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 Satoru Gojo (五条 悟), one of the protagonists in Jujutsu Kaisen ‘The strongest’ 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 RIDDLE JOKER , 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
See also 8485 Satoru, a main-belt asteroid