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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"

  • 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

  • , Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author

  • Japanese flying ace

  • Japanese luger

  • Japanese professional wrestler

  • Japanese former football player

  • Japanese former basketball player

  • , Japanese boxer

  • , Japanese professional golfer

  • , Japanese football player

  • , Japanese politician

  • , Japanese sprinter

  • , fourth president and CEO of Nintendo

  • , Japanese motorcycle racer

  • , Japanese former professional baseball pitcher

  • , Japanese actor

  • , Japanese table tennis player

  • , Japanese shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist

  • , Japanese film director

  • , Japanese former football player

  • , Japanese professional Go player

  • , Japanese professional baseball player

  • , Japanese music composer

  • , Japanese footballer

  • , Japanese ski jumper

  • , Japanese actor and voice actor

  • , Japanese ice hockey player

  • , Japanese bioinformatician

  • , Japanese rower

  • , Japanese film maker

  • , Japanese football manager and former football player

  • , Japanese racing driver

  • , Japanese educator and Scouting leader

  • , Japanese career soldier

  • , Japanese journalist

  • , Japanese swimmer

  • , Japanese landscape architect

  • , Japanese anime and tokusatsu screenwriter

  • , Japanese manga artist

  • , Japanese footballer

  • , Japanese Yakuza leader

  • , general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering

  • , Japanese football player

  • , Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot

  • , a Japanese astronomer

  • , Japanese manga artist

  • , Japanese shogi player

  • , Japanese former football player and manager

  • , Japanese long-distance runner

  • , Japanese professional wrestler

  • , president of Nintendo of Europe

  • , Japanese freelance journalist

  • , Japanese ice sledge hockey player

  • , Japanese former football player

  • , Japanese hurdler

  • , Japanese speed skater

  • , Japanese right-handed épée fencer

  • , Japanese football player

  • , Grand Chamberlain of Japan

  • , Japanese sailor

  • , Japanese pole vaulter

  • , Japanese PTVI Paratriathlete

  • , Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

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