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 .

Written forms

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

• 悟る, "be spiritually awakened" or "attain higher perception"

• 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
• , Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author
• Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese sprinter
• , fourth president and CEO of Nintendo
• , Japanese table tennis player
• Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese professional baseball player
• , Japanese music composer
• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese bioinformatician
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese film maker
• , Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese Yakuza leader
• , general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
• , a Japanese astronomer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , president of Nintendo of Europe
• , Japanese hurdler
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese football player
• , Grand Chamberlain of Japan
• , 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
• , the main hero of the tokusatsu series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
• Satoru Arihara (在原 暁), the main character in the visual novel '
• , the main character in the manga, anime, and film Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
• , a character in the manga and anime series Ace of Diamond
• , a character in the manga and anime series Shion no Ō
• Satoru Ikaruga (悟), the main character in the manga series D-Live!!
• , the main character in the manga, anime, and film Slam Dunk
• , 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
• , a character in the Japanese drama Atashinchi no Danshi
• , a character in the anime series Magic Knight Rayearth
• , a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki
• , 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