (Internet) , Japanese computer network researcher and businessman Toru Takahashi , Japanese racing driver Toru Takasuka , Japanese software entrepreneur Tōru Takemitsu , Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory Tōru Toida , Japanese politician Toru Toyoda, A perpetrator of the Tokyo subway sarin attack Toru Yamashita , Japanese guitarist Toru Yano , Japanese professional wrestler Toru Yonezawa , Japanese tennis player Toru Yoshida , Japanese footballer and manager Toru Tsuzaki , Japanese Researcher
