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).

Possible writings

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 (born 1926), American painter and sculptor
• Satoru Akahori (あかほり さとる, born 1965), Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author
• Satoru Asako (浅子 覚, born 1971) Japanese professional wrestler
• Satoru Hayashi (林 慧, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Satoru Higashi (東 悟, born 1963), Japanese boxer
• 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 Kawahara (河原 智), Japanese table tennis player
• Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Satoru Komiyama (小宮山 悟, born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player
• Satoru Kōsaki (神前 暁, born 1974), Japanese music composer
• Satoru Matsuhashi (松橋 暁, born 1961), Japanese ski jumper
• 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 Nakajima (中嶋 悟, born 1953), Japanese racing driver
• Satoru Nakano (中野 悟, born 1947), Japanese swimmer
• 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 Otomo (大友 哲, born 1957), a Japanese astronomer
• Satoru Sakaguchi (阪口 悟, born 1978), Japanese shogi player
• 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 Tanigawa (谷川 聡, born 1972), Japanese hurdler
• Satoru Terao (寺尾 悟, born 1975), Japanese speed skater
• Satoru Yamagishi (山岸 智, born 1983), Japanese football player
• Yamamoto Satoru (山本 悟, 1925–2006), Grand Chamberlain of Japan
• Satoru Yoshida (吉田 悟, born 1970), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Satoru Akashi (明石 暁), the main hero of the tokusatsu series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
• 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 Kanzaki (悟), a character in the manga and anime series Area 88
• Satoru Ohkura (大蔵 智), a character in the Japanese drama Atashinchi no Danshi
• Satoru Kamio (神尾 悟), a character in the manga and anime series Gingitsune
• Satoru Fujinuma (藤沼 悟), the main character in the manga, anime, and film Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
• Satoru Arihara (在原 暁), the main character in the visual novel RIDDLE JOKER
• Satoru Akefu (明負 悟), a major antagonist in the eighth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series JoJolion
• Satoru Mikami (三上 悟), a character and Rimuru Tempest's previous self in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
• 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

See also

• 8485 Satoru, a main-belt asteroid