Satoru

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{{Nihongo|'''''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 {{Nihongo|''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

==People with the name==

*Satoru Abe (1926–2025), American painter and sculptor *{{Nihongo|Satoru Akahori|あかほりさとる||born 1965}}, Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author *{{Nihongo|Satoru Anabuki|穴吹智||1921–2005}} Japanese flying ace *{{Nihongo|Satoru Arai|荒井理||born 1947}} Japanese luger *{{Nihongo|Satoru Asako|浅子覚||born 1971}} Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Satoru Asari|浅利悟||born 1974}} Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Furuta|古田悟||born 1971}} Japanese former basketball player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Higashi|東悟||born 1963}}, Japanese boxer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Hirota|広田悟||born 1973}}, Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Hoshino|星野悟||born 1989}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Ienishi|家西悟||born 1960}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoru Inoue|井上悟||born 1971}}, Japanese sprinter *{{Nihongo|Satoru Iwata|岩田聡||1959-2015}}, fourth president and CEO of Nintendo *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kamada|鎌田悟||born 1984}}, Japanese motorcycle racer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kanemura|金村曉||born 1976}}, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kawaguchi|川口覚||born 1982}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kawahara|河原智}}, Japanese table tennis player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kitaoka|北岡悟||born 1980}}, Japanese shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kobayashi (director)|小林悟||1930–2001}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kobayashi (footballer)|小林悟||born 1973}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kobayashi (Go player)|小林覚||born 1959}}, Japanese professional Go player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Komiyama|小宮山悟||born 1965}}, Japanese professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kōsaki|神前暁||born 1974}}, Japanese music composer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Maruoka|丸岡悟||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Matsuhashi|松橋暁||born 1961}}, Japanese ski jumper *{{Nihongo|Satoru Matsuo|松尾諭||born 1975}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Satoru Misawa|三沢悟||born 1943}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Miyano|宮野悟||born 1954}}, Japanese bioinformatician *{{Nihongo|Satoru Miyoshi|三好悟||born 1963}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Satoru Mizushima|水島総||born 1949}}, Japanese film maker *{{Nihongo|Satoru Mochizuki|望月聡||born 1964}}, Japanese football manager and former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nakajima|中嶋悟||born 1953}}, Japanese racing driver *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nakamura (Scouting)|中村知||1893–1972}}, Japanese educator and Scouting leader *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nakamura|中村覚||1854–1925}}, Japanese career soldier *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nakamura (Japanese journalist)|仲村覚||born 1964}}, Japanese journalist *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nakano|中野悟||born 1947}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nishita|サトルニシタ||1927–2013}}, Japanese landscape architect *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nishizono|西園悟||born 1962}}, Japanese anime and tokusatsu screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Satoru Noda (artist)|野田サトル}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Satoru Noda (footballer)|野田知||born 1969}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Nomura|野村悟||born 1946}}, Japanese Yakuza leader *{{Nihongo|Satoru Okada|岡田智|}}, general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering *{{Nihongo|Satoru Oki|大木暁}||born 1992}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Ono|小野了||1915–2001}}, Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot *{{Nihongo|Satoru Otomo|大友哲||born 1957}}, a Japanese astronomer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Ozawa|小沢さとる||born 1937}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Satoru Sakaguchi|阪口悟||born 1978}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Sakuma|佐久間悟||born 1963}}, Japanese former football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Satoru Sasaki|佐々木悟||born 1985}}, Japanese long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Satoru Sayama|佐山聡||born 1957}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Satoru Shibata|柴田聡||born 1962}}, president of Nintendo of Europe *{{Nihongo|Satoru Someya|染谷悟||1965–2003}}, Japanese freelance journalist *{{Nihongo|Satoru Sudo|須藤悟||born 1970}}, Japanese ice sledge hockey player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Suzuki|鈴木悟||born 1975}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Tanigawa|谷川聡||born 1972}}, Japanese hurdler *{{Nihongo|Satoru Terao|寺尾悟||born 1975}}, Japanese speed skater *{{Nihongo|Satoru Uyama|宇山賢||born 1991}}, Japanese right-handed épée fencer *{{Nihongo|Satoru Yamagishi|山岸智||born 1983}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Yamamoto|山本悟||1925–2006}}, Grand Chamberlain of Japan *{{Nihongo|Satoru Yamamoto (sailor)|山本悟||born 1963}}, Japanese sailor *{{Nihongo|Satoru Yasuda|安田覚||born 1975}}, Japanese pole vaulter *{{Nihongo|Satoru Yoneoka|米岡聡||born 1985}}, Japanese PTVI Paratriathlete *{{Nihongo|Satoru Yoshida|吉田悟||born 1970}}, 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'' *{{Nihongo|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'' *{{Nihongo|Satoru Fujinuma|藤沼悟|}}, the main character in the manga, anime, and film ''Boku Dake ga Inai Machi'' *{{Nihongo|Satoru Furuya|降谷暁|}}, a character in the manga and anime series ''Ace of Diamond'' *{{Nihongo|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!!'' *{{Nihongo|Satoru Kakuta|角田悟|}}, the main character in the manga, anime, and film ''Slam Dunk'' *{{Nihongo|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'' *{{Nihongo|Satoru Ohkura|大蔵智|}}, a character in the Japanese drama ''Atashinchi no Danshi'' *{{Nihongo|Satoru Shido|獅堂覚}}, a character in the anime series ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' *{{Nihongo|Satoru Tojo|東條悟}}, a character in the tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' *{{Nihongo|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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